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Quality singing in a setting with novel accents at Glimmerglass
Francesca Zambello sets the whole opera as a flashback, showing, during the prelude, the heroine surrounded by doctors and nurses in a sanatorium for patients dying from tuberculosis.
Trittico's 100th anniversary and Domingo's 50th
All three operas in Puccini's triptych are strongly cast in this revival.
Venera Gimadieva leads a moving Traviata in DC
A strong new Traviata from Washington National Opera with the welcome house debut of Venera Gimadieva as a fabulous Violetta.
Spanish première for Heggie's Dead Man Walking
Jake Heggie's story of redemption captivated the Teatro Real audience thanks to a solid cast and an effective production
Tutino's Two Women at San Francisco
Marco Tutino's Two Women at San Francisco Opera feels lacking in musical originality and its out-of-date accompanying taste of re-heated Italian verismo comes a little over-cooked.
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CagliariLa Ciociara (Two Women)
Tutino: La Ciociara (Two Women)
Giuseppe Finzi; Francesca Zambello; Teatro Lirico di Cagliari; Peter J. Davison; Jess Goldstein; Lavinia Bini; Anna Caterina Antonacci