You will find Asmik Grigorian’s tour de force in Paris Opera’s Il trittico hard to forget

FranceFrance Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opéra national de Paris / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). Broadcast live from the Opéra Bastille (directed by Mathilde Jobbé-Duval) on 16.5.2025 and available until 16.6.2025. (JPr)

Paris Opera’s Gianni Schicchi © Guergana Damianova

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In Beverly Hills, Mark Morris peppers his Pepperland with nostalgia

United StatesUnited States The Beatles and Ethan Iverson (composers), Mark Morris (choreographer), Pepperland: Dancers of Mark Morris Dance Group, Mark Morris Dance Group Music Ensemble. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 16.5.2025. (JRo)

Mark Morris’s Pepperland (Seattle 2018) © Mat Hayward

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Fine singing and a convincing production for Oldenburg’s Les contes d’Hoffmann

GermanyGermany Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus, Extra Chorus, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester / Vito Cristofaro (conductor). Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, 6.5.2025. (DM-D)

Dorothee Bienert (Nicklausse/Muse) and Jason Kim (Hoffmann) © Stephan Walzl

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