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Donizetti’s Caterina Cornaro given a controversial update in Bergamo
Francesco Micheli reimagines Caterina Cornaro in a contemporary setting, switching to the historical past, to open this year’s Donizetti Opera festival in the composer’s home town.
Méphistophélès returns to the stage in Gounod’s Faust at La Fenice!
The Teatro La Fenice reprises Joan Anton Rechi’s production in its full stage version, less inspiring than the one expanded through the whole theatre during Covid times.
Scarlatti's Griselda at Martina Franca
A swan song of the early Baroque opera seria, Scarlatti's final opera flourishes at a festival that specialises in rarely performed works.
La Fenice transformed into a cathedral for Gounod's Faust
The real sensation of the evening was Alex Esposito – this time, Gounod's Faust should have been titled Méphistophélès...
Donizetti defies lockdown in Bergamo: Belisario
A concert performance of a middle period rarity is part of a slimmed down festival which transfers to an online format to audiences across the globe.
Martina Franca reopens with Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos
A complex plot with great music and great theatre where Strauss showcases his compositional mastery.
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Martina Franca Ecuba
Manfroce: Ecuba
Sesto Quatrini; Pier Luigi Pizzi; Lidia Fridman; Carmela Remigio; Roberta Mantegna; Martina Gresia