Neue Kritikenmehr...
A new critical edition of Le Siège de Corinthe
Roberto Abbado leads a strong cast in an inspired production by La Fura del Baus.
A frivolous La pietra del paragone in Pesaro
The young tenor Maxim Mironov, who played the poet Giocondo, was the name on everyone's lips by the end of the show. His voice is a modestly-sized and soft-grained, but it is beautifully produced, and focuses to a laser-like point up top.
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.