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InnsbruckIl pomo d'oro

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Cesti: The Golden Apple (Il pomo d'oro)
Ottavio Dantone; Fabio Ceresa; Street Motion Studio; Nikolaus Webern; Giuseppe Palella; George Tellos; Accademia Bizantina
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Big-hearted, quirky, fun: Richard Jones' Alcina for The Royal Opera

Lisette Oropesa (Alcina) © ROH | Marc Brenner
Lisette Oropesa leads strong vocal performances in Handel's madcap tale of love and sorcery. Richard Jones' production is visually all over the place, but in a good way.
****1
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Salzburg Barbiere is an exuberant celebration of old movies

Nicola Alaimo (Figaro), Edgardo Rocha (Almaviva), Cecilia Bartoli (Rosina) and Arturo Brachetti © Monika Rittershaus

Despite some forgivable excesses, Nicola Alaimo and Cecilia Bartoli led a dream cast for a fun, engaging performance of Rossini's classic.

****1
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Political power games in Kosky's Agrippina at Covent Garden

An over-directed, but vivid staging demonstrating political rise and fall in Ancient Rome transported to the present day.
***11
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Camels and comic capers in Algiers: Italiana in Salzburg

Cecilia Bartoli is joined by frequent collaborators Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier in a fun-filled Rossini farce full of Italian sunshine. Big grins all round. 
*****
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Love finds a balm for pain in Basel

Lydia Steier’s colourful production of Alcina in Basel was as much a lesson in conflict resolution as it was in the power of love.
***11
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Bach en Sobrado: una Pasión de las que dejan huella

Carlos Mena © Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
La rica acústica de la iglesia de Santa María de Sobrado magnificó la notable interpretación de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia y el Coro de la OSG, bajo la dirección de Carlos Mena, de la Pasión según san Juan de Bach.
*****
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VersaillesPolifemo

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Porpora: Polifemo
Stefan Plewniak; Justin Way; Opéra royal de Versailles; Roland Fontaine; Christian Lacroix; Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles; Franco Fagioli