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VeniceIl salotto di Grandval

© Grégory Favre / Natacha Colmez
de Grandval, Hahn
Raphaëlle Moreau; David Kadouch

RomeHenze: Voices

© MUSA
Henze: Voices
Carlo Boccadoro; New European Ensemble

RomeAlexander Soddy - Poulenc / Prokofiev

© Mina Jung
Dukas, Poulenc, Prokofiev
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Alexander Soddy; Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Elsa Benoit; Andrea Secchi

RomeEvgeny Kissin / András Schiff

© Sasha Guson Nadja
Mozart, Schumann, Smetana, Dvořák
Evgeny Kissin; Sir András Schiff

RomeKirill Petrenko

© Stephan Rabold
Hindemith, Strauss R., Schumann
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Kirill Petrenko; Benjamin Bernheim
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Salvation, damnation and circus magic: Teatro alla Scala’s new Faust

Alex Esposito (Méphistophélès) and Vittorio Grigolo (Faust) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

The Teatro alla Scala closes its season with a visually audacious new production of Faust, directed by Johannes Erath, and driven by Daniele Rustioni’s fiery conducting. 

***11
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A flat Falstaff opens in Rome

George Petean (Ford) and Luca Salsi (Falstaff) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
A bland updating ends up flattening the contrasts and social satire that Verdi’s opera wants to highlight. 
**111
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Beyond Sleeping Beauty: a reimagining at Teatro Massimo in Palermo

Martina Pasinotti as Aurora in Reginaldo Oliveira’s The Sleeping Beauty © Rosellina Garbo
Reginaldo Oliveira’s production of The Sleeping Beauty engages with the great classic through a deliberate and radical rewriting: a choice that may appeal to those who seek new interpretative possibilities.
***11
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A visually striking Nabucco lacks heart at the Festival Verdi

Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (Nabucco) © Roberto Ricci | Festival Verdi
Pier Luigi Pizzi’s staging looks impressive but feels empty. Lidia Fridman’s Abigaille ignites the evening.
***11
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Nile spectacular: Franco Zeffirelli’s intimate Aida revived in Busseto

Federica Vitali (Aida) © Roberto Ricci | Festival Verdi
Franco Zeffirelli’s Aida – compact yet simultaneously monumental – is thrilling revived at the tiny Teatro Verdi in Busseto.
*****
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