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LyonBilly BuddNew production
Britten: Billy Budd
Finnegan Downie Dear; Richard Brunel; Opéra de Lyon; Stephan Zimmerli; Bruno de Lavenère; Laurent Castaingt; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
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High on Cherubino: Kušej’s drugged-up Figaro in Salzburg
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Martin Kušej gives Mozart and Da Ponte's commedia per musica a sinister mafia setting, which is low on laughs but outstandingly performed, led by Lea Desandre's charismatic Cherubino.
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The Salzburg Festival's production of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld is another classic in the making from Barrie Kosky.
An excellent Tosca from Petrenko and the RLPO with Bryn Terfel
Vasily Petrenko conducted the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and a fine trio of principals in an excellent semi-staged production of Puccini’s Tosca, directed by Amy Lane.The two performances of the opera form the culmination of Bryn Terfel’s two-week stint as Artist in Residence with the orchestra.