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Performer: Julie Roset

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LondonJohn Wilson Conducts the Sinfonia of London Strings

BBC Proms
Berkeley, Bridge, Britten, Holst I.
Sinfonia of London; John Wilson; Julie Roset

MunichWertherNew production

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Massenet: Werther
Karina Canellakis; Marie-Ève Signeyrole; Bavarian State Opera; Fabien Teigné; Yashi; Sascha Zauner; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

MunichWertherNew production

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Massenet: Werther
Karina Canellakis; Marie-Ève Signeyrole; Bavarian State Opera; Fabien Teigné; Yashi; Sascha Zauner; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

GlyndebourneDie Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)

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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem)
Evan Rogister; Sir David McVicar; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Vicki Mortimer; Paule Constable; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

EdinburghJulie Roset & Susan Manoff

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Koechlin, Rosenthal, Aboulker, Boulanger, Debussy, Beydts, Hahn, Enescu, Poulenc, Bonis
Julie Roset; Susan Manoff

TorontoAriadne auf NaxosNew production

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Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Johannes Debus; Paul Curran; Canadian Opera Company; Gary McCann; Howard Hudson; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
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Luigi Rossi's Orfeo makes it a hat trick for Pygmalion in Adelaide

Blandine de Sansal and Pygmalion © Claudio Raschella
A wonderful performance of a hitherto little known 17th-century version of the Orpheus legend is performed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion at the Adelaide Festival. 
****1
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Totally stunning Monteverdi Vespers by Pygmalion at Adelaide Festival

Pygmalion perform Monteverdi in St Peter’s Cathedral © Claudio Raschella
It is hard to imagine a better performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 than this one by the French ensemble Pygmalion under the direction of Raphaël Pichon. 
*****
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Good Night World: Pygmalion opens the Adelaide Festival in style

Julie Roset © Claudio Raschella
The French ensemble Pygmalion enraptures the audience at the first night of the Adelaide Festival with a concert of music by JS Bach and his predecessors.
****1
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Implacable Werther at Opéra-Comique from Pichon and Huffman

Pene Pati (Werther) and Adèle Charvet (Charlotte) © Jean-Louis Fernandez
Tight orchestral playing, minimalist stage design: the conductor and director are perfectly in tune with each other, transforming Massenet's work into an intimate and timeless drama.
****1
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Willis-Sørensen headlines a successful Arabella revival at the Met

Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Arabella) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera
The Metropolitan Opera revives Otto Schenk’s venerable staging of Strauss’s intimate melodrama. 
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Toronto Symphony kicks off season with an effective double bill

Gustavo Gimeno, Sean Michael Plumb and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra © Allan Cabral, Courtesy of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
The Toronto Symphony kicks off the 2025-26 season with an intriguing and exciting double bill of the very new and the very familiar. 
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ParisMédée

Opéra national de Paris
Charpentier: Médée
William Christie; Sir David McVicar; Opéra national de Paris; Bunny Christie; Paule Constable; Les Arts Florissants

ParisWertherNew production

© Jean-Louis Fernandez
Massenet: Werther
Raphaël Pichon; Ted Huffman; Opéra-Comique; Astrid Klein; Bertrand Couderc; Ensemble Pygmalion; Maîtrise Populaire de l'Opéra-Comique

Aix-en-ProvenceSamsonWorld premiere

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Rameau: Samson
Raphaël Pichon; Claus Guth; Étienne Pluss; Ursula Kudrna; Bertrand Couderc; Ensemble Pygmalion