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MadridJanácek - Katia KabanováNew production
Janáček: Kátya Kabanová
Gustavo Gimeno; Christof Loy; Teatro Real; Étienne Pluss; Robby Duiveman; Fabrice Kebour; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
AmsterdamJohannes-Passion
Bach: St John Passion, BWV245
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Sasha Waltz; Dutch National Opera; Heike Schuppelius; Bernd Skodzig; David Finn; Netherlands Bach Society Orchestra
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Parsifal reconsidered: A provocative improvisation in Prague
Timo Riihonen and Ester Pavlů stand out in a strong cast which carries Andreas Homoki's revised version of Wagner's final opera.
Blitzstein’s Parabola and Circula takes its bow at Musikfest Berlin
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.
Penthouse decadence for a shattering new Salome in Geneva
The Grand Théâtre de Genève is certainly not risk-averse and Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó controversially translates the action to a penthouse bar in New York.
Carry on up the Nile: Handel's Berenice by the Seine
One of Handel's lesser operas receives a deluxe concert performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, with Il Pomo d'Oro and a fine array of singers.
The Best of All Possible Satires: Candide sparkles in Vienna
Lydia Steier's new production of Candide is a kaleidoscopic celebration of Leonard Bernstein's varied musical idioms.
The Dutch premiere of A Village Romeo and Juliet
Gorgeous playing under Sir Mark Elder wasn’t enough to mask the lack of theatrical drive in the scrupulously cast Dutch premiere of Delius’ most successful opera.
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ParisEliogabalo
Cavalli: Eliogabalo
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Thomas Jolly; Opéra national de Paris; Thibaut Fack; Gareth Pugh; Antoine Travert; Cappella Mediterranea