Performer: Ekaterina Semenchuk

BolognaSamson et DalilaConcert performance

Teatro Auditorium Manzoni, Sun, 15 Nov at 16:00

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila

Roberto Abbado; Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Coro di Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Gregory Kunde; Ekaterina Semenchuk

Elena Zilio (Mamma Lucia) and Ekaterina Semenchuk (Santuzza) © Mattia Gaida

Teatro Regio di Torino, Sat, 21 Nov at 20:00

Mascagni, Leoncavallo

Andrea Battistoni; Daniele Menghini; Teatro Regio di Torino; Davide Signorini; Nika Campisi; Gianni Bertoli; Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino

Nationaltheater, Dec 19, 22, 26, 29

Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve

Vladimir Jurowski; Barrie Kosky; Bavarian State Opera; Azim Karimov; Klaus Grünberg; Klaus Bruns

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 2027 Apr 05, 08, 11 mat, 15

Wagner: Siegfried

Gianluca Capuano; Davide Livermore; Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Eleonora Peronetti; Gianluca Falaschi; Antonio Castro; Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2027 May 19, 23 mat, 26, 29 mat, Jun 01, 04, 07, 09, 12

Verdi: Aida

Michele Mariotti; Robert Carsen; The Royal Opera; Miriam Buether; Annemarie Woods; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, 2027 Jun 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, Jul 01

Verdi: Il trovatore

Nicola Luisotti; Daniele Menghini; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Davide Signorini; Nika Campisi; Gianni Bertoli; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

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Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci crown Turin’s Verismo Festival

Mark Pullinger, 7 Nov

Cav & Pag remain a potent pairing in stagings by two directors which unites the operas via liturgical settings in the Teatro Regio di Torino’s Verismo Festival.

****1

Aida, Act 2 finale © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

Alissa Balocco, 31 Jan

In staging Verdi's triumphant masterpiece, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma pays homage to silent films, turning Ancient Egypt into the underworld.

****1

Francesco Meli (Don Carlo) © Michele Monasta | Maggio Musicale Fiorentina

Roy Westbrook, 27 Dec

Five highly dissatisfied lead characters find only disastrous or ambiguous outcomes. Yet there are few greater operas than this.

*****

Petrenko and Berlin Philharmonic get to the heart of Weill

Chris Garlick, 13 Feb

Kirill Petrenko launches the Berlin Philharmonic's “Golden Twenties” series with Kurt Weill's First Symphony and Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex.

****1

Don Carlo doesn't find his place in Madrid

Fernando Remiro, 21 Sept

Sir David McVicar's unassuming production fails to engage with the political side of Verdi's masterpiece, despite good conducting by Nicola Luisotti and some good singing by a solid cast.

***11