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Performer: Maria Barakova

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MunichCarmen

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Bizet: Carmen
Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Lina Wertmüller; Bavarian State Opera; Enrico Job; Franco Marri; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

WexfordL'equivoco stravaganteNew production

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Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante
Riccardo Bisatti; Max Hoehn; Wexford Festival Opera; Darko Petrovic; Massimo Carlotto; Daniele Naldi; Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera

BostonThe Queen of SpadesConcert performance

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Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame)
Andris Nelsons; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Kristine Opolais; Elena Zaremba
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Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Asmik Grigorian (Tatyana) and Iurii Samoilov (Onegin) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1
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Exciting debut elevates Met Opera The Queen of Spades

Arsen Soghomonyan (Herman) © Ken Howard | Met Opera
Galina Cheplakova steps in for Sonya Yoncheva in the penultimate performance of this revival, winning over the audience with vocal clarity and dramatic commitment. 
***11
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L’equivoco stravagante returns to the Rossini Opera Festival

Nicola Alaimo (Gamberotto) © Amati Bacciardi

Rossini’s ill-fated farce finds new life in the intelligent and enjoyable 2019 production by Leiser and Caurier at the Rossini Opera Festival, featuring a great cast under the unwavering baton of Michele Spotti. 

****1
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Passion, savagery and humor: Boston Symphony at Carnegie Hall

Andris Nelsons, Brenden Gunnell and the Boston Symphony © Steve J Sherman

Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in a thrilling concert performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s1932 potboiler.

****1
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A heavy metal Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in Boston

Kristine Opolais © Winslow Townson
Andris Nelsons brings his Shostakovich project to a close in Boston with an incandescent performance of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
****1
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Superb singing enlivens static production: Nabucco revived at the Met

George Gagnidze (Nabucco) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

With Liudmyla Monastyrska and George Gagnidze leading the cast, the Met revives Elijah Moshinsky’s 2001 staging of Verdi’s biblical epic under the baton of Daniele Callegari.

***11
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