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PesaroLe siège de CorintheNew production

Rossini: Le siège de Corinthe
Carlo Rizzi; Davide Livermore; Rossini Opera Festival; Eleonora Peronetti; Gianluca Falaschi; Nicolas Bovey; Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
LondonOpera Rara: Il campo de’ Crociati

Mercadante: Il campo de’ Crociati
Carlo Rizzi; Opera Rara; London Philharmonic Orchestra; English National Opera Chorus; Giorgi Manoshvili; Rosa Feola
TokyoMacbethNew production

Verdi: Macbeth
Carlo Rizzi; Lorenzo Mariani; New National Theatre; Maurizio Balò; Silvia Aymonino; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; New National Theatre Chorus
BerlinLa VestaleNew production

Spontini: La Vestale
Carlo Rizzi; Lydia Steier; Staatsoper Berlin; Giuseppe Mentuccia; Étienne Pluss; Katharina Schlipf; Valerio Tiberi
New York CityMedea

Cherubini: Médée/Medea
Carlo Rizzi; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; Doey Lüthi; Paule Constable; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham

Carlos Rizzi believes that Puccini’s orchestrations are good enough to stand alone, without their vocal lines, but can the drama compete with the romance of Respighi?
Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine

A new edition of Puccini's score springs to life in a meticulously prepared Opera Rara concert performance at the Barbican.
Cast and orchestra bring down the house in Met’s glowing Turandot

With a standout cast, fine orchestral playing under Carlo Rizzi, and newly refurbished sets, Zeffirelli’s 1987 staging of Puccini’s epic fairy tale appears as bright as ever.
Real and emotional fires light the stage in Respighi’s La fiamma

Christof Loy and Carlo Rizzi score a great success in bringing Respighi’s rarely performed opera the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
The Met's Ballo falls flat in its latest revival

An attractive supporting cast isn't sufficient to bring this revival of David Alden's Ballo in maschera to life in New York.
Federica Lombardi headlines the Met's latest Bohème revival

Franco Zeffirelli's perennial Bohème returns for yet another revival, with Federica Lombardi's luminous Mimì the standout performance.
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ParisIl Trittico

Puccini
Carlo Rizzi; Christof Loy; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Barbara Drosihn; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisCendrillon

Massenet: Cendrillon
Carlo Rizzi; Mariame Clément; Opéra national de Paris; Ching-Lien Wu; Julia Hansen; Ulrik Gad
ParisRoméo et Juliette

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Carlo Rizzi; Thomas Jolly; Opéra national de Paris; Bruno de Lavenère; Sylvette Dequest; Antoine Travert; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Carlo Rizzi’s view from the pit

Carlo Rizzi's talks about directors, audiences and the art of conducting Italian opera ahead of a busy spring schedule.
