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MunichDeath in VeniceNew production

Britten: Death in Venice
Edward Gardner; Vasily Barkhatov; Bavarian State Opera; Zinovy Margolin; Olga Shaishmelashvili; Alexander Sivaev; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
NaplesTurandot

Puccini: Turandot
Vincenzo Milletarì; Vasily Barkhatov; Teatro di San Carlo; Zinovy Margolin; Galya Solodovnikova; Alexander Sivaev; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
ViennaEine florentinische Tragödie / Herzog Blaubarts BurgNew production

Zemlinsky, Bartók
Alain Altinoglu; Vasily Barkhatov; Vienna State Opera; Christian Schmidt; Stefanie Seitz; Alexander Sivaev; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
BerlinLa forza del destinoNew production

Verdi: La forza del destino
Philippe Jordan; Vasily Barkhatov; Staatsoper Berlin; Christian Schmidt; Kirsten Dephoff; Alexander Sivaev; Staatskapelle Berlin
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Shostakovitch’s Lady Macbeth conquers La Scala on opening night
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Shostakovich's brutal tale of sex, murder and madness storms La Scala's opening night, with Riccardo Chailly leading his final season premiere as Music Director.
A Norma cooking on medium at Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden
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Despite excellent performances from Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Elmina Hasan, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Norma lacks a pinch of salt.
Grigorian and Akhmetshina dazzle in a secular Norma
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In a week where Vienna welcomes two new productions of Bellini's Norma, MusikTheater an der Wien sets a high bar with Vasily Barkhatov's staging.
Vasily Barkhatov's car crash Turandot opens the season in Naples
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The Teatro di San Carlo opens its season with Vasily Barkhatov directing a Gen X mish-mash take on Puccini's final opera.
Weinberg’s Dostoevsky drama crushes at MusikTheater an der Wien
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Vasily Barkhatov directs a new production of Mieczysław Weinberg's rarely staged, massive and unwieldy opera at the MuseumsQuartier.
Eugene Onegin in Stockholm: Tatyana steals the show
Young soprano Cornelia Beskow impresses as Tatyana in an all-Swedish performance of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece.
