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MunichLa bohème

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Puccini: La bohème
Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Otto Schenk; Bavarian State Opera; Rudolf Heinrich; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bavarian Radio Choir

ViennaL'elisir d'amore

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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Leonardo Sini; Otto Schenk; Vienna State Opera; Jürgen Rose; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

ViennaDie Fledermaus

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Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Franz Welser-Möst; Otto Schenk; Vienna State Opera; Günther Schneider-Siemssen; Milena Canonero; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

ViennaDer Rosenkavalier

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Strauss R.: Der Rosenkavalier
Sebastian Weigle; Otto Schenk; Vienna State Opera; Rudolf Heinrich; Erni Kniepert; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

ViennaL'elisir d'amore

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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Antonino Fogliani; Otto Schenk; Vienna State Opera; Jürgen Rose; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

ViennaAndrea Chénier

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Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Axel Kober; Otto Schenk; Vienna State Opera; Rolf Glittenberg; Milena Canonero; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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Willis-Sørensen headlines a successful Arabella revival at the Met

Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Arabella) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera
The Metropolitan Opera revives Otto Schenk’s venerable staging of Strauss’s intimate melodrama. 
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Otto Schenk's Tannhäuser returns to the Met

Andreas Schager (Tannhäuser( and Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Andreas Schager is the main reason to catch the latest revival of Otto Schenk's ultra-traditional Tannhäuser.
***11
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An extraordinary Stoyanova elevates Vienna’s Rosenkavalier

Krassimira Stoyanova (Feldmarschallin) © Wiener Staatsoper | Michael Pöhn
Stoyanova’s extraordinary performance as the Feldmarschallin made 394th revival of Otto Schenk’s 1968 production of Der Rosenkavalier an occasion to savor.
****1
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Stodgy staging mars rare Met Meistersinger revival

A cast comprised of the world’s leading Wagnerians, under the baton of Sir Antonio Pappano, deserve better than Otto Schenk’s outdated and cartoonish production. 
***11
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Life-affirming Janáček at the Vienna State Opera

The Vienna State Opera’s revival if their 2014 production of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen with conductor Tomáš Netopil vividly realises the glowing colours of the composer's great affirmation of the eternal vigour of nature.
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Met’s Revival of Don Pasquale a great success with a winning cast

Led by phenomenal performances by tenor Javier Camarena and his superb colleagues, Met's Don Pasquale was a joyous occasion to celebrate Donizetti's late Opera Buffa.
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A jack of all trades: Michael Spyres on Vienna, Tristan and Verdi

Michael Spyres © Andie Bottrell
Chanda VanderHart talks to the American tenor about his Tristan debut at the Met, his love for Vienna and Otto Schenk, and the incredible scope of his repertoire.