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In einer sehr komischen Produktion von Rossinis La Cenerentola an der Staatsoper brauchen die Musiker etwas Zeit, um warmzuwerden, sind in Bestform aber unwiderstehlich charmant.

Michael Hanekes letztjährigen Madrider Sensationserfolg stieß in Wien auf einhellige  Begeisterung. Tatsächlich und ganz ohne Ironie: Was man zu sehen bekam, war der Inbegriff des vielstrapazierten Vergleichs vom großen Kino.

Laurent Pelly traslada el divertido Il turco in Italia a los años sesenta en una producción que cuenta con unas voces puramente rossinianas.

A performance of highs and lows with a stellar step-in from Lidia Fridman as Lucrezia Borgia and a confused production by Ferenc Anger plays at the Palace of Arts.

The real sensation of the evening was Alex Esposito – this time, Gounod's Faust should have been titled Méphistophélès...

Donizetti's music in this early opera has the freshness and liveliness of his most mature comic works, but l barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola were just a few years before, as one could easily perceive.

In Paris, Russian enfant terrible reunites Iolanta with The Nutcracker... with wildly mixed results. 

Juditha triumphans in a minimalist production at Venice's Teatro La Fenice. 

Elena Barbalich's mis-en-scene for Le nozze di Figaro in Turin seemed a swirling game of Chinese boxes, but the vocal performances were full of vitality.