Exciting New Keith Warner Production of Magnificent, if Flawed, Verdi Masterpiece

GermanyGermany Verdi, La forza del destino: Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden, Extrachor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Herren der komparserie, Sächsischer Staatskapelle Dresden / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 19.5.2018. (MC)

Dresden Opera’s La forza del destino (c) Jochen Quast

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After Nearly Thirty Years Mielitz’s Fidelio Still Looks Contemporary and Fresh

GermanyGermany Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden, Extrachor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sächsischer Staatskapelle Dresden / Ádám Fischer (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 17.5.2018. (MC)

René Pape (Rocco) & Elisabeth Teige (Leonore) © Klaus Gigga

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Polish National Opera Presents Mariusz Treliński’s Powerful Madama Butterfly

PolandPoland Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki / Piotr Staniszewski (conductor), Polish National Opera, Moniuszko Auditorium, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw 19.5.2018. (RP)

The Polish National Opera’s Madama Butterfly © Krzysztof Bieliński

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Sparkling Die Fledermaus From Juventus Lyrica

ArgentinaArgentina Strauss, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica / Hernán Sánchez Arteaga (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 11.5.2018. (JSJ)

l to r: Monserrat Maldonado (Rosalinde), Mirko Tomas (Eisenstein) and Ernesto Bauer (Falke)
in Juventus Lyrica’s Die Fledermaus (c) Liliana Morsia

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