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San FranciscoLe nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Sebastian Weigle; Michael Cavanagh; San Francisco Opera; Erhard Rom; Constance Hoffman; Jane Cox; San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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Mozart meets Gatsby in LA Opera’s new Così fan tutte

Ana María Martínez (Despina), Rihab Chaieb (Dorabella) and Erica Petrocelli (Fiordiligi) © Cory Weaver
 Michael Cavanagh's sleek new production, designed by Erhard Rom and conducted by James Conlon, transforms the 18th-century opera into a Broadway musical, score by Mozart.
****1
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Aida returns to the Royal Swedish Opera with a new cast

Carè, Katzarava and Treichl give committed performances in a reprise of Cavanagh’s production.
**111
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Great Aida debut for Christina Nilsson

The remarkable performance of young soprano Christina Nilsson does not completely rescue a mixed-bag cast and a lack of Personenregie at the Stockholm Royal Opera.
**111
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Thoughtfully directed, superbly played

A superb orchestral performance from Lawrence Renes and the Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra lights up Michael Cavanagh's well directed Nixon in China.
****1
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A wedding worth celebrating at San Francisco Opera Lab

Ana Sokolović’s Serbian a cappella opera is short on plot, but glorious musical variety, a talented cast, and an intimate space make for an engrossing hour.
****1
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A thoughtful Susannah from San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera's thoughtful version of the 1955 opera Susannah, one of the most performed American operas, placing the story of Susannah and the Elders in the Appalachian hills of the 1930s. 
****1
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