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Lorenzo Amato penetrates deep into the recesses of Bellini's opera. 

Jean-Paul Scarpitta’s San Carlo staging was almost as minimal as a biblical oratorio.

Stefano Poda's staging has its own coherence, but it is as cold as the Chinese princess. 

A movie-like staging for Puccini's most original opera at the Teatro San Carlo.

A zinging account of Verdi's score, making up for Daniele Abbado's nondescript production. 

A terrific double bill of two one-act operas: Der Zwerg (The Dwarf) by Alexander von Zemlinsky and Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini.

La Fura dels Baus's production balances the familiar with modern detail in a clever staging that packs a real punch. The Arena enjoyed its centennial edition last year, and one wonders whether this might be the production that they celebrate the next time around.

A great singing cast and an excellent conducting for the unveiling of Otello's ghosts in Naples.

According to Riccardo Muti in a recent interview for Chicago Classical Review, the cardinal sins of modern conductors when interpreting Verdi are over-aggression and vulgarity. He also notes in an interview included in the concert program that one of the most unique aspects of Macbeth is its use of expressively soft dynamics, even going as far to call the technique avant-garde.

Dass es nicht immer einer Inszenierung bedarf zeigte die konzertante Aufführung von Verdis Ernani unter leidenschaftlichem Dirigat von Riccardo Muti.