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TokyoFabio Luisi conducts Mahler's Resurrection

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Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Fabio Luisi; Ying Fang; Tamara Mumford; New National Theatre Chorus; Kyohei Tomihira
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Atlanta Opera's powerful Götterdämmerung caps a landmark Ring cycle

Le Bu (Gunther) and Stefan Vinke (Siegfried) © Raftermen
With superb singing, inspired orchestral playing and imaginative staging, Atlanta Opera crowns its monumental Wagner undertaking.
*****
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Redemption and musical caffeine: Nelsons conducts Mahler 8 in Vienna

Andris Nelsons, soloists and the Vienna Philharmonic © Antonia Wechner
Sunday morning Mahler at the Wiener Konzerthaus sees Andris Nelsons concluding his symphony cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic in shattering fashion. 
****1
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Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met

Elza van den Heever (Salome) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Claus Guth's new production at the Metropolitan Opera, originally seen at the Bolshoi in 2021, moves the action from biblical Judea to the era of the opera's composition. 
*****
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Stellar performances close the Boston Symphony’s Beethoven Festival

Andris Nelsons, David Butt Philip and Andrè Schuen © Michael Lutch, courtesy of the Boston Symphony
Nelsons stresses refined dynamics, rhythmic drive, balance and contrast as he closes the Beethoven Festival in style. 
*****
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Dudamel and the LA Phil illuminate Rheingold

Ryan Speedo Green (Wotan) and Raehann Bryce-Davis (Fricka) © Timothy Norris, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
A fully-staged performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold transforms Walt Disney Concert Hall to an opera house where the orchestra is the star. 
*****
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Simon McBurney’s richly inventive Zauberflöte arrives at the Met

Lawrence Brownlee (Tamino) and Met Orchestra principal flute Seth Morris © Karen Almond | Met Opera

With a stellar cast and fine orchestral playing, Mozart’s enigmatic fairy tale takes on a darker, more grown-up tone in its first new Metropolitan Opera staging in 19 years.

*****
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