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BrusselsAriadne auf Naxos

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Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariane Matiakh; Mariusz Treliński; La Monnaie | De Munt; Fabien Lédé; Marek Adamski; Marc Heinz; La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
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Musicians of Monsalvat: a new Parsifal opens Budapest’s Wagner Days

Magnus Vigilius (Parsifal) and Flowermaidens © Attila Nagy | Müpa Budapest
Birgit Kajtna-Wönig’s new semi-staging of Wagner's Bühnenweihfestspiel pays homage to Ádám Fischer's committed musical forces.
***11
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A muddled new Ariadne auf Naxos in Prague

Cornelia Beskow (Ariadne) © Petr Neubert
Fine vocal and musical performances can't overcome Sláva Daubnerová's staging which misses the mark.
***11
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Tatjana Gürbaca’s Geneva staging of Kátya Kabanová travels to Brno

Aleš Briscein (Boris) and Corinne Winters (Kátya) © Marek Olbrzymek
Director Tatjana Gürbaca and Czech conductor Tomáš Netopil deliver a “Romantic” Kátya Kabanová from the Grand Théâtre de Genève at Brno’s Janáček Festival.
****1
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Bieito's parched aesthetic strips the emotion from Kátya Kabanová

Kátya Kabanová © Zdeněk Sokol
The Spanish director's emotionally-sapped staging for the Prague National Theatre travels to Brno for the Janáček Festival.
***11
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Jetske Mijnssen's new Kátya Kabanová at Komische Oper

Komische Oper Berlin presents Leoš Janáček's masterpiece as a tight-knit psychodrama in a new production conducted by Giedrė Šlekytė.
****1
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Kàt’a Kabanova takes flight in Naples

A terrific staging of Janáček's opera is successfully revived at the Teatro di San Carlo.
*****
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