Neue Kritikenmehr...
Theatre first, then music
Teatro di San Carlo closed its Opera Festival summer season with Le nozze di Figaro, which director Chiara Muti staged as a timeless classic
A director's Falstaff in Naples
Good overall singing, but the Steinberg's conducting was completely subordinate to the stage directions.
Tommaso Traetta's Armida revived in Martina Franca
A revival of the Italian version of a Baroque masterpiece by Lully was delivered in Palazzo Ducale in Martina Franca.