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LenoxThe Marriage of Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Andris Nelsons; James Darrah Black; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Joshua Hopkins; Hanna-Elisabeth Müller; Michael Sumuel

EdinburghMozart’s Don GiovanniConcert performance

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Maxim Emelyanychev; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus; Konstantin Krimmel; Michael Sumuel

Los AngelesRituals: Requiem

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Ligeti, Mozart
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen; Jennifer France; Beth Taylor; Laurence Kilsby; Michael Sumuel

ParisBach, Passion selon Saint Matthieu / Jaap van Zweden

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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Lionel Sow; Michael Sumuel; Nicholas Phan; Amanda Forsythe; Tamara Mumford

Los AngelesLe nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
James Conlon; James Gray; LA Opera; Santo Loquasto; Christian Lacroix; York Kennedy; LA Opera Orchestra
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20 years of Giulio Cesare: McVicar staging revived at Deutsche Oper

Christophe Dumaux (Giulio Cesare) © Nancy Jesse
The classic production of Handel's opera proves its durability, featuring a strong cast led by Christophe Dumaux and Elena Tsallagova.
****1
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Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney

Siobhan Stagg (Susanna) © Keith Saunders
Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House
****1
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Joana Mallwitz makes a radiant Met debut leading a vigorous Figaro

Michael Sumuel (Figaro) and Olga Kulchynska (Susanna) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
A rising German conductor draws superb playing from the orchestra in the Met’s fifth revival of Richard Eyre’s witty 2014 production.
****1
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Power and vulnerability: COC revives Madama Butterfly

Kang Wang (Pinkerton) and Eri Nakamura (Cio-Cio-San) © Michael Cooper
The Toronto revival of Michael Grandage’s straightforward but elegant production shields Puccini’s genius from contemporary critiques. 
****1
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Malcolm X reaches the Met Opera at a crucial time

Will Liverman (Malcolm) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Anthony Davis’ groundbreaking opera, with a jazz band in the middle of the orchestra and a book that focuses more on crises than victories, proves hard to see as an heroic tale.

***11
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Requiem, eternal light and hummingbirds at Cincinnati May Festival

Erica Petrocelli, Kate Lindsay, Joshua Blue, Michael Sumuel and James Conlon © JP Leong
The Cincinnati May Festival pairs a deeply-felt Mozart Requiem with a new work for chorus and orchestra by Julia Adolphe.
****1
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