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Valentina Carrasco's contemporary staging, with impressive sets and singing, makes for a remarkable show at the Teatro dell'Opera. 

For La Scala’s prima, outstanding vocal performances light up a busy but interesting staging of Verdi’s revenge opera by Leo Muscato.

An excellent cast and smart, engaged direction make for an auspicious season launch in San Francisco Opera’s production of one of Verdi’s most sophisticated creations.  

The singer-actors of this lively Neapolitan opera are entangled in a farcical plot in the Teatro alla Scala's revival of the genre.

Riccardo Chailly gives a masterful rendition of Rossini’s masterpiece, leading a solid cast in an inspired performance, in Leo Muscato’s new staging. 

The Teatro Regio presents a Classical rarity with echoes of Mozart and anticipations of Rossini. Diego Fasolis conducts with imagination and spunk.

An impressive performance of Verdi's masterpiece Un ballo in maschera based on of the original libretto.

With unbridled imagination, Michieletto fills this usually-problematic space with a wealth of racy detail.

Not a particularly revealing Falstaff, but a pleasing performance though. Maybe one would have expected something of greater impact from a festival like this one, but that goal had already accomplished by Graham Vick with his Stiffelio the night before...

A suggestive opera based on Sàndor Màrai's novel, at the Festival della Valle d'Itria. 

Le chef-d'œuvre de John Adams fait son entrée à Bastille par la grande porte, avec une mise en scène inspirée de Valentina Carrasco, une distribution exemplaire et une excellente direction musicale.

Annalisa Stroppa, Pene Pati et Florian Sempey se distinguent dans cette nouvelle production de l'opéra de Donizetti, mise en scène par Valentina Carrasco et dirigée par l'excellent Paolo Olmi.

El escenógrafo veneciano plantea el trasvase de la trama a un contexto contemporáneo, la playa masificada de nuestros días, pero olvida en su ejercicio de adaptación lo más fundamental: preservar un adecuado equilibrio entre las afectadas aspiraciones de los protagonistas y el desengaño hilarante en el que éstos se ven constantemente envueltos.

El Teatro Real renueva la producción de Damiano Michieletto de L'elisir d'amore y apuesta por el dinamismo con cantantes versátiles como actores.

Puisqu’ils constituent, finalement, les soubassements autour desquels devrait s’édifier le reste du spectacle, autant saluer d’emblée les prestations vocales solides de cette année.