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BarcelonaFalstaff

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Verdi: Falstaff
Josep Pons; Laurent Pelly; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Barbara de Limburg; Joël Adam; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

RomeLe nozze di Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian; Claus Guth; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Christian Schmidt; Olaf Winter; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

MailandOtelloNeuinszenierung

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Verdi: Otello
Myung-whun Chung; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro alla Scala; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Schillerndes Kontrastprogramm: Les Martyrs am MusikTheater an der Wien

Roberta Mantegna (Pauline) © Werner Kmetitsch
Das MusikTheater an der Wien hat die Saison 23/24 mit einer politisierenden Interpretation von Donizettis Les Martyrs eröffnet. Nicht ohne Zwiespalt, mit viel Spektakel und Schalk, aber durchaus fantastisch!
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Lamb to the slaughter(house): rare outing for 1857 Simon Boccanegra

Riccardo Zanellato (Fiesco), Adriano Gramigni (Pietro) and Vladimir Stoyanov (Simon Boccanegra) © Roberto Ricci
Boccanegra butchered in Parma? Only in the sense that director Valentina Carrasca sets the opera in an abattoir... 
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Marina and Maria: Abramović's 7 Death of Maria Callas in Naples

Marina Abramović's reflection on fame, artistry and death makes an enthralling Italian debut at the Teatro di San Carlo.
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Il trovatore proves a masterpiece even without staging

In a reduced concert performance of Il trovatore the drama unfolds with the force of music alone.
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Verdi's Vêpres siciliennes opens the operatic season in Rome

Roberto Frontali (Montfort) and John Osborn (Henri) © Yasuko Kageyama | Opera di Roma
Living in an environment influenced by French culture, Verdi saw the chance of breathing new life into the Italian opera through the grand-opéra. Les Vêpres siciliennes is his successful attempt.
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Martina Franca showcases Manfroce with Ecuba

Carmela Remigio (Hecuba) © Clarissa Lapolla
Carmela Remigio excels as the Trojan Queen; Sesto Quatrini conducts a superb account of the music of a Calabrian composer who died far too young.
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BarcelonaFalstaff

© Clärchen Baus | La Monnaie
Verdi: Falstaff
Josep Pons; Laurent Pelly; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Barbara de Limburg; Joël Adam; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Martina Franca Ecuba

Carmela Remigio (Hecuba) © Clarissa Lapolla
Manfroce: Ecuba
Sesto Quatrini; Pier Luigi Pizzi; Lidia Fridman; Carmela Remigio; Roberta Mantegna; Martina Gresia

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