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Julie Fuchs and Juan Diego Flórez give life to the refreshing and funny take of Laurent Pelly’s classic production, under the baton of Evelino Pidò. 

Barbe and Doucet’s witty 1960s Don Pasquale is revived for Scottish Opera, with Stuart Stratford conducting a fine cast. 

Not so Dolce Vita... Davide Livermore’s fascinating interpretation of Donizetti’s masterpiece doesn’t quite manage to uplift a somewhat disappointing musical performance. 

The Peruvian tenor, accompanied by Vincenzo Scalera, successfully brings off a program of art songs and arias spanning four centuries.

Alex Esposito and Alessandro Corbelli lead a young cast in an early opera buffa by Donizetti, in a new production, with mixed results, by Francesco Micheli.

A completely forgotten opera by Donizetti enjoys a new production in Bergamo, with a good cast from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, led by Sesto Quatrini in the pit.