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In this historic reopening, Lisette Oropesa offers a magnificent performance, dramatically overwhelming and vocally very unique.

Mercadante's score proves to be something of a missing link between bel canto and early Verdi. 

Commissioned as an operetta, La rondine became a true opera instead, and was presented in 1917 in Montecarlo at the high point of WW1.

Two years ago, Russian soprano Ekaterina Bakanova was thrust into her Royal Opera debut, stepping in at short notice as Violetta. Her triumph was enough for the powers that be to offer her a run of five performances this month.

Joseph Calleja and Anna Netrebko show off their vocal qualities, leading a star cast above an uninspiring orchestral performance in John Copley's Royal Opera production of La bohème in what is to be its last season.

Any revival of La traviata stands or falls by its principals and their ability to inhabit the roles rather than merely sing them prettily. A good revival director helps. 

Elena Barbalich's mis-en-scene for Le nozze di Figaro in Turin seemed a swirling game of Chinese boxes, but the vocal performances were full of vitality. 

Noche de segundo reparto en el que la soprano Olga Kulchynska fue el eje de atención y reclamo en una producción de reality televisivo se implantó en el escenario desterrando la imagen genuina de la Ceilán de Bizet.

El Liceu vuelve a presentar Les pêcheurs de perles 55 años después con una innovadora pero arriesgada puesta en escena de Lotte de Beer.

La mise en scène de Nicolas Joël de La Rondine est de retour au Capitole avec un nouveau plateau d'artistes.