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La fanciulla walks wistfully into the Naples sunset

A movie-like staging for Puccini's most original opera at the Teatro San Carlo.
****1
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A busted straight: La Scala's La fanciulla del West

La Scala might not have had all the right cards in its garter Tuesday night to prevent ending up holding aces and spaces, but it’s hard to play without a full deck in the first place.
****1
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Coin du Roi’s Serse in Milan's Teatro Litta

"Grab ’em by the throat and never let ’em go!" goes the famous quote by legendary Hollywood director Billy Wilder – Sunset Boulevard, Some like it Hot, and Double Indemnity among his masterpieces – who regularly dispensed stellar advice to aspiring, young writers. Unlike good screenwriting, opera’s blood and thunder decree doesn’t need much coaching to bare its jugular.
***11
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