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SevilleBodas de sangreNew production

Teatro de la Maestranza y Salas del Arenal, S.A.
Busto: Bodas de sangre
Lucas Macías Navarro; Bárbara Lluch; Teatro de la Maestranza; Urs Schönebaum; Clara Peluffo Valentini; Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla

ViennaRinaldoNew production

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Handel: Rinaldo
Francesco Corti; Nadja Loschky; MusikTheater an der Wien; Katharina Schlipf; Irina Spreckelmeyer; Karl Wiedemann; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
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Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy

Elsa Benoit (Semele) © Bart Grietens

Guth’s Semele turns myth into a contemporary domestic drama, where desire becomes obsession and illusion consumes reality. Handel’s music remains the true engine, driven by a thrilling, physically intense ensemble.

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An historical affair: Khovanshchina at the Staatsoper Berlin

George Gagnidze (Schaklovity) and Mika Kares (Prince Ivan Khovansky) © Monika Rittershaus
With Claus Guth directing and Simone Young on the podium, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina proves that the past isn't really past. 
****1
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Grand opera, great voices: Don Carlo opens the San Carlo season

Ludovic Tézier (Posa) and Elīna Garanča (Eboli) © Luciano Romano
A delayed season opening at the Teatro di San Carlo, but a night of epic grand opera as Claus Guth and Juraj Valčuha deliver a weighty Don Carlo.
****1
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From light-hearted to heartbreaking: Il trittico at Salzburg Festival

Suor Angelica: Karita Mattila (La Zia Principessa) and Asmik Grigorian (Suor Angelica) © SF | Monika Rittershaus
Asmik Grigorian is captivating in an unobtrusive production of Puccini's three one-act operas. Under Franz Welser-Möst, the Vienna Philharmonic is on top form.
*****
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Czernowin's Heart Chamber stirs passions at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Heart Chamber explores how small outer events often correspond to tectonic inner changes.
****1
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Brett Deans Uraufführung Of One Blood in München

Johanni van Oostrum (Elizabeth) und Vera-Lotte Boecker (Mary) © Monika Rittershaus
Mit ausschließlich historischen Dokumenten in alter, poetischer Sprache macht Brett Dean die historische Geschichte um Maria Stuart zur Psycho-Tragödie in Renaissance- wie Gegenwarts-Klang. Eine gelungene Uraufführung an der Bayerischen Staatsoper.
****1
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ParisLa bohèmeNew production

© Bernd Uhlig | OnP
Puccini: La bohème
Gustavo Dudamel; Claus Guth; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Eva Dessecker; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisIl Trittico

Opéra national de Paris
Puccini
Carlo Rizzi; Christof Loy; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Barbara Drosihn; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisAida

Opéra national de Paris
Verdi: Aida
Michele Mariotti; Shirin Neshat; Opéra national de Paris; Christian Schmidt; Tatyana van Walsum; Felice Ross; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris