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VeronaAida Ed. Franco Zeffirelli
Verdi: Aida
Francesco Ommassini; Franco Zeffirelli; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Anna Anni; Arena di Verona Orchestra; Arena di Verona Chorus
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Minkus: Don Quixote
Rudolf Nureyev; Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company; Gavriel Heine; Raffaele Del Savio; Anna Anni; Andrea Giretti
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Verdi: Aida
Giuseppe Mengoli; Franco Zeffirelli; Teatro Regio di Parma; Anna Anni; Fiammetta Baldisseri; Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
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Cast and orchestra bring down the house in Met’s glowing Turandot
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.
American Ballet Theatre: Super-Giselle lives up to the hype (mostly)
ABT's Giselle was the kind of glamorous, old-school ABT night of yore. You sensed the entire company leveled up for the occasion. One hopes that Smirnova will return in the future.
Oksana Lyniv triumphs in her Met debut in Turandot revival
The Ukrainian conductor heads an impressively cast revival of Franco Zeffirelli's gaudy Turandot.
Skylar Brandt's heart-rending Giselle a hit for ABT
It’s only her third performance of role, and her New York debut, but it was so polished that Brandt immediately jumped to our writer's personal short-list of great Giselles.
The Met revives its legendary Turandot to mixed musical performances
Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular production of Turandot gets another revival with Christine Goerke and Yusif Eyvazov as the ice princess and Calaf.
ABT’s Giselle shows that to forgive is divine
A classic staging at the Kennedy Center turned resplendent in the second act.