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Marta Torbidoni (Alzira) and Daniel Luis de Vicente (Gusmano) © Roberto Ricci | Festival Verdi

Parma

Alzira: mining for gold at the Festival Verdi

By Mark Pullinger, 01 October 2026

Manuel Renga directs a simple, but sympathetic production of Verdi's early opera set in 16th-century Peru.

****1

****1

Parma

01 Oct 2026

Alzira: mining for gold at the Festival Verdi

By Mark Pullinger

Paolo Bordogna (Cardenio) © Gianfranco Rota

Bergamo

Shipwrecked: Donizetti’s Il furioso nell’isola di San Domingo comes a cropper

By Mark Pullinger, 16 November 2025

Manuel Renga’s sensitive framing device sets up a sympathetic production of a problematic opera, but is scuppered by the central vocal performance.

***11

***11

Bergamo

16 Nov 2025

Shipwrecked: Donizetti’s Il furioso comes a cropper in Bergamo

By Mark Pullinger

Giuseppe De Luca (Don Meschino) and Greta Doveri (Chiara) © Gianfranco Rota

Bergamo

Donizetti Opera Festival: Chiara e Serafina resurfaces after 200 years

By Laura Servidei, 19 November 2022

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.

***11

***11

Bergamo

19 Nov 2022

In Bergamo, Donizetti's Chiara e Serafina resurfaces after 200 years

By Laura Servidei