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Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka) and Gábor Bretz (Vodník) © Luciano Romano

Tcherniakov’s starkly modern reading of Rusalka opens the Teatro San Carlo season

By Lorenzo Fiorito, 20 November 2024

Dmitri Tcherniakov’s staging of Rusalka in Naples has a starkly modern visual style which occasionally dilutes the story’s emotional impact.

***11

***11

Naples

20 Nov 2024

Tcherniakov’s bold reading of Rusalka opens the season in Naples

By Lorenzo Fiorito

Olga Bezsmertna (Rusalka) and Jongmin Park (Vodník) © Brescia & Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Milan

Rusalka makes a splash in a long overdue Teatro alla Scala debut

By Laura Servidei, 13 June 2023

Conductor Tomáš Hanus leads a great cast in a stunningly beautiful production of Dvořák’s masterpiece directed by Emma Dante.

*****

*****

Milan

13 Jun 2023

Rusalka makes a splash in a long overdue Teatro alla Scala debut

By Laura Servidei

Lisette Oropesa (Lucia) © Brescia & Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Milan

Yannis Kokkos' dark, gothic Lucia di Lammermoor finally makes it to La Scala

By Laura Servidei, 13 April 2023

Riccardo Chailly conducts a wonderful, integral performance of Donizetti’s masterpiece, with two of the greatest bel canto singers of our times.

*****

*****

Milan

13 Apr 2023

A dark, gothic Lucia di Lammermoor finally makes it to La Scala

By Laura Servidei

Giuseppe De Luca (Don Meschino) and Greta Doveri (Chiara) © Gianfranco Rota

Bergamo

Donizetti Opera Festival: Chiara e Serafina resurfaces after 200 years

By Laura Servidei, 19 November 2022

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.

***11

***11

Bergamo

19 Nov 2022

In Bergamo, Donizetti's Chiara e Serafina resurfaces after 200 years

By Laura Servidei

Milan

House of Sin: Olivier Py's Thaïs not a production to set pulses racing in Milan

By Mark Pullinger, 22 February 2022

Olivier Py's new production at La Scala is inspired by art depicting the Temptation of St Anthony, but turns out to be disappointingly tame.

***11

***11

Milan

22 Feb 2022

Olivier Py's Thaïs doesn't set pulses racing in Milan

By Mark Pullinger