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ParisLa Walkyrie

Opéra national de Paris
Wagner: Die Walküre
Pablo Heras-Casado; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisGala Régine Crespin

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Wagner, Verdi, Berlioz, Puccini
Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris; Nathalie Stutzmann; Yves Lenoir; Damien Caille-Perret; Jean-Jacques Delmotte; Victor Egéa

LondonParsifalNew production

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Wagner: Parsifal
Jakub Hrůša; Evgeny Titov; The Royal Opera; Étienne Pluss; Esther Bialas; DM Wood; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

PhiladelphiaWagner’s Lohengrin

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Wagner: Lohengrin
The Philadelphia Orchestra; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Stanislas de Barbeyrac; Elza van den Heever; Rebecca Nash; Brian Mulligan

ZurichSamson et DalilaNew production

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Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Gianandrea Noseda; Evgeny Titov; Zurich Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Annemarie Woods; Martin Gebhardt; Orchester der Oper Zürich
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Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Asmik Grigorian (Tatyana) and Iurii Samoilov (Onegin) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

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The little man has his day: a nasty and brutish Die Walküre

Christopher Maltman (Wotan) and Elisabet Strid (Brünnhilde) © RBO | Monika Rittershaus
The latest, thrilling instalment of Barrie Kosky's Ring cycle at Covent Garden does not have to strain for contemporary relevance. 
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Dispelling the ghosts of Medea at La Scala

Marina Rebeka (Médée) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

Cherubini’s Médée arrives at La Scala, in French, with a modern, interesting production by Damiano Michieletto, authoritatively conducted by Michele Gamba. 

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Operetta with teeth: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the TCE

La Périchole Act 1 © Vincent Pontet
Laurent Pelly’s new production combines froth and hilarity with a dark, satirical heart; Marc Minkowski and the orchestra seduce us.
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True spectacle as Robert Carsen's Carmen is revived at DNO

Mezzo J'Nai Bridges stuns in the title role of Bizet's opera, returning to Amsterdam in Robert Carsen's celebrated staging. 
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Darkness and light: Equilbey's period Fidelio in concert

Laurence Equilbey makes a convincing case for a younger, fresher Fidelio played on period instruments.
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ParisLes Indes galantes

Les Indes galantes at Opéra Bastille, with the dance company Rualité © Little Shao / Opéra national de Paris
Rameau: Les Indes galantes
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Clément Cogitore; Opéra national de Paris; Alban Ho Van; Tim Van Steenbergen; Sylvain Verdet; Cappella Mediterranea

ParisDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Philippe Jordan; Ivo van Hove; Opéra national de Paris; Jan Versweyveld; An D'Huys; Jan Vandenhouwe; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisLe Roi Arthus

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Chausson: Le Roi Arthus
Philippe Jordan; Graham Vick; Opéra national de Paris; Paul Brown; Adam Silverman; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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L’édito de mars : la colère monte

Place de la République à Paris, jeudi 4 mars © Tristan Labouret / Bachtrack
Voilà bientôt un an que la propagation du Covid-19 a entraîné la fermeture des salles de concert en France et en Europe, et les artistes n’en peuvent plus.