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Los AngelesLe nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
James Conlon; James Gray; LA Opera; Santo Loquasto; Christian Lacroix; York Kennedy; LA Opera Orchestra
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Rolando Villazón’s staging of La sonnambula charms The Met

Nadine Sierra (Amina) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Nadine Sierra stars as a highly affecting Amina in the tenor-turned-director’s revisionist take on Bellini’s bel canto masterwork. 

****1
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Bats! Die Fledermaus is a fabulous flight of fantasy at DNO

Bat Ballet © Dutch National Opera | Bart Grietens
Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus, was never meant to challenge grand opera for profundity and Barrie Kosky pokes fun at Viennese high society in his riotous staging. 
*****
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French flair, American-style: Cracknell's Carmen returns to the Met

Clémentine Margaine (Carmen) and Michael Fabiano (Don José) © Nina Wurtzel | Met Opera
An excellent cast led by Clémentine Margaine livens up the first revival of Carrie Cracknell's all-American Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera. 
****1
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Flawed staging, compelling singing: Eurydice at Boston Lyric Opera

Sydney Mancasola (Eurydice) © Nile Scott Studios
Conducting a reduced version of his own opera, Matthew Aucoin's Eurydice still packs a big punch. 
***11
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Aigul Akhmetshina leads powerhouse cast in the Met’s new Carmen

Rafael Davila (Don José) and Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

Carrie Cracknell’s modernized take on Bizet’s 1875 iconic opera moves the action from early 19th-century Spain to a 21st-century American industrial town.

****1
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Amazing Breaking the Waves: Scottish Opera at the Adelaide Festival

Breaking the Waves is a remarkable opera. Scottish Opera has brought a thrilling cast, orchestra and team to Adelaide, and its audiences are all the richer for it.

*****
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