Performer: Josh Lovell

ParisLe Barbier de Séville

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Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Sep 12, 17, 20 mat, 23, 26, Oct 01, 04 mat, 07, 10, 24, 28, Nov 01 mat, 03, 05

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

François López-Ferrer; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Jader Bignamini; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin

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BarcelonaThe Exterminating Angel

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Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, 2027 Apr 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22

Adès: The Exterminating Angel

Thomas Adès; Calixto Bieito; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

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Santa Fe Opera, Jul 04, 10, 15, Aug 04, 13, 22, 25, 28

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Harry Bicket; Christopher Luscombe; Santa Fe Opera; Simon Higlett; Robert Perdziola; Philip Rosenberg; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

Santa Fe Opera, Aug 01, 05, 14, 18, 27

Picker: Lili Elbe

Roberto Kalb; James Robinson; Santa Fe Opera; Allen Moyer; Marco Piemontese; Marcus Doshi; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

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From Priscilla to Pappataci: L’italiana in Algeri in drag at the ROF

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Laura Servidei, 12 Aug

Rosetta Cucchi jumps on the bandwagon with a shallow production of L’italiana in Algeri, although Daniela Barcellona’s charisma and vocal prowess dominates the scene.

***11

A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria

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Laura Servidei, 29 Mar

Christophe Rousset leads a great cast and an even greater orchestra in Gassmann’s 1769 rarity in Laurent Pelly’s visually striking, but oddly subdued, take on a comedy that thrives on chaos.

***11

Canadian Opera Company opens season with a Fidelio for our time

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Michelle Assay, 29 Sep

A massive rotating cube, CCTV, an immigrants’ detention centre: Fidelio returns to the Toronto stage with a visually arresting production full of contemporary resonances.

***11

Saint-Saëns rarity Henry VIII takes the crown at Bard SummerScape

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Cameron Kelsall, 21 Jul

Conductor Leon Botstein and director Jean-Roumain Vesperini treat this Tudor soap opera with appropriate grandeur, while a top-notch cast deliver the vocal goods.

****1

Waxing lyrical: rare Offenbach proves a hit

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Matthew Rye, 16 Sep

A human waxwork, a lottery win and circus buffoonery combine in a long-neglected Offenbach operetta, given a fizzing performance by the forces of Opera Rara and the London Philharmonic.

****1

Baroque modernity: Jan Lauwers’ Poppea at the Wiener Staatsoper

Chanda VanderHart, 28 May

Kate Lindsey’s voice is luminous, effortlessly regulated in every register, and intertwined magically with the gleaming soprano of Slávka Zámečníková, a very special new jewel in the Staatsoper ensemble who is every inch a star.

*****

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