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VeronaTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Andrea Battistoni; Franco Zeffirelli; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Emi Wada; Arena di Verona Orchestra; Arena di Verona Chorus
BarcelonaAida
Verdi: Aida
Antonello Manacorda; Shirin Neshat; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Josep Gil; Christian Schmidt; Tatyana van Walsum; Felice Ross
ParisTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Eun Sun Kim; Robert Wilson; Opéra national de Paris; Stephanie Engeln; Jacques Reynaud; John Torres; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
NaplesTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Vincenzo Milletarì; Vasily Barkhatov; Teatro di San Carlo; Zinovy Margolin; Galya Solodovnikova; Alexander Sivaev; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Torre del LagoTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Renato Palumbo; Alfonso Signorini; Carla Tolomeo; Fausto Puglisi; Valerio Alfieri; Orchestra del Puccini Festival
New York CityAida
Verdi: Aida
Daniele Callegari; Michael Mayer; Metropolitan Opera; Marco Armiliato; John Keenan; Christine Jones; Susan Hilferty
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To rebuild Maria Callas’s 1961 Medea is to invite the cruellest comparisons in opera. For most of a single night at Epidaurus, Greek National Opera withstands it, but then comes the final act...
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ModenaDon Carlo
Verdi: Don Carlo(s)
Jordi Bernàcer; Joseph Franconi Lee; Teatro comunale di Modena; Alessandro Ciammarughi; Claudio Schmid; Orchestra dell'Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini