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Performer: Thomas Oliemans

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AmsterdamStravinsky's Firebird Suite

Het Concertgebouw
Stravinsky, Weill
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Iván Fischer; Thomas Oliemans; Netherlands Chamber Choir

LondonDas Paradies und die Peri

© Gisela Schenker
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Christiane Karg; Samantha Clarke; Beth Taylor; Robert Murray

AmsterdamCherry TownNew production

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Shostakovich: Moscow, Cheryomushki (Cherrytown)
Bassem Akiki; Jakop Ahlbom; Dutch National Opera; Thomas Rupert; Esmee Thomassen; Marc Heinz; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

AmsterdamHedda GablerWorld premiere

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Mendonça: Hedda Gabler
Corinna Niemeyer; Nina Spijkers; Dutch National Opera; Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck; Jorine van Beek; Tim van 't Hof; Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg)
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Deborah Warner attains her theatrical dream at the Teatro Real

Iestyn Davies (Oberon) y  Liv Redpath (Tytania) © Javier del Real | Teatro Real
Warner once again displays her unquestionable talent onstage and her affinity with Benjamin Britten, although, on this occasion, the musical aspect are not equally satisfactory.
***11
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Black comedy of the highest order: Festen at The Royal Opera

Allan Clayton (Christian) © RBO | Marc Brenner
Mark-Anthony Turnage's operatic adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg's tale of abuse provides rich entertainment even as it shocks.
*****
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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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Dalbavie’s Melancholie des Widerstands premieres in Berlin

Philippe Jaroussky (Valouchka) and ensemble © William Minke
The world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie's Melancholie des Widerstands at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden marks the birth of a new genre – the film-opera – starring conductor Marie Jacquot and Philippe Jaroussky. 
*****
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McBurney's Magic Flute makes a triumphant return to DNO

Thomas Oliemans (Papageno) and Ying Fang (Pamina) © Bart Grietens
After its Met Opera debut earlier in the year, Simon McBurney's popular staging returns to Amsterdam. 
*****
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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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