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ToulouseRusalka

© Mirco Magliocca
Dvořák: Rusalka
Giacomo Sagripanti; Stefano Poda; Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

DresdenMahler 4

© Nikolaj Lund
Haydn, Mahler
Dresden Philharmonic; Ádám Fischer; Ruzan Mantashyan

BarcelonaStrauss’s Four Last Songs

© Anastasia Zuzmann
Wagner, Strauss R., Brahms
Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia; David Afkham; Ruzan Mantashyan

AlresfordEugene OneginNew production

Ruzan Mantashyan (Tatyana) © Richard Hubert Smith
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Lidiya Yankovskaya; Max Webster; The Grange Festival; Frankie Bradshaw; Jack Knowles; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
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Compelling Ruzan Mantashyan makes the Grange’s Onegin unmissable

Ruzan Mantashyan (Tatyana) © Richard Hubert Smith
The Armenian soprano makes her Grange Festival debut – a casting coup that proves the single most compelling reason to see Max Webster’s new production.
****1
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Impressive Royal Opera debut by Ruzan Mantashyan in Bohème revival

Ruzan Mantashyan (Mimì) © ROH | Camilla Greenwell
The Armenian soprano sweeps all before her in a delightfully controlled, touching performance, enhanced by a voice that would melt the stoniest of hearts. 
****1
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Toppling toxic masculinity: Don Giovanni opens Glyndebourne’s season

Mikhail Timoshenko (Leporello) and Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Don Giovanni) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd; Photo: Monika Rittershaus
Mariame Clément wants her cake and eats it in a thought-provoking production that explores Mozart’s opera through Leporello’s perspective.
***11
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Kosky's soufflé for Verdi's Falstaff falls flat in Berlin

A dearth of nuance affects this new production of Verdi's late masterpiece in Berlin, set in Sir John's gourmet kitchen. 
**111
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DNO brings off a Covid-adapted Figaro with brilliance

Shortened and simplified to adapt to restrictions, David Bösch's 2016 production succeeds in bringing Mozart's brilliant opera to a modern setting with a splendid cast of singers.
****1
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Juan Diego Flórez successfully debuts as Rodolfo in Zurich's Bohème

In a reprise of Ole Anders Tandberg’s somewhat confused production, a solid cast performs a charming bohème, under the baton of Marco Armiliato.
***11
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