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Puccini's La rondine is back in her nest in Naples
One of Puccini's less renowned works returns to the Teatro San Carlo after over thirty years away.
Wilson's lunar Trouvère the antithesis of grand opéra
When they asked Wilson to stage an opera by Verdi, the Texan director replied "I'll never do it!". Now he is at his fourth Verdi's production.
Musical statues: Ronconi's static Semiramide
In a staging new to Florence, the action is often merely a set of friezes, singers immobilised on a pair of moving plinths.
Paisiello's Zenobia in Palmira: a labour of love in Naples
This was the first performance in modern times of Giovanni Paisiello’s Zenobia in Palmira and was enjoyed at the Teatro di Corte (Court Theatre) in the Royal Palace.