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ParisDon Pasquale

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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Speranza Scappucci; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

BregenzLa traviataNew production

Julien Behr (Alfredo) und Marjukka Tepponen (Violetta) © Bregenzer Festspiele | Anja Koehler
Verdi: La traviata
Kirill Karabits; Damiano Michieletto; Pietro Rizzo; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti

ViennaEine floren­tinische Tragödie / Herzog Blaubarts BurgNew production

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Zemlinsky, Bartók
Alain Altinoglu; Vasily Barkhatov; Vienna State Opera; Christian Schmidt; Stefanie Seitz; Alexander Sivaev; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

MilanLes Pêcheurs de perlesNew production

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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles
Henrik Nánási; Arnaud Bernard; Teatro alla Scala; Alessandro Camera; Maria Carla Ricotti; Marco Filibeck; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

MilanDon QuichotteNew production

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Massenet: Don Quichotte
Bertrand de Billy; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro alla Scala; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met

Elza van den Heever (Salome) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Claus Guth's new production at the Metropolitan Opera, originally seen at the Bolshoi in 2021, moves the action from biblical Judea to the era of the opera's composition. 
*****
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An historical affair: Khovanshchina at the Staatsoper Berlin

George Gagnidze (Schaklovity) and Mika Kares (Prince Ivan Khovansky) © Monika Rittershaus
With Claus Guth directing and Simone Young on the podium, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina proves that the past isn't really past. 
****1
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French flair, American-style: Cracknell's Carmen returns to the Met

Clémentine Margaine (Carmen) and Michael Fabiano (Don José) © Nina Wurtzel | Met Opera
An excellent cast led by Clémentine Margaine livens up the first revival of Carrie Cracknell's all-American Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera. 
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Aigul Akhmetshina leads powerhouse cast in the Met’s new Carmen

Rafael Davila (Don José) and Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

Carrie Cracknell’s modernized take on Bizet’s 1875 iconic opera moves the action from early 19th-century Spain to a 21st-century American industrial town.

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Grand opera, great voices: Don Carlo opens the San Carlo season

Ludovic Tézier (Posa) and Elīna Garanča (Eboli) © Luciano Romano
A delayed season opening at the Teatro di San Carlo, but a night of epic grand opera as Claus Guth and Juraj Valčuha deliver a weighty Don Carlo.
****1
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Der zerbrochene Spiegel: La traviata an den Bregenzer Festspielen

Julien Behr (Alfredo) und Marjukka Tepponen (Violetta) © Bregenzer Festspiele | Anja Koehler
Eine eingängige Bildersprache, wirksame Wechsel zwischen spektakulären und intimen Szenen sowie die hohe Qualität der musikalischen Realisierung machen die neue Traviata auf der Seebühne der Bregenzer Festspiele zu einem unvergesslichen Erlebnis.
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ParisDon Pasquale

© Vincent Pontet | OnP
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Evelino Pidò; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisDon Quichotte

Opéra national de Paris
Massenet: Don Quichotte
Patrick Fournillier; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris