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Jessica Pratt (Lucrezia) and René Barbera (Gennaro) © Michele Monasta

Jessica Pratt triumphs in a concept-driven Lucrezia Borgia in Florence

By Laura Servidei, 09 November 2025

Despite the Maggio Musicale stage being dominated by clerical garb and daring papal parallels, the true revelation is Jessica Pratt's breathtaking role debut as Lucrezia.

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****1

Florence

09 Nov 2025

Jessica Pratt triumphs in a new Lucrezia Borgia in Florence

By Laura Servidei

Nicola Alaimo (Figaro) and Fabio Capitanucci (Don Bartolo) © Michele Monasta | Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Florence

A Florentine Comedy: a lively Barbiere di Siviglia in Tuscany

By David Larkin, 14 September 2022

A lively and amusing Barbiere at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with Daniele Gatti expertly marshalling the talents of Ruzil Gatin, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Nicola Alaimo and Fabio Capitanucci in Damiano Michieletto's colourfully minimalist staging.

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Florence

14 Sep 2022

A Florentine Comedy: a lively Barbiere di Siviglia in Tuscany

By David Larkin

Angela Meade (Elvira), Franco Vassallo (Don Carlo), Piero Pretti (Ernani) © Miguel Lorenzo & Mikel Ponce | Les Arts

Valencia

Un Ernani desacomplejado y gótico en Les Arts

By Daniel Martínez Babiloni, 07 June 2023

Les Arts concluyó la temporada con Ernani en una producción que concita tradición y modernidad, en torno a una lectura musical desprejuiciada y una versión basada en el drama gótico original.

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Valencia

07 Jun 2023

Un Ernani desacomplejado y gótico en Les Arts

By Daniel Martínez Babiloni