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This year’s Salzburg Whitsun Festival gala, Ciao, bella ciao, features Cecilia Bartoli in a highly personalised musical programme structured as an autobiographical journey, unfolding as a blend of concert and self-portrait. 

Not so Dolce Vita... Davide Livermore’s fascinating interpretation of Donizetti’s masterpiece doesn’t quite manage to uplift a somewhat disappointing musical performance. 

In staging Verdi's triumphant masterpiece, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma pays homage to silent films, turning Ancient Egypt into the underworld. 

A completely forgotten opera by Donizetti enjoys a new production in Bergamo, with a good cast from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, led by Sesto Quatrini in the pit.

Ann Hallenberg leads a feast of fine singing, but the opera suffers from a somewhat confused, confusing production by Gianluca Falaschi.

Milan's Teatro alla Scala opens in style with a new production of Macbeth by Davide Livermore featuring a star-studded cast led by Anna Netrebko and Luca Salsi. 

A new production by Davide Livermore transforms Elizabeth I into Elizabeth II. Evelino Pidò leads a solid cast in one of the earliest opera seria by Gioachino Rossini.

Using bold digital panels, D-Wok has created stunning visual effects. World class singers provide an outstanding aural experience.