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Nadine Sierra shines as Gounod's Roméo et Juliette is performed for the first time in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 15 February 2025

This first-time Neapolitan performance of Gounod's masterpiece is destined to leave a lasting impression in the audience's memory.

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Naples

17 Feb 2025

Nadine Sierra shines in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito

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Naples

A little fall of rain: Marina Rebeka steps into a damp Traviata in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 14 July 2024

Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka sings Violetta in Lorenzo Amato's traditional – but damp – staging.

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Naples

16 Jul 2024

A little fall of rain: Marina Rebeka steps into a damp Traviata

By Lorenzo Fiorito

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Bergamo

Donizetti Festival’s Il diluvio universale drowned in a torrent of distracting video

By Stephen Pritchard, 17 November 2023

Artistic duo MASBEDO turn Donizetti’s tale of the Great Flood into a climate change polemic. Their unrelenting video overwhelms impressive singing from a cast led by bass Nahuel Di Pierro.

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Bergamo

19 Nov 2023

Donizetti Festival’s Il diluvio universale drowned in video

By Stephen Pritchard

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Pesaro

Adelaide di Borgogna returns to the Rossini Opera Festival in a new, meta-theatrical production

By Laura Servidei, 13 August 2023

The ROF presents a new, cheeky production of Adelaide, by Arnaud Bernard, based on a unoriginal but very well executed “meta-theatrical” take, with an exemplary cast.

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Pesaro

14 Aug 2023

Adelaide di Borgogna returns to the Rossini Opera Festival

By Laura Servidei

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Florence

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino's Don Giovanni falls at the final hurdle

By Laura Servidei, 06 May 2023

The Maggio postpones Pountney’s expected new production of Don Giovanni, presenting Ferrara’s production from Spoleto instead, with a good cast in the hands of Zubin Mehta.

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Florence

08 May 2023

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino's Don Giovanni falls at the final hurdle

By Laura Servidei

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Bergamo

La hija del regimiento! A Cuban Fille at the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo

By Laura Servidei, 21 November 2021

An exciting cast gives life to a new production of La Fille du régiment, for a resounding success in Bergamo.

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Bergamo

23 Nov 2021

La hija del regimiento! A Cuban Fille at Donizetti Opera

By Laura Servidei

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Bergamo

L’elisir d’amore: a successful, interactive opening of the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo

By Laura Servidei, 19 November 2021

Riccardo Frizza conducts Alberto Zedda's critical edition of L’elisir d’amore with a great cast, including tenor star Javier Camarena and a very young, very promising prima donna, Caterina Sala.

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Bergamo

22 Nov 2021

A successful, interactive opening of the Donizetti Opera Festival

By Laura Servidei

Bergamo

A metatheatrical take on Donizetti's Enrico di Borgogna in Bergamo

By Laura Servidei, 25 November 2018

A clever production enlivens a rare, early opera at the Donizetti Opera Festival. A fantastic cast and a great period orchestra seal a resounding success under the lead of Alessandro De Marchi.

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Bergamo

27 Nov 2018

A metatheatrical take on Enrico di Borgogna in Bergamo

By Laura Servidei

Bergamo

The first, forgotten Tudor Queen: Il castello di Kenilworth in Bergamo

By Laura Servidei, 24 November 2018

The Donizetti Opera Festival presents a rarity with a good cast of bel canto specialists in a somewhat disappointing production.

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Bergamo

26 Nov 2018

The first, forgotten Tudor Queen: Il castello di Kenilworth in Bergamo

By Laura Servidei