In the week marking Auschwitz’s liberation, Pavel Haas’s The Charlatan gets a memorable Ostrava staging

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Pavel Haas, Šarlatán (The Charlatan): Soloists, Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre/ Jiří Habart (conductor). Antonin Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, 24.1.2025. (GT)

Pavel Haas’s  Šarlatán (The Charlatan) © Martin Popelář

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Piotr Beczała redeems himself with his stylish Radamès in Michael Mayer’s deeply traditional Met Aida

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Aida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 25.1.2025. (JPr)

Michael Mayer’s production of Aida (Act I) © Ken Howard/Met Opera

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Forgotten gem Die Vögel by Walter Braunfels in Oldenburg

GermanyGermany Braunfels, Die Vögel: Soloists and Chorus of Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Henrik Vestmann (conductor). Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 25.1.2025. (DM-D)

[l-r] Dorothee Bienert (First Thrush), Penelope Kendros (Nightingale), Arthur Bruce (Ratefreund), and Brianna Meese (Wren) © Stephan Walzl

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