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Detlev Glanert’s new work is musically impressive, though the staging and story are problematic
Despite a big name in the pit, Kornél Mundruczó turns a water-nymph’s story into a confusing mess
Barrie Kosky’s staging of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera is bleakly nihilistic, but the audience loved it
Kirill Petrenko conducted excerpts from Wagner operas at the Philharmonie, Berlin
The Hongkonger is in high demand worldwide but says China is off limits — and explains why ‘Tár’ made her skin crawl
Debussy and Tristan Murail provide the basis for an intriguing performance billed as a ‘scenic concert’
Thea Musgrave’s opera has a fresh lead and recycled sets
Oksana Lyniv conducted the premiere of Vladimir Genin’s works with grim determination at the Pierre Boulez Saal
Dmitri Tcherniakov presents the opera as an updated psychodrama in which Asmik Grigorian shines as a traumatised woman-child
Starchitect Frank Gehry provided mesh trees and steel-wool clouds for the singers to dodge
Puccini’s triptych of operas is cliché-ridden, though soprano Mané Galoyan steals the show
Yusif Eyvazov and René Pape were not on form in Calixto Bieito’s lacklustre new production
The Komische Oper performs this epic work with massed choirs in an abandoned aircraft hangar
The Dutch orchestra played with lightness and joy at the opening night of the city’s Musikfest
Staged at Duisburg-Nord’s Gebläsehalle, the piece is exceptionally well performed but lacking in any kind of dramaturgy
Russian conductor Teodor Currentzis’s revival of Purcell’s operatic fragment poses more questions than it answers
Krzysztof Warlikowski’s staging of Verdi’s opera is a Gothic horror, while the music crackles with power and electricity
Martin Kušej’s mafia-style staging of Mozart’s opera takes few prisoners, but it is grimly entertaining and powered by superlative singing
Jay Scheib’s production of Wagner’s opera uses augmented reality with baffling results, but the music was rapturously received
...Continuing without pause, part two fades into a stunning twist-and-turn feature for Shirley Tetteh’s guitar....
Plus: recitals from soprano Asmik Grigorian and saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin
...Shirley Collins suffered this scenario in real life....
Vienna festival’s retelling of Berg’s work expertly combines dance and opera
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