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LondonLa traviata

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Verdi: La traviata
Kevin John Edusei; Peter Konwitschny; English National Opera; Johannes Leiacker; Joachim Klein; English National Opera Orchestra; English National Opera Chorus

MunichDer fliegende Holländer

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Daniele Rustioni; Peter Konwitschny; Bavarian State Opera; Johannes Leiacker; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

ToulouseIl barbiere di Siviglia

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Alfonso Todisco; Josef Ernst Köpplinger; Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse; Johannes Leiacker; Alfred Mayerhofer; Michael Heidinger; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

SalzburgCosì fan tutte

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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Joana Mallwitz; Christof Loy; Johannes Leiacker; Barbara Drosihn; Olaf Winter; Vienna Philharmonic

Frankfurt am MainTurandot

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Puccini: Turandot
Simone Di Felice; Andrea Breth; Oper Frankfurt; Johannes Leiacker; Ursula Renzenbrink; Alexander Koppelmann; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra

Frankfurt am MainUn ballo in mascheraNew production

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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Simone Di Felice; Andrea Breth; Oper Frankfurt; Johannes Leiacker; Petra Reinhardt; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra; Frankfurt Opera Chorus
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Rolando Villazón’s staging of La sonnambula charms The Met

Nadine Sierra (Amina) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Nadine Sierra stars as a highly affecting Amina in the tenor-turned-director’s revisionist take on Bellini’s bel canto masterwork. 

****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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Pappano and Loy bring empathy to Elektra at Covent Garden

Nina Stemme (Elektra) © ROH | Tristram Kenton
Christof Loy’s thoughtful staging enlightens the character of the protagonists in Sophocles’ tale of matricide; Sir Antonio Pappano extracts great nuance and beauty from Strauss’ score.
****1
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Curtain rises on ENO’s Traviata revival

Nicole Chevalier (Violetta) © Belinda Jiao
Peter Konwitschny's production of La traviata has its flaws, but in an age of protracted media there is much to be said for his taut production of Verdi's most famous tragedy. 
***11
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A superb Orfeo ed Euridice opens the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Cecilia Bartoli (Orfeo) © Salzburger Festspiele | Monika Rittershaus
Gianluca Capuano and Les Musiciens du Prince open the Pfingstfestspiele with a bang in a profound interpretation of Gluck’s masterpiece, where Cecilia Bartoli shines in her debut as Orfeo.
*****
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Marc Albrecht returns to Amsterdam with a Humperdinck rarity

Olga Kulchynska (Goose Girl) and Daniel Behle (King's Son) © Dutch National Opera | Monika Rittershaus

Christof Loy directs a new production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s rarely performed second opera, Königskinder.

****1
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