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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

SevilleAnna Netrebko, Brian Jagde and George Petean

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Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla; Marco Armiliato; Anna Netrebko; Brian Jagde; George Petean

ParisAnna Netrebko / Brian Jagde / George Petean

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Verdi, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Giordano, Cilea
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo; Marco Armiliato; Anna Netrebko; Brian Jagde; George Petean

BarcelonaA night with Anna Netrebko, Brian Jagde and George Petean

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Verdi, Puccini
Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu; Marco Armiliato; Anna Netrebko; Brian Jagde; George Petean

FlorenceSimon BoccanegraNew production

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
James Conlon; Àlex Ollé; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Alfons Flores; Lluc Castells; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

NaplesLuisa MillerNew production

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Verdi: Luisa Miller
Daniel Oren; Davide Livermore; Teatro di San Carlo; Eleonora Peronetti; Giusi Giustino; Nicolas Bovey; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
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A flat Falstaff opens in Rome

George Petean (Ford) and Luca Salsi (Falstaff) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
A bland updating ends up flattening the contrasts and social satire that Verdi’s opera wants to highlight. 
**111
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Jetske Mijnssen’s Boccanegra a coup for DNO season finale

George Petean (Simon Boccanegra) and Georg Zeppenfeld (Jacopo Fiesco) © Dutch National Opera | Ben van Duin
Everything about this production is fresh and wonderful.
*****
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A riveting Rigoletto revival at the Royal Opera House

George Petean (Rigoletto) © RBO 2026 | Marc Brenner
Sir Mark Elder celebrates 50 years at Covent Garden by returning to his first opera there in 1976 – Verdi's Rigoletto – in a revival of Oliver Mears' excellent 2021 production.
****1
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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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Overcrowding suffocates DNO's Traviata

Adela Zaharia (Violetta) and ensemble © Ben van Duin | Dutch National Opera
Adela Zaharia is cast as a Violetta for whom the party never stops in this revival of Tatjana Gürbaca's busy staging at Dutch National Opera. 
**111
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Zürich Opera presents Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci

Tenor Marcelo Álvarez and baritone George Petean both pull double duty in this classic verismo bill, revived effectively in Grischa Asagaroff's staging.

***11
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