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Claus Guth’s cerebral Le nozze di Figaro staging revived in Rome
A satisfying musical evening in Rome and an interesting directorial take on a Mozartian classic.
Young Donizetti pays his debt to Rossini in Bergamo
Donizetti's music in this early opera has the freshness and liveliness of his most mature comic works, but l barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola were just a few years before, as one could easily perceive.
A psychological Macbeth at La Fenice
This is one of Michieletto's simplest stagings yet, the imagery used to a minimum to allow for focus on the psychological core.
La Fenice's superb new Widow is always Merry, even without sequins and ostrich feathers
Damiano Michieletto's new production in Venice sets the operetta in the 1950s.
Filippo Perocco's Aquagranda at La Fenice
Fifty years ago, on 4 November 1966, Venice was struck by a terrible flood. Now this is the subject of a new opera by composeer Filippo Perocco premiered at the Teatro La Fenice.