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Paul Daniel; Guillermo Amaya; Ópera de Tenerife; Pablo Menor; Raquel Porter; Ion Aníbal López; Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife

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Simone Young; Willy Decker; Vienna State Opera; Wolfgang Gussmann; Susana Mendoza; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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Between ecstasy and abyss: Korngold’s Violanta at the Deutsche Oper

Mihails Čuļpajevs (Alfonso), Ólafur Sigurdarson (Simone) and Laura Wilde (Violanta) © Marcus Lieberenz
David Hermann directs a new production of Korngold’s teenage opera, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. 
****1
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Klaus Florian Vogt a successful Siegfried at La Scala

Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried) and Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

McVicar’s most successful Ring chapter yet: Siegfried convinces with beautiful imagery and a stellar cast, with Alexander Soddy at the baton.

****1
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A new Ring in Milan! Das Rheingold shines at La Scala

Ólafur Sigurdarson (Alberich), Andrea Carroll, Svetlina Stoyanova and Virginie Verrez (Rhinemaidens) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

La Scala presents a new production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece by David McVicar with a superb cast under the considerate baton of Simone Young.

****1
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Great Britten: a fine Peter Grimes at La Scala

Peter Grimes © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
La Scala presents a new production of Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece, with an excellent cast led by tenor Brandon Jovanovich.
****1
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Tim Albery's Tannhäuser gets a second revival at the ROH

Venusberg © ROH | Clive Barda
Albery's production allows the opera to speak for itself, although sluggish pacing in the pit detract from the musical merits of this revival. 
***11
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Season finale: a disappointing ending to Bayreuth's Götterdämmerung

Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele © Bayreuth Festspiele | Enrico Nawrath
Despite many perceptive details, Bayreuth's new Ring culminates in a rather damp squib of an ending.
***11
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