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VeronaAida Ed. Franco Zeffirelli

Verdi: Aida
Francesco Ommassini; Franco Zeffirelli; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Anna Anni; Arena di Verona Orchestra; Arena di Verona Chorus
RotterdamVerdi's Requiem

Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Lahav Shani; Aleksandra Kurzak; Annalisa Stroppa; Dmytro Popov; Georg Zeppenfeld
Torre del LagoTurandot

Puccini: Turandot
Marco Armiliato; Alfonso Signorini; Giacomo Sagripanti; Carla Tolomeo; Fausto Puglisi; Valerio Alfieri
BerlinMadama Butterfly

Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Giuseppe Mentuccia; Eike Gramss; Staatsoper Berlin; Peter Sykora; Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsopernchor Berlin
BerlinTosca

Puccini: Tosca
Alexander Soddy; Alvis Hermanis; Staatsoper Berlin; Kristīne Jurjāne; Gleb Filshtinsky; Staatskapelle Berlin
New York CityTosca

Puccini: Tosca
Daniele Rustioni; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; Yannick Nézet-Séguin; John Macfarlane; David Finn
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Puccini Festival at Torre de Lago opens with a centennial Turandot

There's a taste of magic in the air for the Puccini Festival’s opening production, a centennial Turandot.
Oksana Lyniv triumphs in her Met debut in Turandot revival

The Ukrainian conductor heads an impressively cast revival of Franco Zeffirelli's gaudy Turandot.
Aleksandra Kurzak emerges as a charismatic Butterfly at the Met

Anthony Minghella’s highly stylized Madama Butterfly returns to New York for its ninth revival, with the Polish soprano delivering a thrilling performance in a Met role debut.
Blinded by passion: Cav & Pag returns to the Royal Opera House

Questionable conducting aside, The Royal Opera's latest revival of Damiano Michieletto’s fluid production of the famous operatic double-bill is terrifically executed by two excellent casts.
Kurzak and Fabiano star in a fresh, lyrical Tosca at the Met

Aleksandra Kurzak's lyrical Tosca brings out the woman behind the caricature in this revival of Sir David McVicar's lavish production.
La commedia è finita: a scorching Cav & Pag at Covent Garden
With more cast reshuffles than in Downing Street of late, this revival of Damiano Michieletto's intertwined Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci double bill triumphs against the odds.
