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Essen

29. Mai 2016

Diana Damrau glänzt in Essener Lucia

Von Christine Arnold

Nadine Sierra (Violetta) and ensemble © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Tradition reclaimed: Liliana Cavani’s lavish Traviata returns to La Scala

Von Laura Servidei, 19. September 2026

Reaching a milestone 100th performance, Liliana Cavani’s grand staging of La traviata returns in fine form, featuring a luminous Nadine Sierra as Violetta.

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Mailand

19. Sept. 2026

Tradition reclaimed in Liliana Cavani’s lavish Traviata at La Scala

Von Laura Servidei

Rosa Feola (Lucia) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Speranza Scappucci and Rosa Feola lead a compelling Lucia di Lammermoor at La Scala

Von Laura Servidei, 26. Juni 2026

La Scala offers Lucia di Lammermoor as Donizetti intended it: complete, dramatically coherent and free of traditional cuts – a musicological achievement and a gripping theatrical experience.

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Mailand

26. Juni 2026

Scappucci and Feola lead a compelling Lucia at La Scala

Von Laura Servidei

Ludovic Tézier (Nabucco) © Luciano Romano

Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples

Von Lorenzo Fiorito, 18. Januar 2026

Andreas Homoki’s staging at the Teatro di San Carlo, setting aside a few inconsistencies with the libretto, does not indulge in redundant symbolism.

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Naples

18. Jan. 2026

Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples

Von Lorenzo Fiorito

Anna Netrebko (Amelia) and Ludovic Tézier (Renato) © Luciano Romano

Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro di San Carlo: vocal triumph within a traditional frame

Von Lorenzo Fiorito, 11. Oktober 2025

Faithful to the libretto’s dramaturgy, the staging unfolds in scenographic environments of strong impact -

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Naples

11. Okt. 2025

Vocal triumph in Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro di San Carlo

Von Lorenzo Fiorito

Zürich

Anna Pirozzi shines as a queen bee Turandot

Von Laura Servidei, 3. Juli 2024

Anna Pirozzi and Piero Pretti bring Italian sunshine to Baumgarten’s confused production at the Opernhaus Zürich.

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Zürich

3. Juli 2024

Anna Pirozzi shines as a queen bee Turandot

Von Laura Servidei

Luca Micheletti (Renato), Piero Pretti (Riccardo) and ensemble © Andrea Macchia | Teatro regio di Torino

Turin

Riccardo Muti triumphs with Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro Regio in Turin

Von Laura Servidei, 23. Februar 2024

The Teatro Regio di Torino presents Andrea de Rosa's new production of Verdi’s operal, with a solid cast under the baton of Riccardo Muti.

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Turin

23. Feb. 2024

Riccardo Muti triumphs with Un ballo in maschera in Turin

Von Laura Servidei

Maria Agresta (Elena) and Coro del Teatro di San Carlo © Luciano Romano

I vespri siciliani in Naples: a revolt against the Mafia

Von Lorenzo Fiorito, 21. Januar 2024

In the Italian version of Verdi's French grand opéra, Emma Dante updates the action from 1282 to the organised crime of the Sicilian Mafia.

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Naples

21. Jan. 2024

I vespri siciliani in Naples: a revolt against the Mafia

Von Lorenzo Fiorito

Teresa Romano (Eboli) © Rolando Paolo Guerzoni

Reggio Emilia

A Don Carlo of yesteryear at the Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia

Von Laura Servidei, 19. November 2023

An almost completely Italian cast gives life to a very successful Don Carlo currently touring Emilia Romagna.

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Reggio Emilia

19. Nov. 2023

A Don Carlo of yesteryear at the Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia

Von Laura Servidei

Angela Meade (Elvira), Franco Vassallo (Don Carlo), Piero Pretti (Ernani) © Miguel Lorenzo & Mikel Ponce | Les Arts

Valencia

Un Ernani desacomplejado y gótico en Les Arts

Von Daniel Martínez Babiloni, 7. Juni 2023

Les Arts concluyó la temporada con Ernani en una producción que concita tradición y modernidad, en torno a una lectura musical desprejuiciada y una versión basada en el drama gótico original.

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Valencia

7. Juni 2023

Un Ernani desacomplejado y gótico en Les Arts

Von Daniel Martínez Babiloni

I vespri siciliani © Brescia & Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

A gloomy, dark Vespri siciliani at La Scala

Von Laura Servidei, 1. Februar 2023

A somewhat disappointing new production by Hugo de Ana brings I vespri siciliani back to La Scala, where Fabio Luisi leads a successful musical production with a great cast.

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Mailand

1. Feb. 2023

A gloomy, dark Vespri siciliani at La Scala

Von Laura Servidei

Riccardo Zanellato (Fiesco), Adriano Gramigni (Pietro) and Vladimir Stoyanov (Simon Boccanegra) © Roberto Ricci

Parma

Lamb to the slaughter(house): rare outing for the original Simon Boccanegra at the Teatro Regio

Von Mark Pullinger, 25. September 2022

Boccanegra butchered in Parma? Only in the sense that director Valentina Carrasca sets the opera in an abattoir...

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Parma

25. Sept. 2022

Lamb to the slaughter(house): rare outing for 1857 Simon Boccanegra

Von Mark Pullinger

Mario Martone gives Rigoletto a convincing modern twist at the Teatro alla Scala

Von Laura Servidei, 8. Juli 2022

Conductor Michele Gamba gives a very personal interpretation of Rigoletto, in an intelligent new production by Mario Martone, which seals a great success for the trio of principal singers, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Nadine Sierra and Piero Pretti.

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Mailand

8. Juli 2022

Mario Martone gives Rigoletto a convincing modern twist at La Scala

Von Laura Servidei

Martina Franca

Martina Franca reopens with Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos

Von Lorenzo Fiorito, 21. Juli 2020

A complex plot with great music and great theatre where Strauss showcases his compositional mastery.

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Martina Franca

21. Juli 2020

Martina Franca reopens with Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos

Von Lorenzo Fiorito

Venedig

Beware Posa! A black, bleak Don Carlo opens season at La Fenice

Von Laura Servidei, 30. November 2019

Maestro Myung-Whun Chung leads an almost all-Italian cast in an impressive performance of Verdi’s most ambiguous masterpiece.

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Venedig

30. Nov. 2019

Beware Posa! A black, bleak Don Carlo opens season at La Fenice

Von Laura Servidei

New York City

A good, if not particularly touching, Madama Butterfly from Hui He at The Met

Von Robert Levine, 15. Oktober 2019

Anthony Minghella's production remains a feast for the eyes, but this performance failed to gel into a dramatic whole.

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New York City

15. Okt. 2019

A good Madama Butterfly from Hui He at The Met

Von Robert Levine

Madrid

Falsa austeridad en Il trovatore de Francisco Negrín

Von David Santana Cañas, 4. Juli 2019

Un escenario con una austeridad fingida y grandes voces cierran la temporada del Teatro Real con Il trovatore de Verdi.

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Madrid

4. Juli 2019

Falsa austeridad en Il trovatore de Francisco Negrín

Von David Santana Cañas

Seville

Excelencia vocal por partida doble en Il trovatore de la Maestranza

Von Juan José Freijo, 23. März 2019

Un propuesta clásica de Il trovatore en la que los auténticos protagonistas fueron los cantantes entre los que destacaron Angela Meade y Agnieszka Rehlis con una actuación ejemplar.

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Seville

23. März 2019

Excelencia vocal por partida doble en Il trovatore de la Maestranza

Von Juan José Freijo

Sonya Yoncheva triumphs in Il pirata at La Scala

Von James Imam, 29. Juni 2018

Yoncheva passed the test in style, providing a scintillating delivery that drew feverish approval from the public.

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Mailand

29. Juni 2018

Sonya Yoncheva triumphs in Il pirata at La Scala

Von James Imam

Edinburgh

Opulent Turin Macbeth arrives at Edinburgh International Festival

Von David Smythe, 18. August 2017

Verdi’s Macbeth, performed at the first Edinburgh International Festival returns for its 70th anniversary in Emma Dante’s sumptuous new production from the Teatro Regino Torino under Gianandrea Noseda.

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Edinburgh

18. Aug. 2017

Opulent Turin Macbeth arrives at EIF

Von David Smythe

Turin

From Scotland to Sicily: Macbeth in the deep south in Emma Dante's staging in Turin

Von Renato Verga, 21. Juni 2017

Director Emma Dante revives Verdi's Macbeth for Turin's Teatro Regio, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.

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Turin

21. Juni 2017

Macbeth in the deep south

Von Renato Verga

Tragedy comes full circle in San Carlo's Rigoletto

Von Lorenzo Fiorito, 18. Januar 2017

In this staging of Verdi’s masterpiece, the director reminds us that the ominous epilogue springs from its short prelude.

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Naples

18. Jan. 2017

Tragedy comes full circle in San Carlo's Rigoletto

Von Lorenzo Fiorito

Paris

Opéra Bastille: Pretty Yende transfigure Lucia di Lammermoor

Von Maeva Da Cruz, 14. Oktober 2016

Transfigurant littéralement le personnage de Lucia, Pretty Yende déploie une palette vocale stupéfiante et fait preuve d'une intelligence artistique tant dans son jeu scénique que dans son interprétation vocale, absolument sublime.

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Paris

14. Okt. 2016

Pretty Yende transfigure Lucia di Lammermoor

Von Maeva Da Cruz

Wien

Johan Botha's death casts a pall over Madama Butterfly in Vienna

Von Jonathan Sutherland, 8. September 2016

Kristine Opolais may not pass so easily for an oriental 15 year old, but her Cio-Cio San deftly avoids Titipu stereotypes.

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Wien

8. Sept. 2016

Johan Botha's death casts a pall over Madama Butterfly

Von Jonathan Sutherland

Paris

Lucia di Lammermoor au TCE : la princesse Diana éblouissante dans la folie

Von Denis Peyrat, 27. Mai 2016

Le 27 mai le TCE accueillait une version de concert de Lucia di Lammermoor avec les équipes du Teatro Regio de Turin sous la direction de leur charismatique directeur musical Gianandrea Noseda : au sein d'un cast de bon niveau, Diana Damrau a reçu un triomphe mérité dans le rôle titre grâce à une superbe maîtrise vocale, malgré une caractérisation quelque peu excessive.

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Paris

27. Mai 2016

Lucia di Lammermoor au TCE : la princesse Diana éblouissante dans la folie

Von Denis Peyrat

Verona

A Babylonian extravaganza: epic Nabucco at the Arena di Verona

Von James Imam, 18. Juli 2015

De Bosio's highly traditional reading of Nabucco takes blockbuster form, aided by Veronese architect Rinaldo Olivieri's sets, which are at once epic and pragmatic.

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Verona

18. Juli 2015

A Babylonian extravaganza: epic Nabucco in Verona

Von James Imam

Madrid

Extraordinary cast for I vespri siciliani in concert

Von Laura Furones, 11. Juni 2014

A concert of many virtues, laying bare Verdi's music only made it better. James Conlon conducts I vespri siciliani in Madrid.

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Madrid

11. Juni 2014

Conlon conducts Verdi's Vespri Siciliani

Von Laura Furones

Auckland

A visually stunning Madama Butterfly from New Zealand Opera

Von Simon Holden, 18. April 2013

Sometimes in a performance there is a moment when everything just comes together; when every element on stage is operating at such a high level that the performance transcends these elements and causes one to become so immersed in the proceedings that you forget you’re at a performance at all.

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