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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.

Leo Muscato directs an operatic rarity at the Festival Valle d'Itria, with Federico Maria Sardelli leading Orchestra Barocca Modo Antiquo.

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.

As always in the librettos of the time, the historical events are just a weak excuse to stage timeless stories of jealousy, struggle for power, sexual desire – the ingredients in today's television series.

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

Leo Muscato's new production of Rigoletto was the first in Rome since conductor Riccardo Muti resigned in September, denouncing a lack of "serenity". 

Die Accademia Bizantina und Solistenriege nahm es mit den schillernden Fähigkeiten Giacomellis Operncast in Venedig 1735 auf – und gewann. Muscatos Inszenierung störte dabei nicht.

Un an tout juste après les attententats de Paris, L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo présentait une production de Nabucco. Dans ce contexte, le spectacle sonne comme un hymne contre l'obscurantisme et en faveur la liberté. Malheureusement, il déconcerte également par son côté très conventionnel.