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Opera by committee: Opera Philadelphia premieres Complications in Sue

Justin Vivian Bond (Sue) © Steven Pisano
Opera Philadelphia commissions ten composers to tell the story of an ordinary woman's idiosyncratic march from cradle to tomb.
****1
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A didactic Decameron: The Seasons at Opera Philadelphia

Emi Ferguson, Kangmin Justin Kim (The Painter) and Anthony Roth Costanzo (The Poet) © Steven Pisano
Conceived by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Sarah Ruhl, this high-handed pasticcio sets the climate crisis to a soundtrack of Vivaldi.
***11
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Davóne Tines saves the day in the Met Museum’s El Cimarrón

El Cimarrón proved worthy of both stage and museum, presenting the story of Esteban Montejo, born into slavery in Cuba in 1869 and later escaping to live in the forest.
****1
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Dutch Reisopera’s winning A Little Night Music

Programming Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music is quite a daring move in a country with no real tradition in musical. This production by Nederlands Reisopera shows that fortune favours the bold.
****1
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Six singers on a bare stage in scenes before marriage

Ana Sokolović Svabda (Marriage) leaves six singers in search of an opera on Aix's Théâtre du Jeu de Paume stage. 
**111
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Millepied reste le maître : le L.A. Dance Project puissance 4

Le L.A. Dance Project présente un programme où quatre esthétiques fondamentalement différentes se côtoient : une conception artistique très intéressante. Retour sur la variété de ces écritures contemporaines made in L.A.  
***11
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