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The HagueRossini - La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

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Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Pedro Beriso; Lysanne van Overbeek; De Nederlandse Reisopera; Alex Lowde; Joshua Harriette; Phion

AmsterdamClassical Highlights: Opera Classics with Sophia Burgos and Linard Vrielink

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Sophia Burgos; Linard Vrielink; Daan Boertien; Camiel Jansen

BregenzDie Ausflüge des Herrn BroučekNew production

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Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček
Robert Jindra; Yuval Sharon; Jon Bausor; Yi Zhao; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

LyonL'Amour des trois orangesNew production

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Prokofiev: L’amour des trois oranges (The Love for Three Oranges)
Dmitry Matvienko; Laurent Pelly; Opéra de Lyon; Caroline Ginet; Michel Le Borgne; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

BerlinIdomeneo, re di Creta

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Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta
Sir Simon Rattle; Sir David McVicar; Staatsoper Berlin; Vicki Mortimer; Gabrielle Dalton; Paule Constable; Staatskapelle Berlin
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Blitzstein’s Parabola and Circula takes its bow at Musikfest Berlin

Karl-Heinz Steffans conducts the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra © Fabian Schellhorn

The – much belated – world premiere of Blitzstein's 1929 one-act opera is paired with Bernstein's Second Symphony, performed by the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. 

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Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on

Iestyn Davies (David) © © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photography by ASH
Returning from the original run, Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies were joined by a strong cast and chorus for a revival of Barrie Kosky's striking production.
*****
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To the Moon and back: Janáček’s Mr Brouček visits Berlin

Peter Hoare (Mr Brouček) and Aleš Briscein (Mazál) © Arno Declair
Robert Carsen's new production of Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr Brouček for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden scores a well-deserved success thanks to a stellar – or rather, lunar – conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
*****
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Chaos in the Underworld: Andriy Zholdak directs Fidelio at DNO

Jacquelyn Wagner (Leonore) © Monika Rittershaus | Dutch National Opera
The Ukrainian director's “revisioning” of Beethoven's only opera plunges it into an incoherent underworld in Amsterdam.
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Winging its way to heaven: Schumann's muse soars aloft at the Proms

Lucy Crowe, Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Mark Allan
A Schumann premiere at the BBC Proms, revived with loving care by Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO. 
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Straussian pastoral: Daphne at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Vera-Lotte Boecker (Daphne) © Monika Rittershaus
Romeo Castellucci's new production of Daphne for the Staatsoper reflects on our relationship with nature, subverting the perspective of Richard Strauss' opera.
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