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Finnish National Opera and Ballet’s season opens with an earthy new production of Verdi's perennial favourite, Aida, given a contemporary setting where even the victors suffer. 

Film director Edoardo De Angelis sets his Tosca in a devastated, dystopiian suburb which mirrors and emphasises the opera's social degradation and immoral elements.

Robert Carsen's understated elegance on stage counterbalances Puccini’s highly charged melodrama. 

A priori intéressante, l'idée de Rafael Villalobos de greffer le destin de Pasolini sur celui l'œuvre de Puccini ne prend pas, en dépit d'une distribution engagée et d'une direction d'orchestre remarquable.