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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
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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

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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