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Moreton-in-MarshHansel and GretelNew production

Longborough Festival
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Karen Kamensek; Lucy Bailey; Longborough Festival Opera; Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra; Longborough Youth Chorus; Joanna Harries; TBC

GenevaNew Year's Concert

© Yunchis Artyom
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Karen Kamensek; Juliana Grigoryan

LausanneNew Year's Concert

© Yunchis Artyom
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Karen Kamensek; Juliana Grigoryan

HelsinkiThe Handmaid's TaleNew production

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Ruders: The Handmaid's Tale
Karen Kamensek; John Fulljames; Finnish National Opera; Chloe Lamford; Christina Cunningham; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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The many faces of Abraham Lincoln at Tanglewood

Zachary James, Philip Glass and Karen Kamensek with the Boston Symphony © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, the Boston Symphony presents a program dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, including the belated world premiere of Philip Glass’ Symphony no. 15
****1
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Karen Kamensek at Lincoln Center's Summer for the City

Gabriella Reyes and Karen Kamensek © Lawrence Sumulong
Karen Kamensek, Gabriella Reyes and the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center turn in a sporadically satisfying performance at Summer for the City. 
**111
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Heggie’s newly staged Moby Dick lands triumphantly at the Met

Peter Mattei (Starbuck) © Karen Almond | Met Opera

Fifteen years after its Dallas Opera world premiere, Jake Heggie’s grand adaptation of Herman Melville’s sprawling epic arrives in New York in a stunning production with a standout cast.  

*****
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San Francisco Opera's The Handmaid's Tale offers hope

Irene Roberts (Offred) © Cory Weaver | San Francisco Opera
John Fulljames directs a new production of Poul Ruders' uncompromising operatic take on Margaret Atwood’s celebrated novel. 
****1
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Muted passions in Royal Opera Tosca revival

Aušrinė Stundytė (Tosca) © ROH | Marc Brenner
A revival low on dramatic power and emotional temperature, despite a fine Royal Opera debut by conductor Karen Kamensek. 
***11
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English National Opera revives Akhnaten to spectacular effect

Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten) © Belinda Jiao
Philip Glass' operatic take on Ancient Egyptian history returns to the Coliseum in Phelim McDermott's hypnotic production, complete with jugglers...
*****
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StockholmThea Musgrave's Turbulent Landscapes

© Denise Biffar
Musgrave: Turbulent Landscapes
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Karen Kamensek