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A production with a chequered history turned out to be a triumph
Mariusz Kwiecień is an honourable substitute for Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Tchaikovsky’s opera
A stimulating recital from the Russian baritone
There is fine singing and rich playing, but the relationships in this revival do not spark into life
Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Anna Netrebko raise the roof with triumphant and stirring performances
Conductor James Levine and a stellar cast led a disorientating production of Verdi’s opera
The Met’s staging of Verdi’s opera was dim, grim and sparse, with stiff acting and pitch problems
Katharina Thoma’s new production is painfully feeble, while the music fails to find Verdi’s pulse
Diana Damrau delivered haunting soft singing and moments of drama of truly unbuttoned force
The programme included rarely performed Russian songs and the baritone gave his considerable all
The Siberian opera star sang in voice that is still full, rich, dusky and wide-ranging
David Alden’s production, the product of his probing intellect, raises more questions than it answers
The drama was creaky but the singing memorable in this revival of Verdi’s opera
René Pape’s playing of Méphistophélès makes up in authority what it lacks in saturnine charisma
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