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This is the 27th Donizetti opera given the Opera Rara treatment and their ability to spot a hidden gem remains as adroit as ever. 

Here was the much-loved three-act opera Rigoletto, yes, but chances are, it was one far beyond Verdi’s wildest dreams.

In Georges Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles, two men’s vow of eternal friendship is threatened by their love for the same woman. Only one man lives to tell the tale. 

A stellar cast and a new, old-fashioned production bring back Ricciardo e Zoraide to Pesaro after 22 years.

A (nearly) complete performance of the original French version of Don Carlos forms the centrepiece of Daniele Rustioni's Verdi Festival in Lyon. 

Gifted conductor Andrea Battistoni and a vocally seductive cast made this revival of Benedict Andrews’s flawed La bohème a musical triumph.

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

Roberto Abbado leads a strong cast in an inspired production by La Fura del Baus.

Richard Eyre's uncomplicated production remains as watchable as ever; Joyce El-Khoury makes a promising Covent Garden debut.

Wonderful costumes, sublime comic timing, beautiful playing and world class singing.  A 5* production of La Cenerentola at the Gothneburg Opera.

Nearly three years after a memorable production of Les Indes Galantes, the Théâtre du Capitole reconnects with the master of the Treatise on harmony via Castor et Pollux, originally premièred by the Académie Royale in 1737.

In Zürich wagt man sich an Verdis selten gespielte Oper I vespri siciliani. Calixto Bieito verkehrt deren nationalistischen Hintergrund ins Gegenteil, und Ivan Repušić nimmt dem Stück seinen musikalischen Biss.

Dans un diptyque de concerts mis en espace et diffusés en streaming, La Monnaie nous fait entrer dans l'univers brillant et élégant de l'opéra romantique italien, avec une distribution vocale assez inégale.

Adaptation du roman littéraire de Sir Walter Scott, l’opéra de Donizetti est créé en 1835, équilibrant parfaitement action scénique romantique et nécessités du bel canto. Dans la veine du livret de Salvatore Cammarano, Nicolas Joël choisi une mise en scène classique.