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ParisKatia Kabanova

© Elena Bauer | OnP
Janáček: Kátya Kabanová
Simone Young; Christoph Marthaler; Opéra national de Paris; Aliisa Neige Barrière; Anna Viebrock; Olaf Winter

SalzburgCosì fan tutte

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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Joana Mallwitz; Christof Loy; Johannes Leiacker; Barbara Drosihn; Olaf Winter; Vienna Philharmonic

RomeLe nozze di Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian; Claus Guth; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Christian Schmidt; Olaf Winter; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

NaplesMitridate, re di Ponto, K87 (K74a)New production

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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87 (K74a)
Riccardo Frizza; Claus Guth; Teatro di San Carlo; Christian Schmidt; Ursula Kudrna; Olaf Winter; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo

Frankfurt am MainDie Nacht vor Weihnachten

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve
Takeshi Moriuchi; Christof Loy; Oper Frankfurt; Johannes Leiacker; Ursula Renzenbrink; Olaf Winter; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra

Frankfurt am MainDie Walküre

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Wagner: Die Walküre
Thomas Guggeis; Vera Nemirova; Oper Frankfurt; Jens Kilian; Ingeborg Bernerth; Olaf Winter; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
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Giordano's Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Vida Miknevičiūtė (Fedora) and Jonathan Tetelman (Loris) © Bettina Stöß
A new production of Fedora at the Deutsche Oper Berlin warms up the cold German winter, featuring strong lead performances by Vida Miknevičiūtė and Jonathan Tetelman.
***11
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Elisabet Strid renders Tosca an Everywoman in Helsinki

Elisabet Strid (Tosca) © Emma Suominen

Christof Loy’s psychological staging returns to the stage of Finnish National Opera, with Swedish soprano Elisabet Strid compelling in the title role. 

****1
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Pappano and Loy bring empathy to Elektra at Covent Garden

Nina Stemme (Elektra) © ROH | Tristram Kenton
Christof Loy’s thoughtful staging enlightens the character of the protagonists in Sophocles’ tale of matricide; Sir Antonio Pappano extracts great nuance and beauty from Strauss’ score.
****1
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A revenger’s tragedy: La forza del destino returns to London

Brian Jagde (Don Alvaro) and Étienne Dupuis (Don Carlo) © ROH | Camilla Greenwell
Christof Loy's 2019 production proves even more compelling second time round, with excellent acting and a properly heroic tenor performance from Brian Jagde.
****1
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A superb Orfeo ed Euridice opens the Salzburg Whitsun Festival

Cecilia Bartoli (Orfeo) © Salzburger Festspiele | Monika Rittershaus
Gianluca Capuano and Les Musiciens du Prince open the Pfingstfestspiele with a bang in a profound interpretation of Gluck’s masterpiece, where Cecilia Bartoli shines in her debut as Orfeo.
*****
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COC's sexed up Figaro: beautifully sung, creepily funny

Lauren Fagan (Countess), Emily Fons (Cherubino) and Andrea Carroll (Susanna) © Michael Cooper
The COC revival of its 2016 production of Le nozze di Figaro is still rooted in Claus Guth’s gloomy Scandinavia but it’s lightened up to become much sexier and funnier.
****1
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ParisRigoletto

© Monika Rittershaus | OnP
Verdi: Rigoletto
Nicola Luisotti; Claus Guth; Opéra national de Paris; Christian Schmidt; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris; Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris