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Aix-en-ProvenceThe Golden Cockerel
Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'or (The Golden Cockerel)
Daniele Rustioni; Barrie Kosky; Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; Dmitry Ulyanov; Nina Minasyan; Andrei Popov; Andrey Zhilikhovsky
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A long road to nowhere for Igor at the Bastille

Barrie Kosky's makes a limited impact in his debut at Opéra de Paris, apart from an hallucinogenic Polovtsian Dances.
A study in black and terror in Naples

Many scenes could risk to be particularly disturbing, but their overt brutality appeared functional, to the structure of the drama. A dark, gloomy story as unambiguously told as it should be.
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This Paris production of The Snow Maiden proves that director Dmitri Tcherniakov is today's greatest champion of Rimsky-Korsakov's operas.
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Tcherniakov's moving production delves into the psychological rather than revelling in the spectacular.
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Christof Loy’s minimalist staging for Khovanshchina at Dutch National Opera has the advantage of clarifying a reputedly fragmented plot.
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A double bill of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Stravinsky's Perséphone fares strongly in Aix-en-Provence.