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LondonKazuki Yamada conducts Boulanger and Ravel

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Boulanger, Ravel
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Fleur Barron; Paul Appleby; Germán Olvera; BBC Symphony Chorus

TorontoMessiah

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Handel: Messiah
Toronto Symphony Orchestra; Ivor Bolton; Louise Alder; Deepa Johnny; Paul Appleby; Joshua Hopkins
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Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon

Sean Michael Plumb (Billy Budd) © Jean-Louis Fernandez
The Opéra de Lyon presents Britten’s masterpiece for the first time: a triumph, both visually and musically, which is received with great enthusiasm by the audience.
****1
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Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line offers powerful performances

Guiseppe Ventura and Paul Appleby in Wayne McGregor's Jocasta's Line/Oedipus Rex © Erik Berg
A dramatic staging of two Greek myths, Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line is an epic production for Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, a truly modern and totally original work.
****1
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Matthew Aucoin's Music for New Bodies at Lincoln Center

Music for New Bodies © Steven Pisano for Bachtrack

Aucoin, librettist Jorie Graham and director Peter Sellars make New Bodies more a haunting mood piece than a cautionary tale for the American Modern Opera Company.

****1
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John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra arrives at the Met

Julia Bullock (Cleopatra), Gerald Finley (Antony) and Paul Appleby (Caesar) © Karen Almond | Met Opera
John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra puts the composer's propulsive music at the service of both moments of riveting human drama and less effective scenes of battle and politics. 
****1
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Life after love: a devastating La rondine from Pappano and the LSO

Michael Fabiano and Carolina López Moreno © LSO | Mark Allan
A concert performance of Puccini's take on operetta sees a superlative reading of the score from Sir Antonio Pappano, and a sensational Magda from Carolina López Moreno.
*****
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Strong cast brings fizz to Glyndebourne's Zauberflöte revival

Rodion Pogossov (Papageno) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd | Bill Knight
A visually delightful revival of Barbe & Doucet's action-packed Zauberflöte at Glyndebourne, with strong vocal performances throughout. 
****1
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