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Thomas Guggeis; Deborah Warner; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Hyemi Shin; Nicky Gillibrand; Adam Silverman; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
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Deborah Warner attains her theatrical dream at the Teatro Real

Iestyn Davies (Oberon) y  Liv Redpath (Tytania) © Javier del Real | Teatro Real
Warner once again displays her unquestionable talent onstage and her affinity with Benjamin Britten, although, on this occasion, the musical aspect are not equally satisfactory.
***11
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Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová

Miryam Tomè (Angel), Kateřina Kněžíková (Kátya) and Rachael Wilson (Varvara) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Marc Brenner
Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates. 
***11
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Three card trick: compelling new Queen of Spades at Garsington

Aaron Cawley (Herman) © Clive Barda
Jack Furness directs a terrific new Queen of Spades at Garsington – haunting and harrowing. 
****1
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L’incoronazione di Poppea vividly brought to life at the Grange

Kitty Whately (Poppea) and Sam Furness (Nerone) © Craig Fuller
Terrific music making with a light directorial touch brings mixed results to Monteverdi's 1643 masterpiece. 
***11
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A meditation on cruelty: Warner‘s new ROH Wozzeck

Sam Furness (Andres) and Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck) © ROH | Tristram Kenton
A potent rendering of Alban Berg's tale of the traumatised and impoverished war veteran.
*****
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Tatjana Gürbaca’s Geneva staging of Kátya Kabanová travels to Brno

Aleš Briscein (Boris) and Corinne Winters (Kátya) © Marek Olbrzymek
Director Tatjana Gürbaca and Czech conductor Tomáš Netopil deliver a “Romantic” Kátya Kabanová from the Grand Théâtre de Genève at Brno’s Janáček Festival.
****1
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