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A clever production enlivens a rare, early opera at the Donizetti Opera Festival. A fantastic cast and a great period orchestra seal a resounding success under the lead of Alessandro De Marchi.

The Mediterranean setting of Auber's work is recreated by director Giorgio Barberio Corsetti with its intriguing teatro-immagine, where video projections and virtual reality are predominant.

Àlex Ollé and his Fura dels Baus team stage a spectacular looking Norma, the first new production of Bellini's opera at Covent Garden for nearly 30 years. 

For such a young conductor of unassuming stature, Gamba exudes surprising authority, bringing off players with a swipe and reaching out far from the pit to coordinate distant chorus members.

Deutsche Oper's concert production of Norma shows what a great opera it is; Edita Gruberová displays great artistry, although now with imperfections.

The two Danieles – Gatti and Abbado – triumphed in the final opera of the 78th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with a heavenly new production of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande.

With outstanding performances from Roberto Alagna and Paul Gay, Pierre Corneille's elegant poetry shines through the return of Massenet's Le Cid to the Opéra de Paris, more than a century after it was last seen there.

Ladies and gentlemen of Washington DC and the nearby lands!If last fall you did not get a chance to journey to New York for the Met’s season-opening production of Anna Bolena – do not fret! Last Saturday the Washington National Opera opened its new season with a production of Anna Bolena (a little too bloody for a season opening if you ask me, but maybe that’s what attracts most people to opera th

When I heard that Washington National Opera’s upcoming production of Jules Massenet’s romantic and beautifully tragic opera Werther would be set in the 20th century, I was intrigued.

Superbe version de concert d'Anna Bolena à l'Opéra de Marseille ! Casting d'une homogénéité réjouissante ! 

Sans oser de comparaison avec Maria Callas et Montserrat Caballé, force est de reconnaître en Maria Agresta la grande Norma de notre époque, une immense Norma.

La producción de Norma venida desde el Teatro Regio de Turín sorprendió principalmente en escenografía y en la interpretación de la protagonista. Con altibajos en otros parámetros, la música de Bellini llega a La Maestranza con un espectáculo orquestal encomiable.