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PesaroLe siège de CorintheNew production

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

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Rossini, Gounod, Massenet, Offenbach, Donizetti
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Guillermo García Calvo; Juan Diego Flórez; Coro del Teatro Ventidio Basso; Pasquale Veleno

PesaroStabat Mater

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Rossini: Stabat Mater
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Domingo Hindoyan; Vasilisa Berzhanskaya; Anna-Doris Capitelli; Dmitry Korchak; Adrian Sâmpetrean
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Giorgi Manoshvili (Mustafà) and Daniela Barcellona (Isabella) © Rossini Opera Festival | Amati Bacciardi

Rosetta Cucchi jumps on the bandwagon with a shallow production of L’italiana in Algeri, although Daniela Barcellona’s charisma and vocal prowess dominates the scene.

***11
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Anastasia Bartoli (Zelmira) © Amati Bacciardi

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***11
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Andrzej Filończyk (Figaro) © Amati Bacciardi

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***11
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Anastasia Bartoli (Ermione) © Amati Bacciardi

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****1
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Jessica Pratt (Bianca) and Aya Wakizono (Falliero) © Amati Bacciardi

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***11
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Olga Peretyatko (Adelaide) © Rossini Opera Festival | Amati Bacciardi
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