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After a fifty-year absence from Roman stages, Verdi's opera about the Maid of Orléans makes an appearance at Teatro dell'Opera under the conduction of Daniele Gatti.

Odyssey Opera comes full circle closing its season “Trial By Fire“ with another opera rooted in Schiller’s Die Jungfrau von Orléans, Giovanna d’Arco. Verdi’s seventh opera is an uneven, retrograde effort which fails to mine further the rich vein he had struck in Ernani.

Verdi's take on the Joan of Arc story may be thin on drama, but outstanding playing from Riccardo Chailly and the La Scala orchestra and top notch singing from Netrebko, Meli and Álvarez make this a wonderful Verdian evening.

Verdi's rarely-performed early masterpiece gets a succinct, powerful outing in top class style at Buxton. 

La poco frecuente ópera de Verdi, Giovanna d'Arco recibió un excelente tratamiento sobre el escenario del Auditorio de Tenerife con un elenco solvente y una orquesta y coro a la misma altura. 

La visita de Plácido Domingo al Teatro Real, si bien se sucede cada año, no deja de ser un evento de relevancia, especialmente para seguir constatando como el que fue tenor y ahora se exhibe en papeles de barítono sigue pisando las tablas del escenario con convicción y vitalidad.