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The Rake’s Progress at Glimmerglass: Temptation and collapse

The Rake's Progress © The Glimmerglass Festival | Kayleen Bertrand
Stravinsky’s fable of desire and downfall receives a meticulously unified staging in Glimmerglass’s 50th season.
****1
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La bohème (in reverse) in Philadelphia

Kara Goodrich (Mimì) and Joshua Blue (Rodolfo) © Steven Pisano
Yuval Sharon's La bohème for Opera Philadelphia proves a mix of great singing and disorienting navigation. 
****1
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Merrily We Roll Puccini: Boston Lyric presents Bohème in reverse

Jesus Garcia (Rodolfo) and Lauren Michelle (Mimì) © Olivia Moon
Yuval Sharon’s production of La bohème turns the opera upside down... with captivating consequences.
****1
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The lights are out in Allemonde: Pelléas at the Met

Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s proves the highlight of a frustrating evening at The Metropolitan Opera
***11
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A gaudy stand-and-sing Semiramide at the Met

Angela Meade (Semiramide) © Ken Howard | Metropolitan Opera
Despite a great cast, the Metropolitan Opera's revival of Semiramide bores with tacky costumes and no direction.
**111
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Handel's Xerxes comes to Glimmerglass

Handel’s Xerxes (1738) was part of this year’s “home and homeland” season at Glimmerglass Festival.
***11
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