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Performer: Francisco Negrín

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Il trovatore en el Real: puro drama verdiano con Rebeka y Beczała

Marina Rebeka (Leonora) © Javier del Real | Teatro Real
El final de curso nos ha traído una producción redonda, jubilosa y honesta, con un reparto vocal de primera que nos quedará como el mejor recuerdo de esta temporada del Real.
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at Oper Leipzig

Pavel Černoch (Sergey) and Kristine Opolais (Katerina) © Kirsten Nijhof
Two notable debuts dominate Oper Leipzig's notable Lady Macbeth revival: Kristine Opolais as Katerina and Andris Nelsons in the pit. 
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LA Opera emerges from its 18-month hiatus with a new Trovatore

Francisco Negrín gives his singers little help in a dark, boxy new staging, put together at frantic, last minute speed. 
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Falsa austeridad en Il trovatore de Francisco Negrín

Un escenario con una austeridad fingida y grandes voces cierran la temporada del Teatro Real con Il trovatore de Verdi.
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Screens, dreams in Negrin's Werther at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

In Francisco Negrin’s production of Massenet’s Werther, currently at the Lyric Opera, the opera’s first scene appears through a semi-transparent screen upon which an image of a row of houses is projected. Then the screen rises, and we enter fully into the dream.
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The Lyric Opera of Chicago: Rinaldo

“It’s magic!” Whether through Disney cartoons, renowned illusionists, or smartphones, visual magic continues to delight contemporary audiences. Three hundred years ago in 18th-century London, audiences were stunned by Handel’s all-new operatic extravaganza Rinaldo, which not only featured a top-notch cast, but also the latest and greatest special effects.
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