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BrnoFestival preview: Destiny

National Theatre Brno
Janáček: Destiny
Tomáš Hanus; Robert Carsen; Janáček Opera NTB; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Janáček Opera NTB Chorus

BrnoFestival preview: The Excursions of Mr Brouček

National Theatre Brno
Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček
Marko Ivanović; Robert Carsen; Janáček Opera NTB; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Peter van Praet; Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra

MunichAriadne auf Naxos

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Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Robin Ticciati; Robert Carsen; Bavarian State Opera; Peter Pabst; Falk Bauer; Manfred Voss; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

BrnoDestiny

National Theatre Brno
Janáček: Destiny
Tomáš Hanus; Robert Carsen; Janáček Opera NTB; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Janáček Opera NTB Chorus

BrnoThe Excursions of Mr Brouček

National Theatre Brno
Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček
Marko Ivanović; Robert Carsen; Janáček Opera NTB; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Peter van Praet; Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra

BrnoKátya Kabanová

National Theatre Brno
Janáček: Kátya Kabanová
Ondrej Olos; Robert Carsen; Janáček Opera NTB; Patrick Kinmonth; Peter van Praet; Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra
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Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno returns to Rome

Johanna Wallroth (Bellezza) and ensemble © Fabrizio Sansoni
Robert Carsen’s staging of Handel's oratorio arrives, via Salzburg, in the city where Handel composed it in 1707. 
****1
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A sensational Kátya Kabanová in Brno shows Janáček at his very best

Kateřina Kněžíková (Kátya) and Peter Berger (Boris) © Marek Olbrzymek
A revival of Robert Carsen's production at the Janáček Festival Preview benefits from an excellent cast and exemplary playing from the house ensemble.
*****
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The game of love: Robert Carsen’s new Così fan tutte at La Scala

Gerald Finley, Giovanni Sala, Elsa Dreisig, Nina van Essen and Luca Micheletti © Vito Lorusso | Teatro alla Scala

Alexander Soddy leads a great cast in a clever, supremely entertaining new production in Milan.

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Canadian Opera's Orfeo returns elegant, restrained and very satisfying

Iestyn Davies (Orfeo) © Michael Cooper
The restrained beauty of Robert Carsen’s production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice is matched by musical elegance in its revival current revival at the Four Seasons Centre. 
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Eugene Onegin revival fails to find the magic spark in Toronto

Andrii Kymach (Onegin) and Lauren Fagan (Tatyana) © Michael Cooper
Robert Carsen’s 1997 production of Eugene Onegin has aged remarkably well but the latest Canadian Opera Company revival of it doesn’t quite recapture its magic. 
***11
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To the Moon and back: Janáček’s Mr Brouček visits Berlin

Peter Hoare (Mr Brouček) and Aleš Briscein (Mazál) © Arno Declair
Robert Carsen's new production of Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr Brouček for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden scores a well-deserved success thanks to a stellar – or rather, lunar – conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
*****
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ParisAriodanteNew production

Répétition d'Ariodante à l'Opéra national de Paris © E. Bauer / Opéra national de Paris
Handel: Ariodante
Harry Bicket; Robert Carsen; Opéra national de Paris; Luis F Carvalho; Peter van Praet; The English Concert

ParisLes Capulet et les Montaigu

© Emilie Brouchon | OnP
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and The Montagues)
Speranza Scappucci; Robert Carsen; Opéra national de Paris; Ching-Lien Wu; Michael Levine; Davy Cunningham

ParisLes contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann)

© Julien Benhamou | OnP
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Philippe Jordan; Robert Carsen; Opéra national de Paris; Michael Levine; Jean Kalman; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris