Performer: Luciano di Pasquale

François de Carpentries' Oslo production of The Barber of Seville was both unfunny and underwhelming. 

New National Theatre Tokyo hosts a stylish and humorous Il barbiere di Siviglia. 

A revival of a verismo rarity: Umberto Giordano's La cene delle beffe at La Scala. 

Puccini’s Tosca is no stranger to the stages of Paris. With almost 300 performances of this opera to date at the Opéra National de Paris, Tosca has become, alongside Mozart’s Le Nozze de Figaro and Bizet’s Carmen, a staple of Paris’ opera houses.However, such popularity opens up challenges.