Netrebko and Guerrero impress in an eye-watering revival of Carsen’s Vienna Manon Lescaut

AustriaAustria Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Jader Bignamini (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Anna Gettel) from Vienna State Opera on 8.11.2023. (JPr)

Robert Carsen’s Manon Lescaut Act II © Wiener Staatsoper

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Andreea Soare impresses as Wexford Festival Opera revives Erlanger’s L’Aube Rouge

IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2023 [2] – Camille Erlanger’s L’Aube rouge: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Christophe Manien (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, Ireland, 1.11.2023. (RB)

Wexford Opera Festival 2023’s L’Aube rouge © Clive Barda/ArenaPAL

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Camilla Nylund’s Brünnhilde sets the house on fire in Zurich Oper’s Götterdämmerung

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Extras Association of Zurich Opera, Choir of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 5.11.2023. (MF)

Zurich Opera’s Götterdämmerung Act III: Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried) and Rhinemaidens © Monika Rittershaus

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A first-rate performance of an early Donizetti opera in Wexford

IrelandIreland Wexford Opera Festival 2023 [1] – Donizetti’s Zoraida di Granata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Diego Ceretta (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, Ireland, 31.10.2023. (RB)

Zoraida di Granata at Wexford Festival Opera © Clive Barda/ArenaPAL

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Can the Swiss tango? Ástor Piazolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires in Geneva

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Piazzolla, María de Buenos Aires: Soloists, Cercle Bach de Genève, Chorus and Orchestra of the Haute École de Musique de Genève / Facundo Agudin (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Genève, 27.10.2023. (ALL)

(front l-r) Raquel Camarinha, Inés Cuello, Melissa Vettore and Beatriz Sayad © Carole Parodi

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