North America: The Met offers Szot's debut in the company's first Nose and a "shrewd" revival of Hamlet; New York City Opera revives L'Étoile; Boston Lyric Opera's Ariadne; Antony and Cleopatra in Philadelphia; the Kirov at the Kennedy Center; Porgy at WNO; Pittsburgh and Charlotte hear Carmen; Florentine Opera welcomes Elmer Gantry; Le Nozze di Figaro at Lyric Opera of Chicago; Holländer docks in New Orleans; Long Beach Opera offers Nixon in China; Opera Boston unveils Madame White Snake; an exhilarating Falstaff in Seattle.
International: The first installment of Paris Opera's new Ring; Mattila stars in the world premiere of Saariaho's Emilie; Racette sings Kát'a at ENO; Orlando at Berlin's Komische Oper; Covent Garden presents Tamerlano; Grétry's L'Amant Jaloux at the Opéra Comique; Ravel and Bernstein in Nancy; Street Scene in Toulon; a triple bill of monologues in Toulouse; Rameau's Platée in Strasbourg.
Concerts and Recitals: Rossini's Stabat Mater from the BSO; Manhattan recitals from Keenlyside, Barton, Finley, and Upshaw and Ax; Gergiev leads the Kirov in Berlioz at Carnegie Hall; Boston Baroque brings Monteverdi to Manhattan; Collegiate Chorale and American Symphony Orchestra collaborate on a starry Grapes of Wrath.
