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ParisLes Pêcheurs de perlesNew production

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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles
Marc Minkowski; Pierre-André Weitz; Bertrand Killy; Les Musiciens du Louvre

BarcelonaLes Pêcheurs de perlesConcert performance

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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles
Marc Minkowski; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Chamber Chorus of the Palau de la Música Catalana; Florian Sempey; Pene Pati

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

SalzburgIl viaggio a ReimsNew production

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Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Gianluca Capuano; Barrie Kosky; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

ViennaLe nozze di Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Patrick Hahn; Barrie Kosky; Vienna State Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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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A birthday reimagining of Il viaggio a Reims in Salzburg

Cecilia Bartoli (Corinna) and ensemble © SF | Monika Rittershaus
In Barrie Kosky’s hyperactive staging, Il viaggio a Reims becomes a birthday tribute to Cecilia Bartoli complete with rewritten text, extravagant costumes, sexual escapades and a giant cake. 
***11
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Edward Gardner conducts an emotional L'Enfance du Christ in Utrecht

Edward Gardner conducts the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic © Harold de Smet

The Netherlands National Radio Choir and National Children's Choir amplify the emotional intensity of Berlioz's L’ Enfance du Christ at TivoliVredenburg. 

****1
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La Favorite opens the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo

Annalisa Stroppa (Léonor) © Gianfranco Rota

The wonderful Javier Camarena joins Annalisa Stroppa, making her role debut, in a strong cast for a complete original version of La Favorite, in a successful production by Valentina Carrasco. 

****1
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A successful, interactive opening of the Donizetti Opera Festival

Riccardo Frizza conducts Alberto Zedda's critical edition of L’elisir d’amore with a great cast, including tenor star Javier Camarena and a very young, very promising prima donna, Caterina Sala.

****1
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Donizetti's L'ange de Nisida proves to be a masterpiece

The performance at Bergamo Opera Festival proved that L'ange de Nisida can contest the place of La favorite in Donizetti's catalog.
*****
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Les Indes galantes: with Alarcón, Rameau conquers the Bastille

Les Indes galantes at Opéra Bastille, with the dance company Rualité © Little Shao / Opéra national de Paris
The new production of Les Indes galantes at Opéra Bastille is exceptional, from the vocal cast to the choreography by Bintou Dembélé. But the stand-out performance of the evening comes from conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcón.
*****
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ParisDon Pasquale

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

ParisLes Huguenots

© Agathe Poupeney | OnP
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Michele Mariotti; Andreas Kriegenburg; Opéra national de Paris; Harald Thor; Tanja Hofmann; Andreas Grüter; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisFaust

© Monika Rittershaus | OnP
Gounod: Faust
Lorenzo Viotti; Tobias Kratzer; Opéra national de Paris; Rainer Sellmaier; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Entretien avec Florian Sempey : Figaro

Interprète incontournable de Figaro ces dernières années, le baryton Florian Sempey revient à l’Opéra de Marseille à compter du 6 février pour livrer son interprétation du personnage de Rossini : Entretien avec l’artiste.