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Michele Mariotti conquers La Scala in Chiara Muti’s gloomy new Guillaume Tell

By Laura Servidei, 06 April 2024

Chiara Muti's new production departs from the serene Swiss landscapes of valleys and mountains to depict a gloomy, dystopian world.

***11

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Milan

08 Apr 2024

Mariotti conquers La Scala in Muti’s gloomy new Guillaume Tell

By Laura Servidei

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Seattle

Seattle Opera's L’elisir d’amore is a mostly lighthearted romp

By Rosie Rogers, 06 August 2022

Stephen Lawless' production of Donizetti’s whimsical comedy begins well and improves as it goes, with sparkling performances from an international cast.

****1

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****1

Seattle

09 Aug 2022

Seattle Opera's L’elisir d’amore is a mostly lighthearted romp

By Rosie Rogers

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London

David McVicar's staging of The Magic Flute revived at the Royal Opera House

By Mark Valencia, 15 September 2021

Unlike many Flutes, David McVicar's 2003 production treats Mozart's score as a proper opera, albeit with romp instead of pomp.

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London

16 Sep 2021

McVicar's Magic Flute staging revived at the Royal Opera House

By Mark Valencia

Pesaro

Tudor queen in the House of Windsor: Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra at the Rossini Opera Festival

By Laura Servidei, 08 August 2021

A new production by Davide Livermore transforms Elizabeth I into Elizabeth II. Evelino Pidò leads a solid cast in one of the earliest opera seria by Gioachino Rossini.

***11

***11

Pesaro

10 Aug 2021

Tudor queen in the House of Windsor: Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra

By Laura Servidei

Pesaro

The Queen is back: Semiramide in Pesaro

By Laura Servidei, 14 August 2019

Michele Mariotti triumphs in Rossini’s masterpiece with a good cast led by Salome Jicia and a new production, only partially successful.

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Pesaro

15 Aug 2019

The Queen is back: Semiramide in Pesaro

By Laura Servidei

London

There's no disguising it: duplicity and deceit as Così fan tutte returns to The Royal Opera

By Stephen Pritchard, 25 February 2019

Everyone is in the know in Jan Philipp Gloger's “School for Lovers”, receiving its first revival at Covent Garden.

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London

26 Feb 2019

Duplicity and deceit as Così returns to The Royal Opera

By Stephen Pritchard

Macerata

Svoboda’s “Traviata of the Mirrors” returns to Macerata

By James Imam, 22 July 2018

Svoboda’s mirrors continue to provoke interesting considerations. Titled above the stage, they project a birds-eye-view of the action to the audience, making voyeurs of us all.

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Macerata

25 Jul 2018

Svoboda’s “Traviata of the Mirrors” returns to Macerata

By James Imam

Pesaro

Political satire: Torvaldo e Dorliska at the Rossini Opera Festival

By James Imam, 12 August 2017

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

****1

****1

Pesaro

14 Aug 2017

Political satire: Torvaldo e Dorliska at the ROF

By James Imam

London

Spyres and Crowe take the vocal honours at Covent Garden's Mitridate

By David Karlin, 29 June 2017

A strange evening: superb Mozart playing from Rousset, plenty of fine singing, staging and costumes that one certainly isn’t going to forget. But what’s the point of it all?

London

30 Jun 2017

Spyres and Crowe take the vocal honours at Covent Garden's Mitridate

By David Karlin