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LondonTo Die For (A Comedy)

© Nederlandse Riesopera
Langer: To Die For (A Comedy)
Adrian Kelly; Sam Brown; De Nederlandse Reisopera; Grace Smart; Linus Fellbom; Symphony Orchestra Phion

BregenzDie Ausflüge des Herrn BroučekNew production

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Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček
Robert Jindra; Yuval Sharon; Jon Bausor; Yi Zhao; Vienna Symphony Orchestra
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Fate as ritual: Enescu’s Œdipe at the Bucharest National Opera

Œdipe © Andrei Gîndac
Visual symbolism and musical ambition in a production at the George Enescu International Festival. 
****1
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Warlikowski’s prison: From the House of the Dead in Rome

Štefan Margita (Filka) © Teatro dell'Opera di Roma | Fabrizio Sansoni
The Polish director comes to Italy for the first time to direct Janáček's last opera, with the young Belarusian Dmitry Matvienko  conducting.
***11
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English National Opera revives Akhnaten to spectacular effect

Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten) © Belinda Jiao
Philip Glass' operatic take on Ancient Egyptian history returns to the Coliseum in Phelim McDermott's hypnotic production, complete with jugglers...
*****
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Byström and Soddy lead superb Salome revival at the ROH

Malin Byström (Salome) © ROH | Tristram Kenton
Swedish soprano Malin Byström returns to Sir David McVicar's production at Covent Garden, where she is now probably unsurpassed in the role, vocally and histrionically.
*****
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Nagano conducts Dutch premiere of Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen

Performed for the first time in a concert version, Abrahamsen's 2019 opera appears with a fine cast at the Concertgebouw. 

*****
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A compelling Luisa Miller from Christof Loy at Glyndebourne

Christof Loy would seem to be the perfect director for Covid-era opera, his stripped back production of Verdi's rare middle period opera directed remotely from Austria.
****1
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