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At Donizetti Opera Festival: farces flop, young singers impress
Il campanello and Deux Hommes et une femme bomb at the Donizetti Opera festival, but the young singers of the Bottega Donizetti – and wily old hand Alessandro Corbelli – impress.
Tosca from The Royal Opera: Netrebko returns, with a vengeance
Oliver Mears' new staging impresses and Jakub Hrůša's first season as Music Director excites interest. But the evening belongs to Anna Netrebko.
A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne
Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.
Une Folle journée: Mozart-Da Ponte pasticcio at the Whitsun Festival
Cecilia Bartoli leads a stellar cast in a silly, but fun divertissement where Mozart’s music shines supreme.
Cecilia Bartoli does it again: an effervescent Cenerentola in Zurich
The Opernhaus Zürich presents yet another Cenerentola with Cecilia Bartoli in the title role, surrounded by a great cast, with the support of the period orchestra La Scintilla, under Gianluca Capuano's knowledgeable baton.
A tutor in a jam at the Donizetti Opera Festival!
Alex Esposito and Alessandro Corbelli lead a young cast in an early opera buffa by Donizetti, in a new production, with mixed results, by Francesco Micheli.