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BudapestBartók: The Miraculous Mandarin / Bluebeard’s Castle
Bartók
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Péter Halász; Iurii Kekalo; Mikalai Radziush; Lea Földi; Jessica Carulla Leon
New York CityAida
Verdi: Aida
Daniele Callegari; Michael Mayer; Metropolitan Opera; Marco Armiliato; John Keenan; Christine Jones; Susan Hilferty
San FranciscoDas Rheingold
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Eun Sun Kim; Francesca Zambello; San Francisco Opera; Michael Yeargan; Catherine Zuber; Mark McCullough; San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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All that glitters is not gold in Budapest's new Lohengrin
Klára Kolonits's radiant Elsa proves the main attraction in the Hungarian State Opera's visually appealing but conceptually lacking new Lohengrin.
Angel Blue shines in the Met’s glitzy new Aida
The American soprano heads an uneven cast in Michael Mayer’s archeologically inspired staging of Verdi’s great tale of love, war and betrayal.
Unmasking illusions: SF Opera’s Ballo mirrors life’s motley
An excellent cast and smart, engaged direction make for an auspicious season launch in San Francisco Opera’s production of one of Verdi’s most sophisticated creations.
Destiny has rarely been gloomier: Treliński's new Forza at the Met
The first new Forza at the Met for nearly 30 years is lustily sung, led by Norwegian soprano, Lise Davidsen, and Igor Golovatenko as her vengeful brother.
Koležnik's casino Falstaff redeemed by a powerful ending in Munich
The Bayerische Staatsoper's new production of Falstaff makes the mistake of turning a comedy into a slapstick, but the fine ensemble have the last say as they stand in silence and defiance to face the empty auditorium.
A defiant Deutsche Oper's reduced open-air Rheingold
Deutsche Oper Berlin returns in rousing style with a pared-down, open-air Rheingold on its “Parkdeck”.