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ParisLady Macbeth de Mzensk
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Ingo Metzmacher; Krzysztof Warlikowski; Opéra national de Paris; Małgorzata Szczęśniak; Felice Ross; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
HamburgLucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Daniele Squeo; Amélie Niermeyer; Staatsoper Hamburg; Christian Schmidt; Kirsten Dephoff; Jan Speckenbach; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgDornröschenNew production
Humperdinck: Dornröschen
Markus Poschner; Anna Bergmann; Staatsoper Hamburg; Jo Schramm; Lane Schäfer; Henning Streck; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
HamburgLa traviata
Verdi: La traviata
Sesto Quatrini; Johannes Erath; Staatsoper Hamburg; Annette Kurz; Herbert Murauer; Olaf Freese; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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Garsington’s new La traviata ticks every musical and dramatic box
Music Director Douglas Boyd conducts a performance of exceptional musical quality, and Louisa Muller's uncontroversial but passionate direction makes this Traviata one for the ages.
Stikhina and Clayton shine in DNO's uneven Maid of Orleans
Director Dmitri Tcherniakov and a talented cast do everything to make Tchaikovsky’s opera work in Amsterdam, but problematic elements persist.
Garsington’s L’elisir d’amore: Dr Feelgood wins the day
Simon Higlett’s exquisite sets and costumes give a backdrop to Donizetti’s frothiest of rom-coms.
Toppling toxic masculinity: Don Giovanni opens Glyndebourne’s season
Mariame Clément wants her cake and eats it in a thought-provoking production that explores Mozart’s opera through Leporello’s perspective.
Asmik Grigorian wows as Tatyana in Komische Oper Eugene Onegin
Barrie Kosky’s visually stunning and very finely sung Eugene Onegin from Komische Oper reaches Edinburgh, a triumphant showcase for soprano Asmik Grigorian.
Sara Mingardo leads a strong cast in Hamburg Ulisse
Willy Decker's production, presented in Zürich in 2014, is revived at the Hamburgische Staatsoper with most of the same cast
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ParisIl trovatore
Verdi: Il trovatore
Daniele Callegari; Àlex Ollé; Opéra national de Paris; Alfons Flores; Lluc Castells; Urs Schönebaum; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
AmsterdamThe Maid of OrleansNew production
Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orleans
Valentin Uryupin; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Dutch National Opera; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra