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Chicago

23 Jan 2016

Nabucco-Premiere mit starkem Ensemble an der Lyric Opera of Chicago

Von Dan Wang

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Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine

Von Peter Quantrill, 05 Dezember 2025

A new edition of Puccini's score springs to life in a meticulously prepared Opera Rara concert performance at the Barbican.

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London

05 Dez 2025

Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine

Von Peter Quantrill

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Cast and orchestra bring down the house in Met Opera’s glowing Turandot revival

Von Susan Stempleski, 23 September 2025

With a standout cast, fine orchestral playing under Carlo Rizzi, and newly refurbished sets, Zeffirelli’s 1987 staging of Puccini’s epic fairy tale appears as bright as ever.

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New York City

23 Sep 2025

Cast and orchestra bring down the house in Met’s glowing Turandot

Von Susan Stempleski

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Le sans-faute d'Il trittico selon Christof Loy à l'Opéra de Paris

Von Stéphane Lelièvre, 29 April 2025

Ce trittico fera date, grâce à un travail d’équipe exceptionnel d’où se distinguent notamment Christof Loy, Carlo Rizzi et l’incroyable Asmik Grigorian dans les trois rôles féminins de l’ouvrage.

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Paris

29 Apr 2025

Le sans-faute d'Il trittico selon Christof Loy à l'Opéra de Paris

Von Stéphane Lelièvre

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La Coruña

Entre Prokofiev y Bruckner: una noche de claroscuros

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 21 März 2025

Bomsori Kim y la Sinfónica de Galicia brillaron en sus respectivas partes en una velada en la que Carlo Rizzi presentó un Bruckner algo opaco.

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La Coruña

21 Mär 2025

Entre Prokofiev y Bruckner: una noche de claroscuros

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

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Berlin

Real and emotional fires light the Berlin stage in Respighi’s La fiamma

Von Zenaida des Aubris, 29 September 2024

Christof Loy and Carlo Rizzi score a great success in bringing Respighi’s rarely performed opera the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

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Berlin

29 Sep 2024

Real and emotional fires light the stage in Respighi’s La fiamma

Von Zenaida des Aubris

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The Met's Ballo falls flat in its latest revival

Von Kevin W Ng, 31 Oktober 2023

An attractive supporting cast isn't sufficient to bring this revival of David Alden's Ballo in maschera to life in New York.

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New York City

31 Okt 2023

The Met's Ballo falls flat in its latest revival

Von Kevin W Ng

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Federica Lombardi headlines the Met's latest Bohème revival

Von Kevin W Ng, 10 Oktober 2023

Franco Zeffirelli's perennial Bohème returns for yet another revival, with Federica Lombardi's luminous Mimì the standout performance.

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New York City

10 Okt 2023

Federica Lombardi headlines the Met's latest Bohème revival

Von Kevin W Ng

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Triomphe spectaculaire pour Roméo et Juliette à l'Opéra Bastille

Von Stéphane Lelièvre, 17 Juni 2023

La nouvelle production de Roméo et Juliette a fait l'unanimité auprès du public, qui a réservé à tous les artistes, sans exception, de longues et chaleuresues ovations. Une très belle réussite, tant scénique que musicale.

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Paris

17 Jun 2023

Triomphe spectaculaire pour Roméo et Juliette à l'Opéra Bastille

Von Stéphane Lelièvre

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Donizetti's L’esule di Roma: a Roman triumph for Opera Rara

Von Dominic Lowe, 11 Mai 2023

This is the 27th Donizetti opera given the Opera Rara treatment and their ability to spot a hidden gem remains as adroit as ever.

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London

11 Mai 2023

Donizetti's L’esule di Roma: a Roman triumph for Opera Rara

Von Dominic Lowe

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Le Trouvère gadget d’Àlex Ollé à l’Opéra de Paris

Von Erwan Gentric, 21 Januar 2023

Malgré la révélation Judit Kutasi dans le rôle d'Azucena, la reprise de la (décevante) mise en scène d'Àlex Ollé à Bastille ne fait pas du Trouvère une production marquante.

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Paris

21 Jan 2023

Le Trouvère gadget d’Àlex Ollé à l’Opéra de Paris

Von Erwan Gentric

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A fine showing for the 1884 Italian version of Don Carlo at the Met

Von Robert Levine, 07 November 2022

A revival for Sir David McVicar's staging from last season, but this time reverting from French to the four-act Italian version, conducted by Carlo Rizzi.

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New York City

07 Nov 2022

A fine showing for the 1884 Italian version of Don Carlo at the Met

Von Robert Levine

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Kurzak and Fabiano star in a fresh, lyrical Tosca at the Met

Von Kevin W Ng, 04 Oktober 2022

Aleksandra Kurzak's lyrical Tosca brings out the woman behind the caricature in this revival of Sir David McVicar's lavish production.

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New York City

04 Okt 2022

Kurzak and Fabiano star in a fresh, lyrical Tosca at the Met

Von Kevin W Ng

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Radvanovsky triumphs as Cherubini's Medea opens the Met Opera season

Von Robert Levine, 27 September 2022

Sir David McVicar's new production opens the Met season with house's first ever staging of Cherubini's Medea.

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New York City

27 Sep 2022

Radvanovsky triumphs as Cherubini's Medea opens the Met Opera season

Von Robert Levine

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Pesaro

Not so hot off the press: La gazzetta returns to the Rossini Opera Festival

Von Mark Pullinger, 10 August 2022

Rossini's 1816 farce fails to make a splash as Marco Carniti's frenetic staging returns to Pesaro.

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Pesaro

10 Aug 2022

Not so hot off the press: La gazzetta returns to Pesaro

Von Mark Pullinger

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Love and death in Cromwellian Scotland: Mercadante’s Il proscritto from Opera Rara

Von David Karlin, 28 Juni 2022

A great orchestral performance of an exciting score don't quite mask the dramatic weaknesses of Opera Rara's latest.

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London

28 Jun 2022

Love and death in Scotland: Mercadante’s Il proscritto

Von David Karlin

À Bastille, Cendrillon ne trouve décidément pas chaussure à son pied

Von Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 26 März 2022

La metteuse en scène Mariame Clément s'attaque à l'opéra de Massenet avec plus ou moins de bonheur, dans une production qui ne manque pas de ressources musicales.

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Paris

26 Mär 2022

À Bastille, Cendrillon ne trouve décidément pas chaussure à son pied

Von Suzanne Lay-Canessa

Bristol

Welsh National Opera on tour: a musically powerful Madama Butterfly

Von Mark Valencia, 26 Oktober 2021

Lindy Hume's new production works reasonably well in allowing the story to be told with sufficient emotional weight.

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Bristol

26 Okt 2021

Welsh National Opera on tour: a musically powerful Madama Butterfly

Von Mark Valencia

Berlin

A “poem of blood and lust” reconsidered: Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Francesca da Rimini

Von Kevin Wells, 14 März 2021

If you have dismissed this opera as overstuffed kitsch in the past, you might want to take a look at this production. It could well change your mind.

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Berlin

14 Mär 2021

A “poem of blood and lust” reconsidered at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Von Kevin Wells

La Coruña

“Abendrot” orquestal en Coruña con Carlo Rizzi y Chen Reiss

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 22 Januar 2021

Carlo Rizzi se puso al frente de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia y junto a la soprano Chen Reiss ofrecieron un Strauss preciosista y un sensible Dvořák.

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La Coruña

22 Jan 2021

“Abendrot” orquestal en Coruña con Carlo Rizzi y Chen Reiss

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Valencia

Laurent Pelly da alas a una super-Cenerentola en Les Arts

Von Daniel Martínez Babiloni, 23 Dezember 2020

Les Arts estrena una producción muy cuidada de La Cenerentola de Rossini.

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Valencia

23 Dez 2020

Laurent Pelly da alas a una super-Cenerentola en Les Arts

Von Daniel Martínez Babiloni

WNO’s Figaro revival crackles with humour and exudes joie de vivre

Von Alice Hughes, 16 Februar 2020

A solid Figaro in Cardiff, in which individual performances are a joy, and humour abounds.

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Cardiff

16 Feb 2020

WNO’s Figaro revival crackles with humour and exudes joie de vivre

Von Alice Hughes

Welsh National Opera tackles Les Vêpres siciliennes but the vocal fireworks fail to ignite

Von Mark Pullinger, 08 Februar 2020

David Pountney completes his “Verdi trilogy” for the company but although his staging has fluidity, it lacks an explosive ending... and the vocal performances disappoint.

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Cardiff

08 Feb 2020

WNO tackles Vêpres but the vocal fireworks fail to ignite

Von Mark Pullinger

Toronto

Classic Robert Wilson: Turandot opens Canadian Opera Company season

Von John Gilks, 28 September 2019

Director Robert Wilson and conductor Carlo Rizzi combine effectively to create a visually striking and musically memorable Turandot that emphasizes the hieratic and the mythical with a notable absence of unnecessary histrionics.

