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Is Roberto Devereux the finest of Donizetti's four Tudor operas? Stephen Langridge's stylish, stylised production and a wonderful cast under Riccardo Frizza make a great case for it. 

The Rossini Opera Festival revives a 2014 production by Mario Martone with a young, vibrant cast.

Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka gives a star performance in first staged production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena in Amsterdam.

Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek stages this new production of Madama Butterfly at Teatro San Carlo in Naples with a fine, penetrating approach.

An opera which has not only a historical and philological interest for scholars and experts, but is of great musical value.

A fascinating modern production of Cherubini's masterpiece Medea. Lise Davidsen is especially noteworthy while the rest of the cast give luminous performances. 

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

In Donizetti's home town, a rare outing for one of the composer's long-forgotten operas. 

La mise en scène sobre d’Allex Aguilera et la direction subtile de Maurizio Benini servent une belle production de l'opéra de Bellini, avec un duo d'amoureux parfaitement incarné par Rosa Feola et Raffaella Lupinacci.

Deuxième moitié du diptyque lyrique italien proposé par l'opéra bruxellois, l'opéra de Donizetti est interprété par une distribution inégale, dans laquelle s'illustrent notamment Vittorio Prato et Raffaella Lupinacci.