Mason Bate’s The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay soars in Bartlett Sher’s terrific Met production

United StatesUnited States Bates, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Metropolitan Opera, New York, 21.9.2025. (RP)

Edward Nelson (Tracy Bacon) and Miles Mykkanen (Sam Clay) © Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera

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Bucharest Opera stage a powerfully emotive performance of Enescu’s great masterpiece Oedipe

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  George Enescu International Festival 2025 [7] – Enescu, Oedipe: Soloists, Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra of Bucharest National Opera / Tiberiu Soare (conductor), Daniel Jinga, Adrian Ionescu (choir conductors), Smaranda Morgovan (coordinator of the children’s choir). National Opera Theatre, Bucharest, 15.9.2025. (GT)

Bucharest National Opera’s Oedipe © Andrei Gîndac

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Director/conductor Iván Fischer’s Don Giovanni is the yardstick to measure all other productions of the opera

HungaryHungary Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Dance Ensemble of Iván Fischer’s Opera Company, Students of the University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). MŰPA, Budapest, 9.9.2025. (AK)

Andre Schuen (centre, Don Giovanni) and Krisztián Cser (behind, Commendatore) © Judit Horváth

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