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Patrick Hahn; Sir Jonathan Miller; New National Theatre; Isabella Bywater; Mutsumi Isono; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
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Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma
With its 1940s setting, Luca Del Fusco’s direction alienates in a new production of Gounod's Shakespeare-inspired opera.
Rossini Renaissance renewed: Ponnelle’s Cenerentola at La Scala
Conductor Gianluca Capuano leads the Accademia Teatro alla Scala orchestra and a solid cast in a fun, bubbling performance of a classic staging.
The Rossini Opera Festival comes home! Bianca e Falliero in Pesaro
Jessica Pratt leads a strong cast in a beautiful performance of one of Rossini’s unjustly forgotten masterpieces, under the spectacular baton of Roberto Abbado, despite an unremarkable new production by Jean-Louis Grinda.
Rising star Aya Wakizono commands the stage in La Cenerentola
Jun Aguni’s fast-paced new staging, with brightly coloured sets and costumes by Rome-based Alessandro Ciammarughi, was full of visual delights and fantasy-filled images.
Pier Luigi Pizzi’s Barbiere triumphs in Pesaro
The Rossini Opera Festival stages a new production of the most famous of Rossini’s masterpieces to celebrate the composer in the 150th anniversary of his death.
Rare Donizetti opera buffa revived in Bergamo
Absent from theatres for more than a century and a half, Donizetti's comedy about Tsar Peter the Great is revived in the composer's home town.
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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Daniel Oren; Luca de Fusco; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Marta Crisolini Malatesta; Gigi Saccomandi; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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Pure agilità: Aya Wakizono returns to Tokyo
The Japanese mezzo soprano is returning to the New National Theatre, Tokyo for her role debut in Massenet’s Werther. We talk about her love for Rossini, and expansions into later Romantic opera.