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Barbe and Doucet’s witty 1960s Don Pasquale is revived for Scottish Opera, with Stuart Stratford conducting a fine cast. 

Not so Dolce Vita... Davide Livermore’s fascinating interpretation of Donizetti’s masterpiece doesn’t quite manage to uplift a somewhat disappointing musical performance. 

The Peruvian tenor, accompanied by Vincenzo Scalera, successfully brings off a program of art songs and arias spanning four centuries.

Alex Esposito and Alessandro Corbelli lead a young cast in an early opera buffa by Donizetti, in a new production, with mixed results, by Francesco Micheli.

A completely forgotten opera by Donizetti enjoys a new production in Bergamo, with a good cast from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, led by Sesto Quatrini in the pit.

The wonderful Javier Camarena joins Annalisa Stroppa, making her role debut, in a strong cast for a complete original version of La Favorite, in a successful production by Valentina Carrasco. 

John Osborn dazzles again as Tonio in a nostalgic new production by Barbe and Doucet, with a strong cast under the baton of Stefano Ranzani.