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BarcelonaI Capuleti e i Montecchi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples

Andreas Homoki’s staging at the Teatro di San Carlo, setting aside a few inconsistencies with the libretto, does not indulge in redundant symbolism.
Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples
Vanessa Beecroft’s production of Ennio Morricone’s demanding sole opera relies on strong visual images.
San Carlo’s Medea a clash of worlds in a neoclassical framework

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.
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.
Rolando Villazón’s staging of La sonnambula charms The Met

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

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

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.”
