International Opera

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Fine singing and the splendid playing of the Paris Opera Orchestra redeems Shirin Neshat’s polemical Aida

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FranceFrance Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Michele Mariotti (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Mathilde Jobbé-Duval) from Opéra Bastille, Paris, 10.10.2025. (JPr)

[front] Ève-Maud Hubeaux (Amneris) © Bernd Uhlig/OnP

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The world is a stage for The Love for the Three Oranges at Bremerhaven

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GermanyGermany Prokofiev, The Love for the Three Oranges: Soloists, Children’s Chorus and Chorus and Extra Chorus of Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven Philharmonic Orchestra / Marc Niemann (conductor). Stadttheater Bremerhaven, 4.10.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Meredith Hoffmann-Thomson (Fata Morgana), Timothy Edlin (King), Weilian Wang (Prince), Kai Preußker (Leander), Frederic Mörth (Tschelio) and Opera Chorus © Heiko Sandelmann

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Visually compelling but sometimes incomprehensible staging of Gounod’s Faust in Valencia

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SpainSpain Gounod, Faust: Soloists, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 5.10.2025. (JMI)

Alex Esposoto (Méphistophélès), Gemma Coma-Alabert (Marthe), Ruth Iniesta (Marguerite) and Iván Ayón-Rivas (Faust) © Arts Fotografía

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Sir Simon Rattle conducting in Munich allowed for more discovery of detail in Berg’s Wozzeck

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GermanyGermany Berg, Wozzeck (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Children’s Chorus of Bavarian State Opera, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Isarphilharmonie, Munich, 5.10.2025. (AL-L)

Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), conductor Sir Simon Rattle, Malin Byström (Marie) and BRSO  © BR/Astrid Ackermann

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