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VeronaTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Andrea Battistoni; Franco Zeffirelli; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Emi Wada; Arena di Verona Orchestra; Arena di Verona Chorus
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Tosca at the Costanzi: a postcard from Rome
A historical staging with well sung arias doesn't really bring Puccini's opera alive as Rome marks its 125th anniversary.
Bellini's last monument to bel canto: I puritani in Naples
Appearing in Naples after an absence of 34 years, Bellini's opera was given in a concert performance headed by Lisette Oropesa and Xabier Anduaga.
Verdi's Vêpres siciliennes opens the operatic season in Rome
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.
Bob Wilson's cool minimalist Butterfly is back in Amsterdam
Robert Wilson's Madama Butterfly is back in Amsterdam starring rising star Elena Stikhina as the doomed Cio-Cio-San.
A traditional Attila at the Verdi Festival in Parma
Traditionally, Italy's most unforgiving loggionisti are reputed to reside at Parma's Teatro Regio. Thankfully for the cast, they appear to be a dying breed.
An eye-popping Tosca in Rome
Alessandro Talevi's gorgeous staging recreates Tosca as it might have been seen at its 1900 première.
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RomeLes Vêpres siciliennes
Verdi: Les Vêpres siciliennes (I vespri siciliani)
Daniele Gatti; Valentina Carrasco; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Richard Peduzzi; Luis F Carvalho; Roberto Frontali; John Osborn