International Opera

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s David et Jonathas was unmissable at Versailles Chapel Royal

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FranceFrance Marc-Antoine Charpentier, David et Jonathas: Soloists, Ballet de l’Opéra Royal, Marguerite Louise Choir and Orchestra / Gaétan Jarry (conductor). Chapel Royal, Château de Versailles, France, 16.5.2025. (CC)

David et Jonathas at the Chapelle royale du Chateau de Versailles © Agathe Poupeney/Divergence

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You will find Asmik Grigorian’s tour de force in Paris Opera’s Il trittico hard to forget

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FranceFrance Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Broadcast live from the Opéra Bastille (directed by Mathilde Jobbé-Duval) on 16.5.2025 and available until 16.6.2025. (JPr)

Paris Opera’s Gianni Schicchi © Guergana Damianova

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Fine singing and a convincing production for Oldenburg’s Les contes d’Hoffmann

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GermanyGermany Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Vito Cristofaro (conductor). Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 6.5.2025. (DM-D)

Dorothee Bienert (Nicklausse/Muse) and Jason Kim (Hoffmann) © Stephan Walzl

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John Adams’s Antony and Cleopatra at the Met: relentlessly forward, less inward

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United StatesUnited States John Adams, Antony and Cleopatra: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / John Adams (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 12.5.2025. (ES-S)

Gerald Finley (Antony) and Julia Bullock (Cleopatra) in Antony and Cleopatra © Karen Almond/Met Opera

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