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Performer: Jean-Sébastien Bou

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ParisLes Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)

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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Pierre Dumoussaud; Lotte de Beer; Opéra-Comique; Christof Hetzer; Jorine van Beek; Alex Brok; Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

LondonThe Rite of Spring

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Stravinsky, Boulanger
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Karina Canellakis; Véronique Gens; Andrew Staples; Jean-Sébastien Bou

BrusselsBenvenuto Cellini

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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Alain Altinoglu; Thaddeus Strassberger; La Monnaie | De Munt; Giuseppe Palella; Driscoll Otto; La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
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Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE

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Massenet’s take on Goethe’s blockbuster novella of unrequited love and suicide is handled with great subtlety by Christof Loy and Marc Leroy-Calatayud. Benjamin Bernheim and Marina Viotti lead a starry vocal cast.
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Unhappy ever after: Gluck's Armide returns to Paris

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Excellent performances and stage direction make a good case for an opera that's on the slow side dramatically.
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Paris 1913 brought to life by Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth

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Two works premiered in Paris in 1913 – Lili Boulanger's Faust et Hélène and Stravinsky The Rite of Spring – excite the Edinburgh International Festival audience... but spark no riots. 

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ParisLe Soulier de satinWorld premiere

Opéra de Paris
Dalbavie: Le Soulier de satin
Marc-André Dalbavie; Stanislas Nordey; Opéra national de Paris; Emmanuel Clolus; Raoul Fernandez; Philippe Berthomé; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris