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BrusselsVienna: A New Era
Webern, Schoenberg, Zemlinsky
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra; Alain Altinoglu; Maria Bengtsson; Johan Reuter
HelsinkiThe Handmaid's TaleNew production
Ruders: The Handmaid's Tale
Karen Kamensek; John Fulljames; Finnish National Opera; Chloe Lamford; Christina Cunningham; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg
Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.
Fagerlund’s interpretation of Morning Star dawns over Helsinki
Finnish National Opera premieres an emotionally diffuse interpretation of the Karl Ove Knausgård’s novel The Morning Star, with Swedish libretto by Gunilla Hemming and direction by Thomas de Mallet Burgess.
The Royal Opera stages its first Makropulos Case
Katie Mitchell wheels out her tired old tropes in The Makropulos Case, redeemed by its musical performances.
Nina Stemme stars in an unforgettable Elektra in Baden-Baden
The Baden-Baden Easter Festival presents an extraordinary performance of Elektra, with Nina Stemme in the title role and the Berliner Philharmoniker, led by Kirill Petrenko, in a stark and modern production.
Salome stoked to red heat by Byström and the Bergen Philharmonic
Returning to the Edinburgh International Festival after their astonishing Peter Grimes, the Bergen Philharmonic and Edward Gardner bring another opera, Richard Strauss' murderous Salome.
New Meistersinger succeeds musically despite the muddled production
Set in a 1930s music school, Sergio Morabito, Jossi Wieler and Anna Viebrick's new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Deutsche Oper Berlin has some inspirational ideas but they often get in the way of the music.
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ParisL'Affaire Makropoulos (Věc Makropulos)
Janáček: The Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos)
Susanna Mälkki; Krzysztof Warlikowski; Opéra national de Paris; Małgorzata Szczęśniak; Felice Ross; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris