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Performer: Kyle Ketelsen

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MunichDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Vladimir Jurowski; David Hermann; Bavarian State Opera; Jo Schramm; Sibylle Wallum; Felice Ross; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

New York CitySilent NightNew production

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Puts: Silent Night
Dalia Stasevska; James Robinson; Metropolitan Opera; Mimi Lien; Catherine Zuber; Lap Chi Chu; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

AmsterdamLa Damnation de FaustNew production

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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Stéphane Denève; Nanine Linning; Dutch National Opera; Levi van Veluw; Irina Shaposhnikova; Benedikt Zehm; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Chicago’s Omar: strong score clashes with undirected storytelling

Issachah Savage (Omar) and Kearstin Piper Brown (Julie) © Cory Weaver | Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago presents the local premiere of Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' opera, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. 
***11
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Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow

Nicole Heaston (Claire) © Cory Weaver | Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Missy Mazzoli's opera, which the company co-commissioned, has strong, dramatic, expressive music throughout, but the story lacks continuity. 
**111
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Scattered borrowings fail to cohere in COC's new Faust

Kyle Ketelsen (Méphistophélès) and Long Long (Faust) © Michael Cooper
Amy Lane's scattered borrowings from Tim Burton to Stanley Kubrick fail to cohere in the Canadian Opera Company's new Faust.
***11
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Aigul Akhmetshina leads powerhouse cast in the Met’s new Carmen

Rafael Davila (Don José) and Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

Carrie Cracknell’s modernized take on Bizet’s 1875 iconic opera moves the action from early 19th-century Spain to a 21st-century American industrial town.

****1
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Riccardo Muti concludes Chicago tenure with a divine Missa solemnis

Riccardo Muti accepts proclamation appointing him Music Director Emeritus for Life © Todd Rosenberg
Riccardo Muti selects Beethoven’s daunting Missa solemnis for his final performance as Music Director of the Chicago Symphony, a performance that proves worthy of his remarkable tenure.
*****
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Star-studded gloom in Kevin Puts' The Hours at the Met

Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Is it possible to have a minor success on every level? Kevin Puts' The Hours underwhelms in its world premiere production at the Metropolitan Opera. 
***11
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