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Britten's Gloriana

David McVicar (stage director), Ivor Bolton (conductor) — With Anna Caterina Antonacci (Queen Elizabeth I), Leonardo Capalbo (Robert Devereux, Earl of Esse...

• Teatro Real de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Stockhausen's Samstag aus Licht

Opera for 12 soloists (voice, 10 instrumentalists, dancer), wind ensemble, and men's choir with organ

Stravinsky's Œdipus rex

Julie Taymor (stage director), Seiji Ozawa (conductor) – With Jessye Norman (Yocasta), Bryn Terfel (Creon), Philip Langridge (Oedipus)...

• Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto (Matsumoto)

Samuel Barber's Vanessa

Keith Warner (stage director), Jakub Hrůša (conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra – Virginie Verrez (Erika), Emma Bell (Vanessa), Edgaras Montvidas (An...

Berg's Wozzeck

William Kentridge (stage director), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) – Avec Matthias Goerne, John Daszak, Mauro Peter...

Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande

Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director), Alain Altinoglu (conductor) – With Stéphane Degout (Pelléas), Elena Tsallagova (Mélisande), Anne Sofie von Otter (Gene...

Kurt Weill's Street Scene

John Fulljames (stage director), Tim Murray (conductor) – With Geoffrey Dolton, Jeni Bern, Scott Wilde...

• Teatro Real de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Berg's Wozzeck

Andreas Homoki (stage director), Fabio Luisi (music director) – With Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck), Gun-Brit Barkmin (Marie)...

• Zürich Opera House (Zurich, Switzerland)

Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges

Laurent Pelly (stage director), Kazushi Ono (conductor) – With Khatouna Gadelia (Child), Élodie Méchain (Mère)...

Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress

John Cox (stage director), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) – With Miah Persson (Anne Trulove), Topi Lehtipuu (Tom Rakewell), Clive Bayley (Father Trulove)...

Ravel's L'heure espagnole

Laurent Pelly (stage director), Kazushi Ono (conductor) – With Elliot Madore (Ramiro), Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Concepción)...

Britten's The Rape of Lucretia

Fiona Shaw (stage director), Leo Hussain (conductor) – With Christine Rice (Lucretia), Allan Clayton (Male Chorus), Kate Royal (Female Chorus)...

Britten's The Turn of the Screw

Jonathan Kent (stage director), Jakub Hruša (conductor) – With Miah Persson (The Governess), Toby Spence (Prologue/Peter Quint)...

Stravinsky's Perséphone

Peter Sellars (stage director), Teodor Currentzis (musical director) – With Paul Groves (Eumolpe) and Dominique Blanc (Perséphone)

• Teatro Real de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Britten's Billy Budd

Michael Grandage (stage director), Mark Elder (conductor) – With Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere)...

Britten's Peter Grimes

Margaret Williams (stage director), Steuart Bedford (conductor) – With Alan Oke (Peter Grimes) and Giselle Allen (Ellen Orford) – Aldeburgh Festival

• Aldeburgh Festival (Aldeburgh, Great Britain)

Berg's Lulu

Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director), Kirill Petrenko (music director) – Bayerische Staatsoper – With Marlis Petersen (Lulu)

• Bavarian State Opera (Munich, Germany)

Britten's Death in Venice

Deborah Warner (stage director), Edward Gardner (conductor) – With John Graham-Hall (Gustav von Aschenbach) – English National Opera

• English National Opera (London, Great Britain)

De Falla's La Vida breve

Giancarlo del Monaco (stage director), Lorin Maazel (conductor) – Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia

• Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia (Valencia, Spain)

Korngold's Die tote Stadt

Kasper Holten (stage director), Mikko Franck (conductor) – With Klaus Florian Vogt (Paul) and Camilla Nylund (Marietta) – Finnish National Opera

• Finnish National Opera (Helsinki, Finland)

Dukas' Ariane et Barbe-Bleue

Claus Guth (stage director), Stéphane Denève (conductor) — With José van Dam (Barbe-Bleue), Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet (Ariane) — The Symphony Orchestra and...

• Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain)

Berg's Wozzeck

Peter Mussbach (stage director), Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) — With Kristine Ciesinski (Marie), Dale Duesing (Wozzeck), Ronald Hamilton (Drum Major)

Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges

Philippe Calvario (stage director), Tugan Sokhiev (conductor)

Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress

Robert Lepage (stage director), Kazushi Ono (music director) – With Laura Claycomb (Anne Trulove), Andrew Kennedy (Tom Rakewell)...

• Théâtre de la Monnaie (Brussels, Belgium)

Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande

Robert Wilson (stage director), Philippe Jordan (music director) – With Stéphane Degout (Pelléas), Elena Tsallagova (Mélisande), Anne Sofie von Otter (Gene...

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Martin Kušej (stage director), Mariss Jansons (music director) – With Eva-Maria Westbroek (Katerina Lvovna Ismailova), Ludovít Ludha (Zinovy Borisovich Ism...

• De Nationale Opera (Amsterdam, Netherlands)