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Toronto

28 Sep 2019

Classic Robert Wilson: Turandot opens Canadian Opera Company season

Von John Gilks

Pesaro

Puns, dirty jokes and bizarre misunderstandings: L’equivoco stravagante at the Rossini Opera Festival

Von Laura Servidei, 13 August 2019

A new, successful production by Leiser and Caurier supports a great cast of Rossini specialists, with Teresa Iervolino, Paolo Bordogna and Davide Luciano in the lead roles.

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Pesaro

13 Aug 2019

Puns, dirty jokes and bizarre misunderstandings

Von Laura Servidei

Joyce El-Khoury shines as Donizetti's Tudor queen in Welsh National Opera's Roberto Devereux

Von Alice Hughes, 02 März 2019

It is a thing of wonder that Roberto Devereux is one of Donizetti’s lesser known works. Whether on account of its challenging soprano part, or its fussy Tudor setting, it is rarely performed, but contains some of the composer’s most beautiful – and indeed memorable – arias and duets.

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Cardiff

02 Mär 2019

Joyce El-Khoury shines as Donizetti's Tudor queen

Von Alice Hughes

Ballo II, the American cut: an indigestible staging by David Pountney for WNO

Von Mark Valencia, 09 Februar 2019

Musically, WNO gets it right. Straightforward brilliance is the order of the day, and plenty of it.

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Cardiff

09 Feb 2019

Ballo II, the American cut: an indigestible staging at WNO

Von Mark Valencia

Devil takes all in The Met's Mefistofele

Von Robert Levine, 12 November 2018

Mefistofele proves a mixed blessing: good meets evil, devils fight with angels, lovely lyricism alternates with bombast and second-rate material.

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New York City

12 Nov 2018

Devil takes all in The Met's Mefistofele

Von Robert Levine

Amsterdam

Superb, sinister Tales of Hoffmann at Dutch National Opera

Von Jenny Camilleri, 03 Juni 2018

Selectively unearthed from current critical editions, this fabulously performed new Hoffmann plumbs the murky depths of its antihero’s psyche.

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Amsterdam

03 Jun 2018

A superb, sinister Hoffmann at Dutch National Opera

Von Jenny Camilleri

Atlanta

Refined classicism from Rizzi and the ASO

Von William E Ford, 26 April 2018

Carlo Rizzi and Elizabeth Koch Tiscione perform exquisitely in Mozart’s Oboe Concerto with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

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Atlanta

26 Apr 2018

Refined classicism from Rizzi and the ASO

Von William E Ford

Rome

Opera as circus: a controversial Cav & Pag double bill in Rome

Von Mark Pullinger, 05 April 2018

Pippo Delbono, an advocate of experimental theatre, tests the audience's patience at Opera di Roma, masking some enjoyable musical performances.

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Rome

05 Apr 2018

Opera as circus: a controversial Cav & Pag in Rome

Von Mark Pullinger

An uncomplicated, thrilling Tosca from WNO

Von Rohan Shotton, 09 Februar 2018

Carlo Rizzi conducts WNO's Tosca revival in Cardiff.

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Cardiff

09 Feb 2018

An uncomplicated, thrilling Tosca from WNO

Von Rohan Shotton

Wheel of Fortune: Preziosilla spins Pountney's Force of Destiny

Von Mark Pullinger, 02 Februar 2018

When the entire plot is triggered by a freak accident, you can't blame director David Pountney for making Fate itself one of the key characters.

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Cardiff

02 Feb 2018

Wheel of Fortune: Preziosilla spins Pountney's Force of Destiny

Von Mark Pullinger

Manchester

Novel approaches to old favourites from Carlo Rizzi and The Hallé

Von Rohan Shotton, 10 Dezember 2017

Carlo Rizzi conducts The Hallé in a programme of inventive and thrilling approaches to Resoighi, Rachmaninov and Rossini at Bridgewater Hall.

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Manchester

10 Dez 2017

Novel approaches to old favourites

Von Rohan Shotton

Dyka and Antonenko shine in an extravagant Turandot at the Met

Von Ako Imamura, 17 Oktober 2017

The Met succeeded in casting two strong singers for the difficult lead roles of Puccini's final opera.

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New York City

17 Okt 2017

Dyka and Antonenko shine in an extravagant Turandot at the Met

Von Ako Imamura

The Met opens its season with a fine new Norma

Von Robert Levine, 25 September 2017

Sondra Radvanovsky scores a rousing success in the taxing title role of Bellini's masterpiece in New York.

