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VeronaNabucco
Verdi: Nabucco
Michele Spotti; Stefano Poda; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Sebastiano Rolli
VeronaLa traviataNew production
Verdi: La traviata
Michele Spotti; Paul Curran; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Juan Guillermo Nova; Stefano Ciammitti; Fabio Barettin
MadridFedora - Giordano
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Giordano: Fedora
Daniel Oren; Teatro Real; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real; Coro Titular del Teatro Real; Sonya Yoncheva; Luciano Ganci
CologneTancredi
Rossini: Tancredi
George Petrou; Jan Philipp Gloger; Oper Köln; Ben Baur; Justina Klimczyk; Martin Gebhardt; Gürzenich Orchestra
RomeFalstaff
Verdi: Falstaff
Michele Mariotti; Tatjana Gürbaca; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Henrik Ahr; Silke Willrett; Stefan Bolliger; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
BolognaSamson et DalilaConcert performance
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
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I vespri siciliani in Naples: a revolt against the Mafia
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In the Italian version of Verdi's French grand opéra, Emma Dante updates the action from 1282 to the organised crime of the Sicilian Mafia.
Samson et Dalila catches fire at the Teatro di San Carlo
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Argentinian film director Damián Szifron's production is lauded in Naples, as are star soloists Anita Rachvelishvili and Brian Jagde.
Rising star Aya Wakizono commands the stage in La Cenerentola
Jun Aguni’s fast-paced new staging, with brightly coloured sets and costumes by Rome-based Alessandro Ciammarughi, was full of visual delights and fantasy-filled images.
Tradition triumphs at La Scala
The big season opener at La Scala offers few surprises in a traditional staging, although Yusif Eyvazov proved his worth in the title role.
Verdi's last opera nostalgically staged
The 2013 Salzburg production of Damiano Michieletto's Falstaff finally arrives in Milan where the director sets the opera in “Casa Verdi”, the Milanese residence for elderly singers and musicians.
Tears of blood among the cherry blossoms
A beautiful production by Alvis Hermanis of Madama Butterfly to open La Scala's new season, but it was Riccardo Chailly's presentation of Puccini's original 1904 score which caught the ear.