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Plácido Domingo makes a dramatic recovery for a spirited celebration of the composer's birthday in Prague.

Herheim pulls us in unexpected directions, makes us laugh and makes us think as we enjoy fine Rossinian music and singing in Opéra de Lyon's production.

The King of Opera leads an inspired performance commemorating the 230th anniversary of Don Giovanni.

In Livermore's staging the scheme becomes meta-cinematographic: the poet Prosdocimus here has Marcello Mastroianni's features in Fellini's film 8 ½.

The Rossini masterpiece is brought to life by an inspired conductor and four first-class singers in a new, modern production by David Alden.

Teatro di San Carlo closed its Opera Festival summer season with Le nozze di Figaro, which director Chiara Muti staged as a timeless classic

A youthful Bellini opera able to stand on its own two feet? Perhaps not, as Adelson e Salvini gets the Opera Rara treatment. 

A glittering production of Rossini's retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale at the Teatro San Carlo. 

A visually striking production of Rossini's La Cenerentola for Washington National Opera.

This cheerful revival production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia showcases the operatic talent that Naples' Teatro di San Carlo can count on.

Having marked his 15th anniversary as the WNO’s artistic director earlier this month, Placido Domingo makes his final appearance as the company leader in the role of Oreste in Emilio Sagi’s production of Gluck’s Iphigenie en Tauride.The part is a fine choice for the artist.

Read our review of Cesare Lievi's production of Rossini­'s Cenerentola in its 2009 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

Ópera de Tenerife ha presentado la Lucrezia Borgia de Donizetti, dirigida por Andriy Yurkevych y con Yolanda Auyanet en el papel principal.

Le Grand Théâtre de Genève ouvre sa saison avec La Cenerentola vue par Laurent Pelly : une Cendrillon farfelue, décoiffante mais aussi très émouvante.

La nouvelle mise en scène de Stefan Herheim se joue de tout pathos et convoque une esthétique hilarante, située entre la parodie de Disney et l’humour acerbe des Monty Python.

Puértolas y Camarena protagonizaron una velada que fue de alegría y bálsamo para los amantes del bel canto del Liceu de Barcelona. La fille du régiment, con un reparto compensado y de altos vuelos, hizo las delicias del público que tenía ganas de una de las obras de Donizetti que más momentos estelares ha dado en los últimos años en el coliseo barcelonés.