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© Jan Windszus
Szymanowski: King Roger, (Król Roger) Op.46
James Gaffigan; Evgeny Titov; Komische Oper Berlin; Xin Tan; Paul Zoller; Annemarie Woods; Sebastian Alphons
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Cherubini’s Medea falls flat in Prague

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir (Neris) and Svetlana Aksenova (Medea) © Petr Neubert
The challenges of Cherubini’s version of the Greek tragedy prove too much for the National Theatre to overcome.
**111
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Opéra-Comique's Carmen brings high musical qualities to Edinburgh

Aliénor Feix (Mercédès), Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen) and Norma Nahoun (Frasquita) © Andrew Perry
Andreas Homoki's meta-staging in Paris' Opéra-Comique cannot detract from strong musical performances at the Edinburgh Festival, led by Gaëlle Arquez as a near-perfect Carmen.  
****1
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Blackburn's futuristic Coppélia makes these robots hard to love

Nikla Jendrics, Ensemble Ballett am Rhein in Coppélia X Machina © Ingo Schaefer
Bleak adaptations of ballet classics are somewhat of a ballet trend at present, with Matthew Bourne’s gothic Sleeping Beauty playing to sell out audiences over Christmas 
**111
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Burlicchete, burlacchete, brignocchete, cucù: Il mondo della luna

A successful, psychedelic production of Haydn’s masterpiece is presented with a cast of young, talented singers from the International Opera Studio in Zurich, for an evening of fun in Winterthur.

***11
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A tapestry of contrasts: Leipzig Ballet's Solitude

Dramatic shifts in music and movement style characterise Mario Schröder's new ballet about loneliness.
***11
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A miraculous Ariadne auf Naxos in Dresden

Christian Thielemann led a memorable performance of Strauss's chamber opera Ariadne auf Naxos with a strong cast in a new straightforward production by David Hermann.
*****
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