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MadridBellini - Norma

© Manuel Alcorlo
Bellini: Norma
Francesco Lanzillotta; Justin Way; Teatro Real; John Fiore; Charles Edwards; Sue Willmington; Nicolás Fischtel

SevilleRigolettoNew production

© Javier del Real | Teatro Real
Verdi: Rigoletto
Óliver Díaz; Miguel del Arco; Teatro de la Maestranza; Pedro Bartolomé; Sven Jonke; Ana Garay; Juan Gómez-Cornejo

LondonI puritaniNew production

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) © RBO | Tristram Kenton
Bellini: I puritani
Riccardo Frizza; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Hyemi Shin; Nicky Gillibrand; Adam Silverman; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

DetroitPuccini’s La bohème: A love StoryConcert performance

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Puccini: La bohème
Jader Bignamini; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Francesco Demuro; Mané Galoyan; Will Liverman

Frankfurt am MainLe Postillon de Lonjumeau

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Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
Benjamin Reiners; Hans Walter Richter; Oper Frankfurt; Kaspar Glarner; Jakob Bogensperger; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
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Lisette Oropesa the jewel in Covent Garden’s new Puritani crown

Lisette Oropesa (Elvira) © RBO | Tristram Kenton
The role of Elvira in Bellini’s I puritani contains the most challenging mad scenes in all opera, but soprano Lisette Oropesa dazzles on the opening night of Richard Jones’ new production.
****1
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Werther revived at San Carlo: an anatomy of emotional isolation

Caterina Piva (Charlotte) and Francesco Demuro (Werther) © Luciano Romano

Willy Decker’s psychologically intense Werther returns to the Teatro di San Carlo with a deeply human interpretation by Francesco Demuro and refined conducting by Lorenzo Passerini.

*****
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Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours

Luca Salsi (Falstaff) © Luciano Romano
The French director’s much-travelled production arrives at the Teatro di San Carlo, displaying a precise balance between word, gesture and voice. 
*****
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Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples

Ennio Morricone's Partenope © Luciano Romano
Vanessa Beecroft’s production of Ennio Morricone’s demanding sole opera relies on strong visual images. 
***11
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San Carlo’s Medea a clash of worlds in a neoclassical framework

Sondra Radvanovsky (Medea) © Luciano Romano
A new Medea at the Teatro di San Carlo presents three distinct visions – neoclassical in the pit, expressionistic on stage and conceptual in the direction – that never fully merge.
***11
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Aida Garifullina an exceptionally fine Violetta at Covent Garden

Aida Garifullina (Violetta) and Ossian Huskinson (Marquis d'Obigny) © ROH | Camilla Greenwell
As Richard Eyre’s staging reaches its 30th anniversary, a new Violetta arrives on the Royal Opera block in what proves to be one of the best revivals in recent years. 
****1
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ParisLes Capulet et les Montaigu

© Emilie Brouchon | OnP
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and The Montagues)
Speranza Scappucci; Robert Carsen; Opéra national de Paris; Ching-Lien Wu; Michael Levine; Davy Cunningham

ParisSimon Boccanegra

© Agathe Poupeney | OnP
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Fabio Luisi; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Susanne Gschwender; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisDer RosenkavalierNew production

Le Chevalier à la rose au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées © Vincent Pontet
Strauss R.: Der Rosenkavalier
Henrik Nánási; Krzysztof Warlikowski; Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; Małgorzata Szczęśniak; Felice Ross; Orchestre National de France