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MunichFidelio

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Beethoven: Fidelio
Yoel Gamzou; Calixto Bieito; Bavarian State Opera; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

MunichDer Freischütz

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Weber: Der Freischütz
Daniele Rustioni; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Bavarian State Opera; Johannes Knecht; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky

MunichDie Fledermaus

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Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Vladimir Jurowski; Barrie Kosky; Bavarian State Opera; Rebecca Ringst; Klaus Bruns; Joachim Klein; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

MunichParsifal

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Wagner: Parsifal
Pablo Heras-Casado; Pierre Audi; Bavarian State Opera; Georg Baselitz; Florence von Gerkan; Urs Schönebaum; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

MunichKoma / Il combattimento di Tancredi e ClorindaNew production

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Haas, Monteverdi
Bas Wiegers; Romeo Castellucci; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

MunichMacbeth

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Verdi: Macbeth
Marco Armiliato; Martin Kušej; Bavarian State Opera; Martin Zehetgruber; Werner Fritz; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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No fairy tale: Kušej’s Rusalka works with devastating force in Munich

Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka) © Wilfried Hösl (2023)
Asmik Grigorian leads a searing performance in Martin Kušej’s 15-year-old, yet ever-fresh, outstanding production of Dvořák's opera.
****1
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And they were the most divine gods: Das Rheingold in Munich

Markus Brück (Alberich), Yajie Zhang, Verity Wingate and Sarah Brady (Rhinemaidens) © Wilfried Hösl
Tobias Kratzer's prelude to this new Ring cycle exceeds all expectations and scores a musical-theatrical success.
*****
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Smiles of a summer night: Paavo Järvi at the Pärnu Music Festival

Paavo Järvi © Kaupo Kikkas
New music, old friends and supercharged Strauss from the Estonian Festival Orchestra.
****1
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Gerts' dark Rachmaninov brings NSO season to a close in Dublin

Mihhail Gerts conducts the National Symphony Orchestra © Mark Stedman
The Isle of the Dead and The Bells make gloomy bookends to the final concert of the season, but Mihhail Gerts makes a great case for both at the National Concert Hall. 
****1
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Splendid performance of Parsifal amid Audi's bleakness in Munich

The Bayerische Staatsoper's revival of a controversial production containing Georg Baselitz’s artwork succeeds with strong musical performances led by veterans of Wagnerian operas.
****1
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Puccini’s Il trittico: a successful revival in Munich

Ermonela Jaho steals the scene as Suor Angelica in a very successful revival of Lotte de Beer’s production.

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Mirjam Mesak – True to her own voice

Mirjam Mesak © Priit Simson
Talented and tenacious, soprano Mirjam Mesak has been making her mark in Munich, where she went through opera boot camp. Now she’s ready to take on the rest of the world.