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Aix-en-ProvenceDie ZauberflöteNew production

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Clément Cogitore; Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; Alban Ho Van; Wojciech Dziedzic; Sylvain Verdet; Cappella Mediterranea

BrusselsLa Cenerentola

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Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Speranza Scappucci; Daniel Kramer; La Monnaie | De Munt; Stefano Sarzani; Carlos J Soto; Elana Siberski

DresdenDie Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Katharina Müllner; Josef Ernst Köpplinger; Semperoper Dresden; Nicholas Carter; Giulio Cilona; Walter Vogelweider; Dagmar Morell
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Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon

Sean Michael Plumb (Billy Budd) © Jean-Louis Fernandez
The Opéra de Lyon presents Britten’s masterpiece for the first time: a triumph, both visually and musically, which is received with great enthusiasm by the audience.
****1
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Toronto Symphony kicks off season with an effective double bill

Gustavo Gimeno, Sean Michael Plumb and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra © Allan Cabral, Courtesy of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
The Toronto Symphony kicks off the 2025-26 season with an intriguing and exciting double bill of the very new and the very familiar. 
****1
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Naughty and nice: Orff and Mozart at the Philadelphia Orchestra

Fabio Luisi © Courtesy of The Philadelphia Orchestra
For his performance of Mozart's C major Concerto, Emanuel Ax plays a new concert grand designed by the late architect Rafael Viñoly.
***11
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Federica Lombardi headlines the Met's latest Bohème revival

Federica Lombardi (Mimì) and Matthew Polenzani (Rodolfo) © Richard Termine | Met Opera
Franco Zeffirelli's perennial Bohème returns for yet another revival, with Federica Lombardi's luminous Mimì the standout performance. 
***11
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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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Opéra de Paris pays vibrant tribute to Patrick Dupond

The Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris with all its stars © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris
Two years after the death of Patrick Dupond, the Paris Opera Ballet paid tribute to him in a sumptuous gala evening, with the procession of the Ballet’s stars and the the performance of three of Dupond’s most emblematic works.
*****
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ParisHommage à Patrick Dupond

The Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris with all its stars © Agathe Poupeney / Opéra national de Paris
Berlioz, Bach, Mahler, Czerny
Albert Aveline; Serge Lifar; John Neumeier; Maurice Béjart; Harald Lander; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Mikhail Agrest; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris; Sean Michael Plumb; David Fray