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BergamoL'esule di RomaNew production
Donizetti: L'esule di Roma
Antonino Fogliani; Katharina Thoma; Fondazione Donizetti; Devin McDonough; Irina Bartels; Fiammetta Baldiserri; Orchestra Donizetti Opera
BergamoAlahor in GranataNew production
Donizetti: Alahor in Granata
Chiara Cattani; Benedetto Sicca Papa; Fondazione Donizetti; Luigi Ferrigno; Marco Piemontese; Marco Giusti; Gli Originali Orchestra
BergamoLe convenienze ed inconvenienze teatraliNew production
Donizetti: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali
Alberto Zanardi; Silvia Paoli; Fondazione Donizetti; Eleonora De Leo; Ilaria Ariemme; Fiammetta Baldiserri; Orchestra Donizetti Opera
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Shipwrecked: Donizetti’s Il furioso comes a cropper in Bergamo
Manuel Renga’s sensitive framing device sets up a sympathetic production of a problematic opera, but is scuppered by the central vocal performance.
At Donizetti Opera Festival: farces flop, young singers impress
Il campanello and Deux Hommes et une femme bomb at the Donizetti Opera festival, but the young singers of the Bottega Donizetti – and wily old hand Alessandro Corbelli – impress.
Donizetti’s Caterina Cornaro given a controversial update in Bergamo
Francesco Micheli reimagines Caterina Cornaro in a contemporary setting, switching to the historical past, to open this year’s Donizetti Opera festival in the composer’s home town.
Young Sicilian soprano grabs the limelight in Bergamo Don Pasquale
They came for Javier Camarena, but cheered Giulia Mazzola to the rafters of the Teatro Donizetti as the third production of this year's festival opens.
A modern makeover for Donizetti’s Zoraida di Granata
Bruno Ravella's effective production was seen in Wexford in its original 1822 version, but Donizetti Opera opts for the composer's 1824 revision, throwing the spotlight onto Cecilia Molinari's excellent Abenamet.
Tudor history, gothic thrills: Roberto Devereux in Bergamo
Is Roberto Devereux the finest of Donizetti's four Tudor operas? Stephen Langridge's stylish, stylised production and a wonderful cast under Riccardo Frizza make a great case for it.