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GrafeneggBayreuther Festspielorchester & Pablo Heras-Casado

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Wagner: Parsifal
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Pablo Heras-Casado; Miina-Liisa Värelä; Andreas Schager; Jordan Shanahan; Georg Zeppenfeld

ParisWagner, Tristan et Isolde / Jaap van Zweden

Philharmonie de Paris
Wagner
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Jaap van Zweden; Stuart Skelton; Miina-Liisa Värelä; Kwangchul Youn; Iain Paterson

MunichGötterdämmerungNew production

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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

MunichDie Walküre

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Wagner: Die Walküre
Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

MunichSiegfriedNew production

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Wagner: Siegfried
Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

MunichGötterdämmerungNew production

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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Vladimir Jurowski; Tobias Kratzer; Bavarian State Opera; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Ticciati and the LPO deliver epic Sibelius plus lively Wennäkoski

Robin Ticciati © Benjamin Ealavoga
Sibelius' Kullervo receives a dramatic performance from Ticciati and the LPO, with strong turns from Shenyang, Miina-Liisa Värelä and the YL Male Voice Choir.
****1
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Philosophy trumps passion in Glyndebourne’s Tristan

Stuart Skelton (Tristan), Miina-Liisa Värelä (Isolde) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. | Photography by ASH
Magnificent conducting from Robin Ticciati and fine singers make Glyndebourne's latest revival of Lehnhoff’s production musically rewarding, but cerebral philosophical elevation overpowers the earthy reality of lust and love.
***11
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Thielemann bids farewell to Dresden with an excellent new FroSch

Camilla Nylund (The Empress) © Semperoper Dresden | Ludwig Olah
David Bösch directs a creative and thoughtful new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Semperoper in Christian Thielemann's final opera as Principal Conductor. 
*****
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Canadian Opera Company opens season with a Fidelio for our time

Miina-Liisa Värelä (Leonore) © Michael Cooper
A massive rotating cube, CCTV, an immigrants’ detention centre: Fidelio returns to the Toronto stage with a visually arresting production full of contemporary resonances. 
***11
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A semi-staged Tristan und Isolde at Glyndebourne

For social distancing reasons, the Festival dispensed with a full staging of Wagner's epic love story, allowing singers and orchestra to share the stage in an able compromise.
****1
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An overwhelming Frau ohne Schatten at the Verbier Festival

Young musicians and experienced stars combine for a thrilling Frau in its centenary year
*****
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