Performer: Giuseppe De Luca

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya dominates in Pesaro; around her, Davide Livermore’s visually striking production turns Rossini’s tale of war into a meditation on the destruction of classical beauty.

A completely forgotten opera by Donizetti enjoys a new production in Bergamo, with a good cast from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, led by Sesto Quatrini in the pit.