Performer: Nicolas Testé

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Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 2027 Apr 02, 04, 07, 10, 18, 23

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles

Giedrė Šlekytė; Wim Wenders; Staatsoper Berlin; David Regehr; Montserrat Casanova; Olaf Freese; Staatskapelle Berlin

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Aldeburgh Festival dives in at the deep end with Pelléas et Mélisande

Sophie Bevan (Mélisande) and Jacques Imbrailo (Pelléas) © Craig Fuller

Eleanor Knight, 12 Jun

Rory Kinnear directs a minimally semi-staged performance of Debussy's problematic opera at Snape Maltings, but Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish SO provide the detail.

****1

Mari Eriksmoen (Mélisande) and Björn Bürger (Pelléas) © GTG | Magali Dougados

Elodie Olson-Coons, 26 Oct

A maximalist production of Pelléas et Mélisande at Geneva's Grand Théâtre shines, but tries a little too hard.

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Nicolas Testé (Frère Laurent) and Elsa Dreisig (Juliette) © Monika Rittershaus

Zenaida des Aubris, 24 Nov

The French director updates the action to the present day, underscoring the validity of the plot – feuding families and class differences are still relevant.

***11

Thomas’ Hamlet in concert at the Liceu

John Marten Barnard, 10 Mar

Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet in concert in the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona is enthusiastically conducted by Daniel Oren.

****1

The Pearl Fishers: a lackluster evening at The Met

Ako Imamura, 17 Nov

The second performance of the Met's Pearl Fishers saw one of the leads withdraw mid-performance again. A welcome performance by young baritone Alexander Birch Elliott could not rescue the evening.

***11

Lisette Oropesa conquers Paris in Les Huguenots

David Karlin, 28 Sep

It's a big night at the Opéra Bastille for their 350th anniversary season; Oropesa's dazzling coloratura stops the show; Andreas Kriegenburg sets the action interestingly in a Star Trek future.

***11

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