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MunichFidelio

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Beethoven: Fidelio
Yoel Gamzou; Calixto Bieito; Bavarian State Opera; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

BudapestRené Pape

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René Pape, Bass

BarcelonaRené Pape & Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès

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Verdi, Wagner
Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès; Felix Krieger; René Pape

BerlinDie Zauberflöte

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Tim Fluch; August Everding; Staatsoper Berlin; Fred Berndt; Dorothée Uhrmacher; Franz Peter David; Staatskapelle Berlin

BerlinTristan und Isolde

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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Christian Thielemann; Harry Kupfer; Staatsoper Berlin; Hans Schavernoch; Buki Shiff; Franz Peter David; Staatskapelle Berlin

BerlinTannhäuser

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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Christian Thielemann; Sasha Waltz; Staatsoper Berlin; Pia Maier-Schriever; Bernd Skodzig; David Finn; Staatskapelle Berlin
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Bless this house: a Passiontide Parsifal in Erl

Parsifal at the Festspielhaus Erl © Xiomara Bender
Alpine mountains and streams set the scene for an illuminating production of Wagner's 'play to consecrate a stage'. 
****1
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Lise Davidsen thrills in Metropolitan Opera’s Fidelio revival

Lise Davidsen (Leonore) and David Butt Philip (Florestan) © Karen Almond
Exceptional singing enlivens a flawed production, which takes liberties with the tone and tenor of Beethoven's sole opera.
****1
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Beauty and courage in Tristan und Isolde in Munich

Stuart Skelton (Tristan) © Wilfried Hösl
Bayrischer Staatsoper’s revival of Warlikowski’s static production of Tristan und Isolde featured a sensational role debut of Elena Pankratova as Isolde.
****1
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Jérémie Rhorer conducts monumental Beethoven in Berlin

The Staatsopernchor and Staatskapelle Berlin © Peter Adamik
One of the leading events of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's Festtage, Jérémie Rhorer's interpretation of the Missa solemnis is a monument to the composer... but its marble is not always too cleanly carved.
***11
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Straussian pastoral: Daphne at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Vera-Lotte Boecker (Daphne) © Monika Rittershaus
Romeo Castellucci's new production of Daphne for the Staatsoper reflects on our relationship with nature, subverting the perspective of Richard Strauss' opera.
***11
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Spellbinding Parsifal caps Oper Leipzig's massive Wagner 22 Festival

Ulf Schirmer © Kirsten Nijhof
Ulf Schirmer bows out as General Music Director as the last of Wagner's 13 operas completes a successful Festival Wagner 22 in Leipzig.
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