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I vespri siciliani in Naples: a revolt against the Mafia
In the Italian version of Verdi's French grand opéra, Emma Dante updates the action from 1282 to the organised crime of the Sicilian Mafia.
Tower block bohemians in Emma Dante's new staging at San Carlo
Despite the setting in a condo, Dante’s staging is basically traditional, to the point of even respecting the original story's 1830s fashions.
“Verdi's ugliest opera” returns to La Scala with mixed results
In the role created for Jenny Lind, Lisette Oropesa, in her debut in the theater, shows her magnificent silvery voice, beautiful vibrato and impeccable colorature.
Codes of honour trip up Bechtolf's Ernani at La Scala
Verdi's fifth opera can be considered a blueprint for Trovatore and deserves a more regular place in the repertoire, but it needs more sincere advocacy than Bechtolf is prepared to grant.
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Bruckner, Bernard Haitink and the LSO
Bernard Haitink and LSO forces explore contrasting aspects of two late works by Bruckner.
Netrebko returns to La traviata at La Scala
Netrebko's Violetta is now fuller in body and voice than in her former incarnation. Goodbye to the fresh-faced damsel we saw in Salzburg; hello to a larger-than-life courtesan in her twilight years.