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Aix-en-ProvenceDie Frau ohne SchattenNew production

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Strauss R.: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Klaus Mäkelä; Barrie Kosky; Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; Michael Levine; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Orchestre de Paris
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Benvenuto Cellini: Strassberger loses the plot at La Monnaie

John Osborn (Benvenuto Cellini) © Simon Van Rompay
Thaddeus Strassberger’s Brussels debut presents Berlioz's opera semiseria with plenty of good music but far more visual noise. 
***11
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Reflections and frenzy from Canellakis and the London Philharmonic

Karina Canellakis conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Marc Gascoigne

A compelling evening from the London Philharmonic Orchestra tackles different themes of spring, showing gracefulness in Lili Boulanger’s works and beating up a frenzy in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.

****1
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Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE

Benjamin Bernheim (Werther), Marina Viotti (Charlotte) © Vincent Pontet
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.
****1
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Unhappy ever after: Gluck's Armide returns to Paris

Véronique Gens (Armide) © Stefan Brion
Excellent performances and stage direction make a good case for an opera that's on the slow side dramatically.
****1
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Paris 1913 brought to life by Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth

François-Xavier Roth conducts Les Siècles © Ryan Buchanan

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. 

****1
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Full of eastern promise: Mârouf at the Opéra Comique

An oriental sweetmeat from the pen of Henri Rabaud, based on a tale from The Arabian Nights, is revived triumphantly in Paris. 
****1
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ParisLe Soulier de satinWorld premiere

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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

Aix-en-ProvenceDie Frau ohne SchattenNew production

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Strauss R.: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Klaus Mäkelä; Barrie Kosky; Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; Michael Levine; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Orchestre de Paris