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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and The Montagues)
Riccardo Frizza; Allex Aguilera; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Sasha Yankevych; Françoise Raybaud; Luis Perdiguero
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Werther revived at San Carlo: an anatomy of emotional isolation

Caterina Piva (Charlotte) and Francesco Demuro (Werther) © Luciano Romano

Willy Decker’s psychologically intense Werther returns to the Teatro di San Carlo with a deeply human interpretation by Francesco Demuro and refined conducting by Lorenzo Passerini.

*****
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Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours

Luca Salsi (Falstaff) © Luciano Romano
The French director’s much-travelled production arrives at the Teatro di San Carlo, displaying a precise balance between word, gesture and voice. 
*****
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Handel’s Alcina makes its overdue Rome debut

Carlo Vistoli (Ruggiero) and Mariangela Sicilia (Alcina) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Illusion – theatrical illusion – is the theme of Pierre Audi's staging of Alcina, Handel’s beloved opera which finally makes its debut in Rome. 
****1
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Nadine Sierra shines in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in Naples

Nadine Sierra (Juliette) © Luciano Romano
This first-time Neapolitan performance of Gounod's masterpiece is destined to leave a lasting impression in the audience's memory.
****1
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Sulimsky and Grigorian grip Salzburg as the murderous Macbeths

Asmik Grigorian (Lady Macbeth) and Vladislav Sulimsky (Macbeth) © SF | Bernd Uhlig
Krzysztof Warlikowski’s ghoulish production has the Macbeths’ killing spree spring from their infertility.
****1
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Annalisa Stroppa's Giovanna triumphs in San Carlo's Anna Bolena

Maria Agresta (Anna Bolena) and Annalisa Stroppa (Giovanna Seymour) © Luciano Romano
The Italian mezzo-soprano makes her mark as Anne Boleyn's rival in Jetske Mijnssen's production in Naples. 
****1
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