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An audacious update of a Dvořák classic in Prague
Directors Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský, who work together as SKUTR, take on Dvořák’s Rusalka with a surfeit of ideas.
Opera North revives its taut, terrific Tosca
The director Edward Dick and his designer, Tom Scutt, alternate between realistic and expressionistic images in their creation of grim spectacle.
Visually splendid telling of Puccini's Madama Butterfly in Hong Kong
This production brought the work into the 21st century, at least visually, with a more modernised and digitally-stylised telling than their recent attempts.
Un ballo glitters but doesn’t ignite in Budapest
The acting was patchy and the singing ranged from serviceable to laudable in this dazzling new production at the Budapest Spring Festival.
Vergangenheitsbewältigung mit Familie Pinkerton: Butterfly in Graz
Floris Visser bringt eine ebenso interessante wie bildgewaltige Interpretation von Puccinis Klassiker auf die Bühne; auch musikalisch überzeugt der Abend fast auf ganzer Linie.
Don Carlo zeigt in Graz die erdrückende Enge des spanischen Hofs
In der italienischen vieraktigen Version erklingt Giuseppe Verdis Oper vielversprechend zur Saisoneröffnung.