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Mascagni: Iris
Francesco Cilluffo; Rosetta Cucchi; Wexford Festival Opera; Tiziano Santi; Claudia Pernigotti; Daniele Naldi; Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera
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From Priscilla to Pappataci: L’italiana in Algeri in drag at the ROF
Rosetta Cucchi jumps on the bandwagon with a shallow production of L’italiana in Algeri, although Daniela Barcellona’s charisma and vocal prowess dominates the scene.
Marco Tutino's Two Women at Wexford Festival Opera
Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi makes a compelling case for Marco Tutino's impassioned opera on the horrors of war from a woman's perspective.
Natalie Aroyan saves opening night of Adriana Lecouvreur in Sydney
The Armenian-Australian soprano steps in for an indisposed Ermonela Jaho in Rosetta Cucchi's staging of Cilea's verismo masterpiece.
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.
The resurrection of an opera: Alfano's Risurrezione in Florence
Risurrezione is a work whose value is to be found more in the orchestra than in the vocal lines, a peculiar thing for an Italian opera belonging to an epoch that gloried in enticing melodies.
Rossinian Bake-Off: a delicious double bill at Wexford
Rosetta Cucchi, who takes over as Artistic Director at Wexford Festival Opera next season, directs a Rossinian rarity and its newly commissioned "prequel".
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Donizetti: La Favorite
Donato Renzetti; Rosetta Cucchi; Teatro La Fenice; Massimo Checchetto; Claudia Pernigotti; Veronica Simeoni; John Osborn