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LondonElder Conducts Weber’s ‘Oberon’Semi-staged performance
Weber: Oberon
Sir Mark Elder; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; Monteverdi Choir; Nicky Spence; Jennifer Davis
MunichRigoletto
Verdi: Rigoletto
Daniele Rustioni; Barbara Wysocka; Bavarian State Opera; Barbara Hanicka; Julia Kornacka; Marc Heinz; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
ZurichTannhäuserNew production
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Tugan Sokhiev; Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson; Zurich Opera; Florian Lösche; Teresa Vergho; Martin Gebhardt; Orchester der Oper Zürich
New York CityHandel’s Messiah
Handel: Messiah
New York Philharmonic; Jeannette Sorrell; Jeanine De Bique; Rachael Wilson; Ed Lyon; Paweł Horodyski
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Jones’ wicked Hänsel und Gretel returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper
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Even without a gingerbread house, there’s enough wickedness in Richard Jones’ staging of Humperdinck’s opera for sweet tooths to savour.
Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová
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Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates.
Blinded by passion: Cav & Pag returns to the Royal Opera House
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Questionable conducting aside, The Royal Opera's latest revival of Damiano Michieletto’s fluid production of the famous operatic double-bill is terrifically executed by two excellent casts.
A Glyndebourne Dream that works its sinister magic
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A strong revival cast, conducted by Dalia Stasevska, demonstrate why Sir Peter Hall's 1981 vintage staging of Britten’s A Midsummer Night's Dream is such a classic.
Tatyana in the meadow: Barrie Kosky’s Onegin returns to Zurich
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The Opernhaus Zürich revives a successful production by Barrie Kosky with a great cast under Gianandrea Noseda's baton.
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.