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A complex plot with great music and great theatre where Strauss showcases his compositional mastery.

Risurrezione is a work whose value is to be found more in the orchestra than in the vocal lines, a peculiar thing for an Italian opera belonging to an epoch that gloried in enticing melodies.

The best-laid plans go astray when the noble Count Robinson falls for the wrong sister, setting up a lovely night of opera.

Giorgio Sangati's staging idea pits Christians vs Saracens as pop stars against dark metal.

L’Opéra de Lyon’s new production of Respighi’s La bella dormente nel bosco was an operatic pastiche with fairy tale fantasy and foxtrots thrown in for good measure.   

Fabio Cherstichs Inszenierung ist dank eines hervorragenden Sängerensembles vor allem ein Genuss für die Ohren.