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New York City

25 Sep 2017

The Met opens its season with a fine new Norma

Von Robert Levine

From Auber to Halévy: El-Khoury and Spyres celebrate a pair of French stars in style

Von Mark Pullinger, 14 Juli 2017

Rare repertoire, polished orchestral playing, thrilling singing – it's no wonder London's operatic cognoscenti were out in force.

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London

14 Jul 2017

El-Khoury and Spyres celebrate French stars

Von Mark Pullinger

La Coruña

Espléndido final de temporada de la OSG con Carlo Rizzi

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 16 Juni 2017

Una sobresaliente Sinfónica de Galicia demostró que a sus veinticinco años goza de la envidiable madurez de las grandes orquestas

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La Coruña

16 Jun 2017

Espléndido final de temporada de la OSG con Carlo Rizzi

Von Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Amsterdam

Rigoletto is mad but the singing is fine at Dutch National Opera

Von Jenny Camilleri, 09 Mai 2017

Damiano Michieletto’s intriguing production of Rigoletto is set in a mental hospital, and sidelines emotion in favour of analysis. The singing, on the other hand, is heartfelt and exciting.

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Amsterdam

09 Mai 2017

Rigoletto is mad but the singing is fine

Von Jenny Camilleri

Cavalleria rusticana, Sancta Susanna : un diptyque visuellement contrariant

Von Maeva Da Cruz, 30 November 2016

Proposition étonnante, la programmation des deux oeuvres dans une même soirée fait le pari des contrastes, mais parvient difficilement à se tenir à distance d'un traitement narratif très vertical et moralisateur.

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Paris

30 Nov 2016

Cavalleria rusticana, Sancta Susanna : un diptyque visuellement contrariant

Von Maeva Da Cruz

Cav & Pag: a nostalgia trip for Welsh National Opera

Von Mark Pullinger, 29 Mai 2016

Welsh National Opera may have reached the ripe old age of seventy but it's very much alive and kicking.

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Cardiff

29 Mai 2016

Cav & Pag: a nostalgia trip for Welsh National Opera

Von Mark Pullinger

From the Somme's trenches: Iain Bell's In Parenthesis opens at Welsh National Opera

Von Simon Rees, 13 Mai 2016

David Jones' First World War epic poem comes to musical life in Iain Bell's newly-commissioned opera.

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Cardiff

13 Mai 2016

From the Somme's trenches: Iain Bell's In Parenthesis

Von Simon Rees

Mailand

Jesting aside: La Scala revives Giordano's La cena delle beffe

Von Oliver Brett, 03 April 2016

A revival of a verismo rarity: Umberto Giordano's La cene delle beffe at La Scala.

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Mailand

03 Apr 2016

Jesting aside: La Scala revives Giordano's La cena delle beffe

Von Oliver Brett

Zürich

Feverish madness: Bizet's Pearl Fishers in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 25 Oktober 2015

Zurich’s revival of Georges Bizet’s three-act opera Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) pulls out all the stops, but it was not to everyone’s liking.

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Zürich

25 Okt 2015

Feverish madness: Bizet's Pearl Fishers in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Rosa Feola shines in Welsh National Opera's I puritani

Von Simon Rees, 11 September 2015

Annilese Miskimmon's production of I puritani mixes Royalists with Loyalists - but is musically successful under Carlo Rizzi's baton.

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Cardiff

11 Sep 2015

Rosa Feola shines in WNO's I puritani

Von Simon Rees

Mailand

Mending fences: Luc Bondy's Tosca at La Scala

Von Courtney Smith, 22 Juni 2015

Six years after its contested 2009 world première at the Metropolitan Opera, Luc Bondy's disputed production of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca bowed its third Teatro alla Scala staging here on Monday night.

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Mailand

22 Jun 2015

Mending fences: Luc Bondy's Tosca at La Scala

Von Courtney Smith

Mailand

Waking Nightmares: Mario Martone's Cav—Pag double bill reprised at La Scala

Von Courtney Smith, 12 Juni 2015

Mario Martone's Cavalleria rusticana—Pagliacci returns to La Scala, with results that do not always convince.

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Mailand

12 Jun 2015

Waking Nightmares: Mario Martone's Cav—Pag reprised at La Scala

Von Courtney Smith

Berlin

Love in the time of mining: La fanciulla del West at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Von Christie Franke, 13 März 2015

Puccini's La fanciulla del West gets a modern update at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

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