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LondonThe Magic Flute
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Dalia Stasevska; Sir David McVicar; The Royal Opera; Julia Jones; John Macfarlane; Paule Constable
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A vigorous, vivid Tristan und Isolde in the Cotswolds
The revered Anthony Negus conducts a superb revival of Carmen Jakobi’s abstract production of Wagner’s transcendent drama at Longborough Festival Opera.
McVicar’s Figaro scrubs up well at Covent Garden
Joana Mallwitz makes her Royal Opera debut in the pit as Sir David McVicar returns to direct this revival of his much-loved 2006 show.
EIF closes in style with a terrific Ariadne auf Naxos
Memorable role debuts from Dorothea Röschmann, David Butt Philip and Catriona Morison make Ariadne auf Naxos with the RSNO and Lothar Koenigs a night to savour.
A spirited revival of The Magic Flute at Covent Garden
In Thomas Guthrie’s revival of Sir David McVicar’s sober 2003 production of Mozart’s Singspiel, it was the pantomime elements of the show which registered strongly.
New York Philharmonic’s Das Rheingold
Alan Gilbert reaches a pinnacle at the end of his tenure at the New York Philarmonic.
Vaudeville. Nasality. Shostakovich. Kosky.
I arrived at the Royal Opera House in the usual way, settled into my seat, and – could you believe it – the opera was gone!
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Janáček: The Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos)
Susanna Mälkki; Krzysztof Warlikowski; Opéra national de Paris; Małgorzata Szczęśniak; Felice Ross; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris