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Moïse et Pharaon réussissent la traversée Aix-en-Provence – Lyon
Après sa présentation au Festival d'Aix-en-Provence l'été dernier, la mise en scène de Tobias Kratzer fait ses débuts sur la scène lyonnaise, avec la même réussite.
The Queen is back: Semiramide in Pesaro
Michele Mariotti triumphs in Rossini’s masterpiece with a good cast led by Salome Jicia and a new production, only partially successful.
Wexford revives Mercadante's Il bravo
Mercadante's score proves to be something of a missing link between bel canto and early Verdi.
An emotional Lucia di Lammermooor in Naples
This production at the San Carlo was an excellent, emotional Lucia di Lammermoor, welcomed with empathy by the audience, like an old companion.
Rossini's Turk given in memory of Alberto Zedda
In Livermore's staging the scheme becomes meta-cinematographic: the poet Prosdocimus here has Marcello Mastroianni's features in Fellini's film 8 ½.
Werther's middle-class dream in Bologna
Juan Diego Flórez plays the role for the first time on stage and it's a vocal triumph