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Malin Byström unveils Salome once again
“How beautiful is the Princess Salome tonight!” This new Chandos recording of Strauss’ monstrous one-acter based on Oscar Wilde is very beautiful…
May 18
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Mark Pullinger
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Malin Byström unveils Salome once again
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Broken doll: Claus Guth’s Met Salome stuns
The Met in HD
May 18
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Salome: a scherzo with a fatal conclusion
“An active volcano is at work under a heap of slag, a subterranean fire – not merely a firework!” Gustav Mahler was convinced that Richard Strauss…
May 17
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Salome: a scherzo with a fatal conclusion
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Barrie Kosky’s Walküre sets Covent Garden aflame
Royal Opera House, 1st May 2025
May 2
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Mark Pullinger
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April 2025
Beyond Stalin’s Shadow: Andris Nelsons’ bumper Boston box of Shostakovich
“Over-politicising his symphonies… well, that is not the only way of describing his work.”
Apr 24
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Mark Pullinger
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Beyond Stalin’s Shadow: Andris Nelsons’ bumper Boston box of Shostakovich
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March 2025
Fine young mezzos lead Vivaldi Edition’s Arsilda
Arsilda, regina di Ponto marks the 20th opera release in Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition – there cannot be many more operas left to record from the National…
Mar 4
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Fine young mezzos lead Vivaldi Edition’s Arsilda
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February 2025
The Norma Conquest of Vienna
It’s not often that rival opera companies in the same city schedule a new production of the same opera in the same season.
Feb 25
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Mark Pullinger
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The Joy of Six
In praise of chamber music...
Feb 9
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January 2025
New York penthouse decadence for a shattering new Salome in Geneva
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Jan 23
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Mark Pullinger
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New York penthouse decadence for a shattering new Salome in Geneva
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Broken wings: Asmik Grigorian’s devastating Butterfly lands on DVD
The Royal Opera's 2024 run of Puccini's tearjerker is released by Opus Arte
Jan 21
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Mark Pullinger
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Broken wings: Asmik Grigorian’s devastating Butterfly lands on DVD
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Carmen in her original colours: Bru Zane dusts off the 1875 premiere
For the opera’s 150th anniversary, Bru Zane delves into the archives to show us what the premiere production may have looked like.
Jan 7
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Carmen in her original colours: Bru Zane dusts off the 1875 premiere
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December 2024
Grotesque and gripping: Opera Ballet Vlaanderen unveils a new Salome
Ersan Mondtag's gripping new Salome emphasises grotesque caricatures and ends with a bloody, plot-twisting coup d’état.
Dec 30, 2024
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