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Valentina Carrasco's contemporary staging, with impressive sets and singing, makes for a remarkable show at the Teatro dell'Opera. 

Contrasting sensations at the Liceu, where the audience punished a production of La bohème with boos and gave rapturous applause to a cast that performed at half throttle.

A production apt for audiences who prefer a traditional, intimate staging of the most often performed of all operatic works.

A suggestive staging barely supported by the musical side

The staging highlighted Carmen’s rebellious traits more than her sensual exoticism.

Damiano Michieletto’s intriguing production of Rigoletto is set in a mental hospital, and sidelines emotion in favour of analysis. The singing, on the other hand, is heartfelt and exciting.

Puccini's Il Trittico, performed last night at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, is a unique item in the repertoire: a series of three one act operas with little to link them except the composer's conceit of what would work together in an evening. Each opera clocks in at something under an hour, and despite the relatively short duration, each has plenty of time to develop its characters.

Le metteur en scène allemand respecte le caractère propre à chaque partie du trittico puccinien, tout en tissant des liens subtils entre les œuvres.

El Teatro Real nos trae una producción para todos los públicos, acompañada de un excelente reparto: unos cantantes de primera línea que construyen un plantel sin mácula.

Los figurines y la escenografía austera de Stewart Laing se contrastan con el ensueño, resuelto de forma notable por Stephen Costello en una maravillosa Che gelida manina, y la réplica, ascendente pero no menos cautivadora, de Anita Hartig

Mozart-Da Ponte, ese binomio casi divino, es garantía de éxito seguro, o al menos de una velada con lo mejor en la parte musical y teatral. Con estos mimbres, las funciones del Liceu de este mes de noviembre pasan por ser un bálsamo para los melómanos y el público que se acerca por primera vez al mundo de la lírica.