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La fanciulla del West revival fails to reignite the spark in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 19 April 2025

Huge de Ana's staging is carefully crafted but feels dramaturgically outdated as the Teatro di San Carlo heads into the twilight of sovrintendente Stéphane Lissner’s final season.

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Naples

20 Apr 2025

La fanciulla del West revival fails to reignite the spark in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito

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London

Forbidden love in times of war: Aida at The Royal Opera

By David Karlin, 28 January 2025

Strong performances by chorus, orchestra and the father-daughter pairing of Amartuvshin Enkhbat and Anna Pirozzi make this Covent Garden revival well worth the visit.

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London

29 Jan 2025

Forbidden love in times of war: Aida at The Royal Opera

By David Karlin

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Zurich

Anna Pirozzi shines as a queen bee Turandot

By Laura Servidei, 03 July 2024

Anna Pirozzi and Piero Pretti bring Italian sunshine to Baumgarten’s confused production at the Opernhaus Zürich.

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Zurich

05 Jul 2024

Anna Pirozzi shines as a queen bee Turandot

By Laura Servidei

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Naples

Justin Way's meta Norma in Naples turns Druid revolt into Italian insurrection

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 12 March 2024

When in doubt, stage the action in a theatre. Australian director Justin Way gets in the way of Bellini's Norma at the Teatro di San Carlo.

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Naples

14 Mar 2024

A meta Norma in Naples turns Druid revolt into Italian insurrection

By Lorenzo Fiorito

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Reggio Emilia

A Don Carlo of yesteryear at the Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia

By Laura Servidei, 19 November 2023

An almost completely Italian cast gives life to a very successful Don Carlo currently touring Emilia Romagna.

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Reggio Emilia

21 Nov 2023

A Don Carlo of yesteryear at the Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia

By Laura Servidei

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Athens

Inheriting Callas’ crown in Athens: Pirozzi takes on Medea… and wins

By Mark Pullinger, 25 April 2023

The punishing role of Medea is forever associated with Maria Callas. To celebrate the diva’s centenary, Greek National Opera presents a new production by Sir David McVicar, starring Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi.

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Athens

26 Apr 2023

Inheriting Callas’ crown in Athens: Pirozzi takes on Medea

By Mark Pullinger

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London

Andrei Serban's Turandot returns once more to the Royal Opera House

By Dominic Lowe, 10 March 2023

Riddle me this: what is the result of combining Andrei Serban's beloved staging of Turandot with Antonio Pappano's first stage outing of the piece? Answer: a thrilling evening.

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London

12 Mar 2023

Andrei Serban's Turandot returns once more to the Royal Opera House

By Dominic Lowe

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Fidenza

Turbo-charged Trovatore: Verdi at full throttle in Fidenza

By Mark Pullinger, 24 September 2022

All you need to stage Trovatore, according to Enrico Caruso, are “the four greatest singers in the world”. The Verdi Festival may have found the four loudest...

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Fidenza

25 Sep 2022

Turbo-charged Trovatore: Verdi at full throttle in Fidenza

By Mark Pullinger

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Zurich

Anna Pirozzi dazzles as Abigaille in an uninspiring Nabucco in Zurich

By Laura Servidei, 16 September 2022

The Opernhaus Zurich revives Andreas Homoki’s 2019 production, under the baton of Verdi specialist Donato Renzetti.

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Zurich

18 Sep 2022

Anna Pirozzi dazzles as Abigaille in an uninspiring Nabucco in Zurich

By Laura Servidei

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London

Anna Pirozzi's bravura Lady Macbeth lights up Covent Garden

By David Karlin, 16 November 2021

The Italian soprano produces enormous power and great sensitivity in equal measure to illuminate a memorable Verdi Macbeth.

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London

17 Nov 2021

Anna Pirozzi's bravura Lady Macbeth lights up Covent Garden

By David Karlin

Naples

Everyone returns victorious in San Carlo's Aida

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 28 July 2020

With their second open-air concert performance, Teatro di San Carlo scores another hit.

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Naples

30 Jul 2020

Everyone returns victorious in San Carlo's Aida

By Lorenzo Fiorito

Amsterdam

A monolithic Nabucco at Dutch National Opera

By Jenny Camilleri, 27 January 2020

A promising cast on paper is scuppered by a banal, monotonous production and uninspired conducting.

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Amsterdam

28 Jan 2020

A monolithic Nabucco at Dutch National Opera

By Jenny Camilleri

Naples

A low profile staging for Nabucco in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 09 October 2018

Jean-Paul Scarpitta’s San Carlo staging was almost as minimal as a biblical oratorio.

***11

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Naples

11 Oct 2018

A low profile staging for Nabucco in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito

London

Elena Zilio leads the verismo thrills as Cav & Pag return to the Royal Opera

By Mark Pullinger, 06 January 2018

After its Christmas break, Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci return to the Royal Opera in Daminano Michieletto's arresting production.

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London

07 Jan 2018

Elena Zilio leads the verismo thrills

By Mark Pullinger

Milan

Nabucco at La Scala: Verdi's score in the hands of a special maestro

By James Imam, 24 October 2017

This was a performance that had you lickng your lips for Santi’s return next season with Zeffirelli’s time-honoured take on Aida.

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Milan

27 Oct 2017

Nabucco at La Scala

By James Imam

Edinburgh

Opulent Turin Macbeth arrives at Edinburgh International Festival

By David Smythe, 18 August 2017

Verdi’s Macbeth, performed at the first Edinburgh International Festival returns for its 70th anniversary in Emma Dante’s sumptuous new production from the Teatro Regino Torino under Gianandrea Noseda.

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Edinburgh

20 Aug 2017

Opulent Turin Macbeth arrives at EIF

By David Smythe

Turin

From Scotland to Sicily: Macbeth in the deep south in Emma Dante's staging in Turin

By Renato Verga, 21 June 2017

Director Emma Dante revives Verdi's Macbeth for Turin's Teatro Regio, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.

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Turin

22 Jun 2017

Macbeth in the deep south

By Renato Verga

San Francisco

San Francisco Opera opens new season with Giordano's Andrea Chénier

By Maria Nockin, 09 September 2016

Andrea Chénier returns to San Francisco Opera after a long absence, in Sir David McVicar's realistic production.

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San Francisco

13 Sep 2016

SF Opera opens new season with Andrea Chénier

By Maria Nockin

Naples

A tale of two gypsies (and a love triangle): a wavering Trovatore in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 18 December 2014

Director Michal Znaniecki sets the action of Verdi's popular Il trovatore in an indeterminate 20th century wartime, undecidedly trying to mix up visual suggestions and primeval anguish

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Naples

20 Dec 2014

A wavering Trovatore in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito

Naples

A blood-spattered, claustrophobic Cavalleria rusticana

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 19 July 2014

“Sorry for my meddling. I am the director of this opera.” Before the curtain opens, in a prologue to the prologue, Delbono shows up and addresses the audience.

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Naples

20 Jul 2014

A blood-spattered, claustrophobic Cavalleria rusticana

By Lorenzo Fiorito

Berlin

A sublime and heartbreaking Tosca at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

By Christie Franke, 17 May 2014

Though it has run for 45 years, the Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Tosca is both timeless and a relic. Stand-in tenor Stefano La Colla's impassioned performance drew a standing ovation.

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Berlin

20 May 2014

A sublime and heartbreaking Tosca at the Deutsche Oper Berlin

By Christie Franke