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Performer: Stacey Tappan

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Matthew Aucoin's timeless mythology Eurydice opens at The Met

Hell is a cold place with black walls and a black moon in Mary Zimmermann's production, which premiered at Los Angeles Opera in early 2020, and transfers to New York.

****1
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A fine Music Makers in a watery themed Prom

Warmly affectionate Vaughan Williams contrasting with angular and psychologically charged Wood, followed by an emotional performance of Elgar's The Music Makers.
****1
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The San Francisco Ring: Episode IV – A New Hope

The world is gloriously redeemed in the gripping final installment of San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle.
*****
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A gritty Siegfried at San Francisco Opera

Both the technical effects and the singing impress in San Francisco Opera's dark Siegfried.
****1
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A strong start for San Francisco Opera's Ring

At San Francisco Opera, conductor Donald Runnicles and a top-notch cast deliver a delicious Rheingold in Francesca Zambello's colorful production.
****1
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Victorian murder mystery: Elizabeth Cree at Chicago Opera Theater

Kevin Puts effectively shapes the time-traveling structure with distinctive sound worlds as thirty dramatic vignettes unfold across a little more than an hour and a half.
****1
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