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Europe’s Opera Stages Next Season: What to See

Among our critic’s recommendations are multiple “Ring” cycles, a premiere by Ellen Reid and the soprano Lise Davidsen in Strauss’s “Salome.”

By Joshua Barone

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Renée Fleming Adds a New Role to Her Repertoire: Pat Nixon

The superstar soprano discusses her debut in John Adams’s “Nixon in China” at the Paris Opera. For starters, she spends the second act with a dragon.

By Ben Miller

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Friedrich Cerha, 96, Who Finished Another Composer’s Masterpiece, Dies

His skill in completing Alban Berg’s “Lulu” almost 40 years after Berg’s death was considered one of the greatest operatic achievements of the 20th century.

By David Allen

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Benjamin Britten’s ‘Peter Grimes’ Arrives in Paris

Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes,” directed by Deborah Warner in her Paris Opera debut, reintroduces a 20th-century composer to French audiences.

By David Belcher

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