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MunichDer Freischütz
Weber: Der Freischütz
Daniele Rustioni; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Bavarian State Opera; Johannes Knecht; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky
DresdenCarmina Burana
Respighi, Orff
Dresden Philharmonic; Sir Donald Runnicles; Lilit Davtyan; Sunnyboy Dladla; Thomas Lehman; Prague Philharmonic Choir
LondonGötterdämmerungNew production
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Sir Antonio Pappano; Barrie Kosky; The Royal Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
AmsterdamIolantaNew production
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
Kwamé Ryan; Evgeny Titov; Dutch National Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Annemarie Woods; Martin Gebhardt; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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New Meistersinger succeeds musically despite the muddled production
Set in a 1930s music school, Sergio Morabito, Jossi Wieler and Anna Viebrick's new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Deutsche Oper Berlin has some inspirational ideas but they often get in the way of the music.
Rued Langgaard's Antikrist receives only its fourth ever staging
The good and the bad are always within us in Rued Langgaard opera Antikrist, performed here in Ersan Mondtag's vibrant new production.