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MadridFedora - Giordano
Giordano: Fedora
Daniel Oren; Teatro Real; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real; Coro Titular del Teatro Real; Sonya Yoncheva; Luciano Ganci
RomeFalstaffNew production
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
TurinCarmenNew production
Bizet: Carmen
Daniel Oren; Arnaud Bernard; Teatro Regio di Torino; Alessandro Camera; Maria Carla Ricotti; Marco Filibeck; Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino
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A flat Falstaff opens in Rome
A bland updating ends up flattening the contrasts and social satire that Verdi’s opera wants to highlight.
I vespri siciliani in Naples: a revolt against the Mafia
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
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.