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MadridCarmen
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Bizet: Carmen
Eun Sun Kim; Damiano Michieletto; Iñaki Encina Oyón; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti
DresdenFalstaffNew production

Verdi: Falstaff
Daniele Gatti; Damiano Michieletto; Semperoper Dresden; Paolo Fantin; Agathe MacQueen; Alessandro Carletti; Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
ZurichLa scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)

Rossini: La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Leonardo Sini; Damiano Michieletto; Zurich Opera; Paolo Fantin; Elfried Roller; Orchester der Oper Zürich
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A long, strange trip: Opera Philadelphia’s Il viaggio a Reims
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The intrepid company brings Damiano Michieletto’s well-traveled production of a Rossini rarity to the US for the first time.
Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová
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Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates.
World premiere success for Filidei’s Il nome della rosa at La Scala
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A great cast and an enjoyable score seal the success of a new opera based on Umberto Eco's classic historical murder mystery, The Name of the Rose.
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ParisDon Pasquale

Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Evelino Pidò; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisIl barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Carlo Montanaro; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisSamson et Dalila

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Philippe Jordan; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Breaking the cage from the inside: Dutch National Opera’s Animal Farm
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A new opera based on Orwell’s Animal Farm will shortly open at Dutch National Opera. Director Damiano Michieletto, librettist Ian Burton and composer Alexander Raskatov speak about this ambitious and fervent new project.
Photo gallery: Animal Farm in rehearsal
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An exclusive photo gallery taking a behind-the-scenes look at Dutch National Opera’s ambitious new production of Animal Farm.