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EdimbourgVerdi’s A Masked Ball

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Verdi: Un bal masqué
Gianandrea Noseda; Adele Thomas; Zurich Opera; Hannah Clark; Franck Evin; Chœur de l’Opéra de Zurich
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Well cast, high-quality singers in Royal Opera Trovatore revival

Riccardo Fassi (Ferrando) and the Royal Opera Chorus © RBO | Camilla Greenwell
Giacomo Sagripanti’s live wire dynamics and keenly judged tempo choices keep this revival of Verdi's Il trovatore buoyant at Covent Garden. 

Primat der Musik: Verdis Un ballo in maschera am Opernhaus Zürich

Charles Castronovo (Riccardo), George Petean (Renato) und Katharina Konradi (Oscar) © Herwig Prammer
Gianandrea Noseda, ein leidenschaftlicher Verdi-Kenner, bringt die unterschiedlichen musikalischen Sphären des Stücks brillant zum Klingen. Die Regisseurin Adele Thomas findet für den schicksalhaften Gang der Handlung ein schlüssiges Symbol. 

A dark and disturbing Rigoletto from WNO at the Mayflower

Daniel Luis de Vicente (Rigoletto) © Richard Hubert Smith

Fine performances in a punchy new production that coats this tragic opera in a large dollop of debauchery. 

Joélle Harvey is outstanding in Glyndebourne's incendiary Semele

Jennifer Johnston (Juno), Joélle Harvey (Semele) and Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Ino) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Adele Thomas makes a good case for Semele's operatic credentials in her production which makes effective nods towards Baroque opera’s devotion to spectacle.

Barton’s Azucena drags Trovatore from the flames

Roberto Tagliavini (Ferrando) and Jamie Barton (Azucena) © ROH | Camilla Greenwell
Adele Thomas’ Royal Opera staging channels the Marx Brothers in playing it for laughs, but the musical compensations are many under Sir Antonio Pappano.

In the Realms of Sorrow: Handel cantatas in the round

Claire Booth © Camilla Greenwell
Director Adele Thomas can do no wrong, sustaining her extraordinary run of fizz with this unlikely concatenation of four Handel cantatas at Stone Nest.
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Zurich Opera marks end of an era with slew of new productions

Carmen at Zurich Opera, directed by Andreas Homoki © Monika Rittershaus
Zurich sees an impressive 11 new opera and 5 new dance productions in 2024–25, including two world premieres, marking the departure of intendant Andreas Homoki after 13 years at the house.