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LondonRossini’s ‘Stabat mater’
Respighi, Rossini
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Nil Venditti; Federica Lombardi; Chiara Amarù; René Barbera; Nicola Ulivieri
MilanIl barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Giulio Cilona; Leo Muscato; Teatro alla Scala; Federica Parolini; Silvia Aymonino; Alessandro Verazzi; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Revival of a classic L’Italiana in Algeri in Rome
Despite an early misadventure, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma launches Maurizio Scaparro's staging of Rossini's comic opera with panache.
Caesar’s Gallic Wars at home: Norma in Toulouse
Although Karine Deshayes role change from Adalgisa to Norma is a work in progress, Luciano Ganci and Roberto Scandiuzzi shine in a staging charged with mythic symbolism.
Li zite 'ngalera at La Scala: galley trip of the newlyweds
The singer-actors of this lively Neapolitan opera are entangled in a farcical plot in the Teatro alla Scala's revival of the genre.
La Calisto arrives at La Scala for the first time and triumphs
Cavalli's debut at La Scala is a triumph, earning applause that not even a Bohème or a Traviata can sometimes elicit.
A rib-tickling Le Comte Ory
The singing is strong and the stagework slick in Laurent Pelly's rib-tickling, often uproarious production of Le Comte Ory.
Un reparto solvente para una producción exquisita de Il turco
Reparto de la nueva producción dirigida por Laurent Pelly encabezado por Sabina Puértolas y repleto de voces rossinianas quienes, junto a una orquesta rotunda, llevaron a buen término el enredo buffo.
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TurinIl barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Giampaolo Bisanti; Vittorio Borrelli; Teatro Regio di Torino; Claudia Boasso; Luisa Spinatelli; Chiara Amarù; Antonino Siragusa