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MunichKoma / Il combattimento di Tancredi e ClorindaNew production
Haas, Monteverdi
Bas Wiegers; Romeo Castellucci; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
OsloOtello
Verdi: Otello
Giulio Cilona; Georg Zlabinger; Norwegian National Opera; Martin Zlabinger; Theresa Wilson; Bernd Purkrabek; Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
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Bluebeard as psychothriller in Castellucci's mismatched double bill
Romeo Castellucci's intense production of Bartók's opera reaps its rewards in the performance under Teodor Currentzis, but Carl Orff's opera-oratorio De temporum fine comoedia feels little more than a drab filler.
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The pairing of controversial director and bad-boy conductor brings some thrills but the Salzburg Festival's new Don Giovanni proves disappointingly uninvolving.
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