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A great cast and an enjoyable score seal the success of a new opera based on Umberto Eco's classic historical murder mystery, The Name of the Rose. 

Generational shifts as La Scala presents a new production of Simon Boccanegra by Daniele Abbado (son of Claudio), conducted by Lorenzo Viotti (son of Marcello). 

Cherubini’s Médée arrives at La Scala, in French, with a modern, interesting production by Damiano Michieletto, authoritatively conducted by Michele Gamba. 

A very successful stage production and a spectacular musical ensemble marks the first performance of Alcina in Florence.

A coherent, modern version of the Orpheus myth from the Italian director at the Komische Oper Berlin.

In Damiano Michielettos ergreifend aktueller Inszenierung brillieren an einem insgesamt hervorragenden Abend insbesondere Elena Stikhina und Elīna Garanča. 

In der Neuinszenierung überzeugt vor allem die Optik und Marlis Petersen liefert ein fulminantes Rollendebüt ab; allerdings bleiben an diesem digitalen Premierenabend durchaus Wünsche offen.