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Antonino Fogliani; Katharina Thoma; Fondazione Donizetti; Devin McDonough; Irina Bartels; Fiammetta Baldiserri; Orchestra Donizetti Opera
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Donizetti: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali
Alberto Zanardi; Silvia Paoli; Fondazione Donizetti; Eleonora De Leo; Ilaria Ariemme; Fiammetta Baldiserri; Orchestra Donizetti Opera
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Shipwrecked: Donizetti’s Il furioso comes a cropper in Bergamo
Manuel Renga’s sensitive framing device sets up a sympathetic production of a problematic opera, but is scuppered by the central vocal performance.
Donizetti’s Caterina Cornaro given a controversial update in Bergamo
Francesco Micheli reimagines Caterina Cornaro in a contemporary setting, switching to the historical past, to open this year’s Donizetti Opera festival in the composer’s home town.
Young Sicilian soprano grabs the limelight in Bergamo Don Pasquale
They came for Javier Camarena, but cheered Giulia Mazzola to the rafters of the Teatro Donizetti as the third production of this year's festival opens.
Tudor history, gothic thrills: Roberto Devereux in Bergamo
Is Roberto Devereux the finest of Donizetti's four Tudor operas? Stephen Langridge's stylish, stylised production and a wonderful cast under Riccardo Frizza make a great case for it.
Donizetti Festival’s Il diluvio universale drowned in video
Artistic duo MASBEDO turn Donizetti’s tale of the Great Flood into a climate change polemic. Their unrelenting video overwhelms impressive singing from a cast led by bass Nahuel Di Pierro.
A tutor in a jam at the Donizetti Opera Festival!
Alex Esposito and Alessandro Corbelli lead a young cast in an early opera buffa by Donizetti, in a new production, with mixed results, by Francesco Micheli.