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Los AngelesCarmenNew production

Rihab Chaieb (Carmen) © Cory Weaver
Bizet: Carmen
Domingo Hindoyan; Thaddeus Strassberger; LA Opera; Mattie Ullrich; Pablo Santiago; LA Opera Orchestra

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Verdi: Nabucco
Domingo Hindoyan; Thaddeus Strassberger; LA Opera; Mattie Ullrich; Mark McCullough; LA Opera Orchestra
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Thaddeus Strassberger directs a tough love Carmen in Los Angeles

Rihab Chaieb (Carmen) © Cory Weaver
LA Opera’s new season opens with a new production of Bizet’s Carmen, conducted by new Music Director Domingo Hindoyan, but the spectacular effects detract from the drama. 
***11
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A lush, provocative Egyptian Helen at Bard Summerscape

Hailey Clark (Helena) © Maria Baranova
At Bard College, Christian Räth and Leonard Botstein make an excellent case for Strauss' neglected opera, Die ägyptische Helena. 
*****
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Atlanta Opera’s powerful Götterdämmerung caps a landmark Ring cycle

Le Bu (Gunther) and Stefan Vinke (Siegfried) © Raftermen
With superb singing, inspired orchestral playing and imaginative staging, Atlanta Opera crowns its monumental Wagner undertaking.
*****
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Spanish Civil War Trouvère opens Wexford Festival Opera

Chorus of Wexford Festival Opera © Pádraig Grant
The 74th Wexford Opera Festival opens with the French revision of Il trovatore that Verdi reforged for the Paris Opera. 
***11
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A musically sumptuous, dramatically staid Die Walküre in Atlanta

Greer Grimsley (Wotan) and Christine Goerke (Brünnhilde) © Raftermen Photography
The second installment in The Atlanta Opera's first-ever Ring Cycle benefits from the committed performances of veteran Wagnerians like Christine Goerke and Greer Grimsley.
***11
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Strauss' Silent Woman makes a grand noise at Bard

Bard’s always courageous Music Director, Leon Botstein, never one to shy away from a challenge, presents Strauss' comedy uncut.
****1
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