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Lluís Pasqual's production falls short of expectations, despite featuring a cast of opera stars led by the exceptional Anna Netrebko under the meticulous direction of Riccardo Chailly.

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Milan

09 Dec 2023

A star-studded Don Carlo opens the season at La Scala

By Laura Servidei

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Milan

Female trio triumphs at La Scala: Oropesa, Crebassa and Scappucci shine in I Capuleti e i Montecchi

By Laura Servidei, 23 January 2022

Speranza Scappucci leads a dream team of singers in Bellini’s masterpiece, in a new production by Adrian Noble.

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Milan

24 Jan 2022

Oropesa, Crebassa and Scappucci shine at La Scala

By Laura Servidei

Vienna

Defiant Domingo's Macbeth wins them over at the Staatsoper

By Stephen Pritchard, 28 October 2019

At 78, Domingo rages against the ravages of time, and – certainly in this production – shows the next generation a thing or two about stagecraft.

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Vienna

29 Oct 2019

Defiant Domingo's Macbeth wins them over at the Staatsoper

By Stephen Pritchard

Vienna

Mistrust, rage and colonialism: Adrian Noble’s new Otello at the Wiener Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 20 June 2019

During the “Salce” and “Ave Maria” in Act Four Bezsmertna turned this to magical effect, thinning out and floating her shimmering soprano into gossamer threads.

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Vienna

22 Jun 2019

Mistrust, rage and colonialism: Otello at the Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart

Vienna

Bringing a picnic to the poltergeist: Don Giovanni in Vienna

By Jonathan Sutherland, 14 January 2018

Jean-Louis Martinoty’s scenically seductive Don Giovanni comes as a welcome relief from recent Regietheater aberrations.

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Vienna

16 Jan 2018

Bringing a picnic to the poltergeist

By Jonathan Sutherland

Vienna

Viennese tradition: Anja Harteros stars in Otto Schenk’s production of Der Rosenkavalier

By Jonathan Sutherland, 11 December 2015

Otto Schenk's Vienna production of Der Rosenkavalier has been mounted 366 times since its 1968 inauguration and there is definitely no demand for a new one.

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Vienna

14 Dec 2015

Viennese tradition: Anja Harteros in Rosenkavalier

By Jonathan Sutherland

Vienna

Christian Räth's Macbeth enjoys a bloody première at the Vienna Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 07 October 2015

Bravo to the Haus am Ring for a bloody good night of music, drama and beauty – an excellent first première of the season.

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Vienna

09 Oct 2015

Räth's Macbeth enjoys a bloody première in Vienna

By Chanda VanderHart

Vienna

Exciting singing rescues problematic Don Carlo at the Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 25 February 2015

Last night’s performance, the second after a serious casting face-lift held to that tradition, and was very well received despite its inherent flaws, thanks to some very fine singing.

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Vienna

27 Feb 2015

Exciting singing rescues problematic Don Carlo

By Chanda VanderHart