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MunichFidelio

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Beethoven: Fidelio
Yoel Gamzou; Calixto Bieito; Bavarian State Opera; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

TokyoCarmenConcert performance

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Bizet: Carmen
Myung-whun Chung; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; New National Theatre Chorus; Stéphanie d'Oustrac; Matthew Polenzani

TokyoCarmenConcert performance

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Bizet: Carmen
Myung-whun Chung; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; New National Theatre Chorus; Stéphanie d'Oustrac; Matthew Polenzani

TokyoCarmenConcert performance

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Bizet: Carmen
Myung-whun Chung; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; New National Theatre Chorus; Stéphanie d'Oustrac; Matthew Polenzani

ParisLa Clémence de Titus

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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
Harry Bicket; Willy Decker; Opéra national de Paris; John Macfarlane; Hans Toelstede; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

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Massenet: Manon
Yves Abel; Laurent Pelly; Metropolitan Opera; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Heaven is a place on earth: Verdi's Requiem in Saratoga Springs

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra © Francesco D’Amico
Returning to the first work he officially conducted as the Philadelphia Orchestra's Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin offers a powerful study in contrasts, supported by a superb quartet of opera soloists.
*****
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Sondra Radvanovsky triumphs in COC's darkly grand Medea

Sondra Radvanovsky (Medea) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera (2022)
In the title role of Canadian Opera Company's Medea, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky offers the vocal and dramatic goods required by this flawed masterpiece. 
****1
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Aleksandra Kurzak emerges as a charismatic Butterfly at the Met

Aleksandra Kurzak (Cio-Cio-San) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

Anthony Minghella’s highly stylized Madama Butterfly returns to New York for its ninth revival, with the Polish soprano delivering a thrilling performance in a Met role debut.

 

****1
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Federica Lombardi headlines the Met's latest Bohème revival

Federica Lombardi (Mimì) and Matthew Polenzani (Rodolfo) © Richard Termine | Met Opera
Franco Zeffirelli's perennial Bohème returns for yet another revival, with Federica Lombardi's luminous Mimì the standout performance. 
***11
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In need of salvation: Tito at the Wiener Staatsoper

Kate Lindsey (Sesto) and Matthew Polenzani (Sesto) © Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
A strong cast led by an energetic Pablo Heras-Casado struggles in the revival of Jürgen Flimm's ill-conceived 2012 production.
***11
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Grand opera, great voices: Don Carlo opens the San Carlo season

Ludovic Tézier (Posa) and Elīna Garanča (Eboli) © Luciano Romano
A delayed season opening at the Teatro di San Carlo, but a night of epic grand opera as Claus Guth and Juraj Valčuha deliver a weighty Don Carlo.
****1
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ParisLa Clémence de Titus

© Émilie Brouchon | OnP
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
Harry Bicket; Willy Decker; Opéra national de Paris; John Macfarlane; Hans Toelstede; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

MunichLa FavoriteNew production

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Donizetti: La Favorite
Karel Mark Chichon; Amélie Niermeyer; Bavarian State Opera; Alexander Müller-Elmau; Kirsten Dephoff; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor