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Despite excellent performances from Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Elmina Hasan, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Norma lacks a pinch of salt. 

In a week where Vienna welcomes two new productions of Bellini's Norma, MusikTheater an der Wien sets a high bar with Vasily Barkhatov's staging. 

Rota's Aladdin finds new life at the Festival della Valle d'Itria thanks to the outstanding conducting of Francesco Lanzillotta. 

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.

Pretty Yende and John Osborn bring star quality to this revival of John Dew’s Vienna staging of Bellini's Civil War opera.

Livermore's staging implies two different storylines – do we only see the result of Don Giovanni's hallucinations?

Risurrezione is a work whose value is to be found more in the orchestra than in the vocal lines, a peculiar thing for an Italian opera belonging to an epoch that gloried in enticing melodies.

With unbridled imagination, Michieletto fills this usually-problematic space with a wealth of racy detail.

Mario Martone's 2006 production captures both the aesthetic and the spirit of the age.

A Neapolitan farce which was successful in all Italian theatres, fun and frantic.