Performer: Stephen Costello

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EdinburghVerdi’s A Masked Ball

Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Aug 26, 27, 29, 30 mat

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Gianandrea Noseda; Adele Thomas; Zurich Opera; Hannah Clark; Franck Evin; Orchester der Oper Zürich

Stephen Costello (Pinkerton) and Karen Chia-Ling Ho (Cio-Cio-San) © Bronwen Sharp for the Santa Fe Opera

Santa Fe Opera, Aug 26, 29

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

John Fiore; Lee Blakeley; Santa Fe Opera; Jean-Marc Puissant; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Rick Fisher; Santa Fe Opera Orchestra

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Sep 25, 27 mat, Oct 01, 03, 07, 09, 10 mat, 15, 16, 22, 24, 28, 31 mat

Puccini: La bohème

Ramón Tebar; Franco Zeffirelli; Metropolitan Opera; Peter J. Hall; Gil Wechsler; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, 2027 Feb 28, Mar 05, 08, 19, 31, Apr 04 mat, 10

Bizet: Carmen

Omer Meir Wellber; Herbert Fritsch; Staatsoper Hamburg; TBC; José Luna; Carsten Sander

Opernhaus, 2027 Jul 01, 06, 08, 11

Verdi: Don Carlo(s)

Petr Popelka; Sven-Eric Bechtolf; Zurich Opera; Rolf Glittenberg; Marianne Glittenberg; Jürgen Hoffmann; Orchester der Oper Zürich

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A less familiar Madama Butterfly presented at Santa Fe Opera

Thomas May, 08 Aug

Conductor John Fiore’s own performing version restores music and dramatic detail absent from the standard Madama Butterfly, with Karen Chia-Ling Ho a commanding Cio-Cio-San.

*****

Stephen Costello (Roméo) and Kseniia Proshina (Juliette) © Michael Cooper

John Gilks, 27 Sep

Amy Lane’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the COC is eye-catching and enjoyable but doesn’t offer the same level of insight as her Faust last season.

***11

Peter Mattei (Starbuck) © Karen Almond | Met Opera

Susan Stempleski, 11 Mar

Fifteen years after its Dallas Opera world premiere, Jake Heggie’s grand adaptation of Herman Melville’s sprawling epic arrives in New York in a stunning production with a standout cast.

*****