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BergamoAlahor in GranataNew production

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Donizetti: Alahor in Granata
Chiara Cattani; Benedetto Sicca Papa; Fondazione Donizetti; Luigi Ferrigno; Marco Piemontese; Marco Giusti; Gli Originali Orchestra

RomeBach: Christmas Oratorio / Enrico Onofri

Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Enrico Onofri; Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Carlotta Colombo; Margherita Maria Sala; Dave Monaco

ToulouseIl barbiere di Siviglia

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Alfonso Todisco; Josef Ernst Köpplinger; Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse; Johannes Leiacker; Alfred Mayerhofer; Michael Heidinger; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

MunichLa Cenerentola

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Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Stefano Montanari; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

MadridEl barbero de SevillaNew production

© Manuel Alcorlo
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Giacomo Sagripanti; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro Real; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

NaplesLa Cenerentola

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Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Speranza Scappucci; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro di San Carlo; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
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When Rossini meets Ponnelle: L’occasione fa il ladro in Pesaro

Matteo Mancini (Don Parmenione) and Damiana Mizzi (Berenice) © Amati Bacciardi

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s ingenious production reveals L’occasione fa il ladro as a miniature masterpiece of theatrical imagination, brought vividly to life by a young conductor.

***11
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Cinematic Respighi and theatrical Rossini at the Proms

Nil Venditti © BBC | Mark Allan
Works of religious stimulus are given outstanding performances under the baton of rising star Nil Venditti.
*****
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Canadian Opera Company’s Barber proves as fresh as ever

The cast of The Barber of Seville © Michael Cooper
The Barber is back in Toronto with an excellent cast, young and old, and it’s as lively, colourful and energetic as ever. 
****1
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Revival of a classic L’Italiana in Algeri in Rome

Chiara Amarù (Isabella) and ensemble © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Despite an early misadventure, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma launches Maurizio Scaparro's staging of Rossini's comic opera with panache. 
****1
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Mariotti conquers La Scala in Muti’s gloomy new Guillaume Tell

Michele Pertusi (Guillaume Tell) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

Chiara Muti's new production departs from the serene Swiss landscapes of valleys and mountains to depict a gloomy, dystopian world. 

***11
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The political drama of Marino Faliero in Bergamo

14th-century Venice, a city of intrigue, criminal activity and mysterious masks, is the setting for Donizetti's opera about the Doge Marino Faliero, whose life is torn between public and private issues.
****1
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VeniceIl trionfo dell'onore

© Michele Crosera | Teatro La Fenice
Scarlatti: Il trionfo dell'onore
Enrico Onofri; Stefano Vizioli; Teatro La Fenice; Ugo Nespolo; Carlos Tieppo; Nevio Cavina; Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice