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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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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.

Il trovatore as gothic, medieval fairy tale in Zurich

Gianandrea Noseda takes his post as general music director at the Opernhaus Zurich leading a great cast in Adele Thomas' successful new production.