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Susan Graham stars in LA Opera's charming Humperdinck revival

Susan Graham had all the fun every mezzo-soprano witch, who can sing the role and disguise herself – when necessary – to look the part, deserves. 
****1
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Nature’s bonfire burns on: Zambello’s Die Walküre

Zambello's Die Walküre engages and excites in this promising Ring cycle. 
****1
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Manifest destiny and doom

Das Rheingold stages flawed American Ambitions in the first Ring Cycle in Washington DC. 
***11
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Operatic righteous anger or self-indulgence?

A righteous, politically-relevant but musically questionable world premiere of Philip Glass' revised Appomattox.
**111
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The Passenger: A harrowing evening

Two worlds occupied by the same two women and presented, jarringly, as a single multi-story set. One is the pristine white deck of a 1960s ship bound for Brazil, and beneath it, where the hull might be, is the grey grim world of Auschwitz.
****1
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Haunting, beautiful Dutchman sets sail at Glimmerglass

If an evocative and provocative crowd-pleaser is your preferred summertime fare, then catch the new production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman at Glimmerglass Festival.Dutchman was Wagner’s first unabashed hit, deservedly so. It is a classic tale of redemption through love, masterfully scored, inspired by a stormy voyage the composer himself made and Heinrich Heine’s retelling of the legend.
****1
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