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Diana Damrau glänzt in Essener Lucia
Diana Damrau erhielt noch vor Konzertende Standing Ovations, doch auch das restliche Ensemble sowie Orchester und Chor standen ihr in nichts nach.
Beware Posa! A black, bleak Don Carlo opens season at La Fenice
Maestro Myung-Whun Chung leads an almost all-Italian cast in an impressive performance of Verdi’s most ambiguous masterpiece.
A sophisticated new Butterfly directed by Ferzan Ozpetek in Naples
Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek stages this new production of Madama Butterfly at Teatro San Carlo in Naples with a fine, penetrating approach.
Wilson's lunar Trouvère the antithesis of grand opéra
When they asked Wilson to stage an opera by Verdi, the Texan director replied "I'll never do it!". Now he is at his fourth Verdi's production.
An enigmatic Turandot in Turin
Stefano Poda's staging has its own coherence, but it is as cold as the Chinese princess.
Figaro in Turin: a triumph of love and classicism
Elena Barbalich's mis-en-scene for Le nozze di Figaro in Turin seemed a swirling game of Chinese boxes, but the vocal performances were full of vitality.