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Performer: Margaret Plummer

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ViennaL'Orfeo

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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Stefan Gottfried; Tom Morris; Vienna State Opera; Anna Fleischle; James Farncombe; Concentus Musicus Wien

ViennaDie verkaufte Braut

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Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta)
Tomáš Hanus; Dirk Schmeding; Vienna State Opera; Robert Schweer; Alfred Mayerhofer; Tim van 't Hof; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

ViennaLulu

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Berg: Lulu
Simone Young; Willy Decker; Vienna State Opera; Wolfgang Gussmann; Susana Mendoza; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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Humperdinck hobbled in Opera Australia revival

Stacey Alleaume (Gretel) and Margaret Plummer (Hansel) © Carlita Sari
Elijah Moshinsky’s 33-year-old production of Hansel and Gretel hasn’t aged well. 
***11
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Massenet’s Cendrillon goes to the ball at Opera Australia

Emily Edmonds (Cinderella) © Rhiannon Hopley
This abridged version of Massenet's Cendrillon was clearly chosen for a wide Sydney audience, succeeding as a popular offering in the Australian summer holiday season. 
****1
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Young and the Sydney Symphony perform a splendid Die Walküre

Simone Young and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra © Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Jay Patel
Wotan's predicaments provide Sydney's victory: Chief Conductor Simone Young has her musicians on some of their best form in recent years, with only a few question marks over an excellent concert performance.
****1
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Great Britten: a fine Peter Grimes at La Scala

Peter Grimes © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
La Scala presents a new production of Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece, with an excellent cast led by tenor Brandon Jovanovich.
****1
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Parsifal in Augmented Reality at the Bayreuth Festival

Elīna Garanča (Kundry) © Enrico Nawrath
Jay Scheib spices up the visual experience with digital content in his production of Parsifal. Sounds good. But is it?
***11
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A surprise ending in Staatsoper's I puritani revival

Pretty Yende and John Osborn bring star quality to this revival of John Dew’s Vienna staging of Bellini's Civil War opera.
****1
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