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BarcelonaI Capuleti e i Montecchi

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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Die Capulets und die Montague)
Riccardo Frizza; Allex Aguilera; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Sasha Yankevych; Françoise Raybaud; Luis Perdiguero

SavonlinnaNormaKonzertante Aufführung

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Bellini: Norma
Riccardo Frizza; Orchester der Oper Göteborg; Chor der Oper Göteborg; Lisette Oropesa; Ann-Kristin Jones

NaplesAidaKonzertante Aufführung

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Verdi: Aida
Riccardo Frizza; Teatro di San Carlo; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo; Coro del Teatro di San Carlo; Anna Netrebko; Jonas Kaufmann

NaplesMitridate, re di Ponto, K87 (K74a)Neuinszenierung

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Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87 (K74a)
Riccardo Frizza; Claus Guth; Teatro di San Carlo; Christian Schmidt; Ursula Kudrna; Olaf Winter; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo

NaplesRiccardo Frizza / Leōnidas Kavakos

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Glinka, Tschaikowsky, Schostakowitsch
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo; Riccardo Frizza; Leonidas Kavakos

RomeI due Foscari

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Verdi: I due Foscari
Riccardo Frizza; Pier Luigi Pizzi; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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Lisette Oropesa the jewel in Covent Garden’s new Puritani crown

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) © RBO | Tristram Kenton
The role of Elvira in Bellini’s I puritani contains the most challenging mad scenes in all opera, but soprano Lisette Oropesa dazzles on the opening night of Richard Jones’ new production.
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Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples

Ludovic Tézier (Nabucco) © Luciano Romano
Andreas Homoki’s staging at the Teatro di San Carlo, setting aside a few inconsistencies with the libretto, does not indulge in redundant symbolism. 
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Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples

Ennio Morricone's Partenope © Luciano Romano
Vanessa Beecroft’s production of Ennio Morricone’s demanding sole opera relies on strong visual images. 
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San Carlo’s Medea a clash of worlds in a neoclassical framework

Sondra Radvanovsky (Medea) © Luciano Romano
A new Medea at the Teatro di San Carlo presents three distinct visions – neoclassical in the pit, expressionistic on stage and conceptual in the direction – that never fully merge.
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Donizetti’s Caterina Cornaro given a controversial update in Bergamo

Carmela Remigio (Caterina), Riccardo Fassi (Mocenigo) and Vito Priante (Lusignano) © Gianfranco Rota
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.
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Rolando Villazón’s staging of La sonnambula charms The Met

Nadine Sierra (Amina) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Nadine Sierra stars as a highly affecting Amina in the tenor-turned-director’s revisionist take on Bellini’s bel canto masterwork. 

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VenedigAida

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Verdi: Aida
Riccardo Frizza; Bepi Morassi; Teatro La Fenice; Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice; Coro del Teatro La Fenice; Irene Roberts; Francesco Meli
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Bel canto crusader: Riccardo Frizza on fighting for Donizetti

Riccardo Frizza in the empty Teatro Donizetti © Gianfranco Rota
Bergamo’s Donizetti Opera festival was the opportunity “to give a signal that it’s still possible to stage opera and to do it well.”