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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Jerome Robbins evening at the Paris Opera Ballet: can it ever be better than this?

FranceFrance Jerome Robbins: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 25.10.2023. (JO’D)

Jerome Robbins’s The Concert: Vessela Pelovska (piano), Hannah O’Neill and Pauline Verdusen © Julien Benhamou/OnP

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Rarely has Andalusia seemed less inviting or less interesting than in this vulgar production of Carmen

GermanyGermany Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Children’s Chorus (chorus director: Christian Lindhorst) and Chorus (chorus director: Jeremy Bines) of the Deutsche Oper, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper / Ben Glassberg (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 26.10.2023. (MB)

Deutsche Oper’s Carmen (2018) © Marcus Lieberenz

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Serebrennikov’s new Paris Opera Lohengrin is utterly compelling theatre despite confusing moments

FranceFrance Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Alexander Soddy (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Myriam Hoyer) from the Opéra Bastille, Paris, 24.10.2023 and available on medici.tv from 1.11.2023. (JPr)

Paris Opera’s Lohengrin Act I © Charles-Duprat/OnP

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