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MilanFaustNew production

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Gounod: Faust
Daniele Rustioni; Johannes Erath; Teatro alla Scala; Heike Scheele; Gesine Völlm; Fabio Antoci; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

FlorenceLes Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)New production

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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Kent Nagano; Laurent Pelly; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

MilanDon Giovanni

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Mozart: Don Giovanni
Thomas Guggeis; Robert Carsen; Teatro alla Scala; Michael Levine; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

MilanThe Rake's ProgressNew production

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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress
Riccardo Chailly; Kasper Holten; Teatro alla Scala; Philipp Fürhofer; Anja Vang Kragh; Jonas Bǿgh; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

MilanDon QuichotteNew production

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Massenet: Don Quichotte
Bertrand de Billy; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro alla Scala; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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McVicar’s Figaro celebrates its 20th Royal Opera anniversary

Alex Esposito (Figaro) and Svetlina Stoyanova (Cherubino) © RBO | Mihaela Bodlovic
While this revival is imperfect, the Cherubino of Svetlina Stoyanova proves a marvel to hear.
***11
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Lucrezia Borgia: a dark feast in Rome

Lidia Fridman (Lucrezia Borgia) and ensemble © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Valentina Carrasco's contemporary staging, with impressive sets and singing, makes for a remarkable show at the Teatro dell'Opera. 
*****
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A feast for eyes and ears: Michieletto’s new ROH Hoffmann

Christine Rice (The Muse) and fairies © ROH | Camilla Greenwell, 2024
With gloriously inventive sets and costumes, Alex Esposito’s splendid Four Villains drive a wonderfully entertaining new production.
*****
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I vespri siciliani in Naples: a revolt against the Mafia

Maria Agresta (Elena) and Coro del Teatro di San Carlo © Luciano Romano
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. 
***11
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A tutor in a jam at the Donizetti Opera Festival!

Alex Esposito (Gregorio) and Alessandro Corbelli (Giulio Antiquati) © Gianfranco Rota

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.

Méphistophélès returns to the stage in Gounod’s Faust at La Fenice!

The Teatro La Fenice reprises Joan Anton Rechi’s production in its full stage version, less inspiring than the one expanded through the whole theatre during Covid times.

***11
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RomeLa Damnation de Faust

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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Daniele Gatti; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Veronica Simeoni; Pavel Černoch