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Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante
Riccardo Bisatti; Max Hoehn; Wexford Festival Opera; Darko Petrovic; Massimo Carlotto; Daniele Naldi; Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera
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From Priscilla to Pappataci: L’italiana in Algeri in drag at the ROF

Giorgi Manoshvili (Mustafà) and Daniela Barcellona (Isabella) © Rossini Opera Festival | Amati Bacciardi

Rosetta Cucchi jumps on the bandwagon with a shallow production of L’italiana in Algeri, although Daniela Barcellona’s charisma and vocal prowess dominates the scene.

***11
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Rossini Opera Festival’s clever pairing of first and last laughs

Paola Leoci (Fannì), Ramiro Maturana (Norton), Jack Swanson (Edoardo Milfort) © Amati Bacciardi

Rossini’s first staged opera, La cambiale di matrimonio, in a spirited production by Laurence Dale, paired with his late work Les soirées musicales in a successful performance.

****1
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Words or music? Collaboration or resistance? A new Capriccio in Frankfurt

Camilla Nylund’s rich, ample voice bloomed in the glorious setting of the sonnet, cosseted by burnished horn playing, in Strauss' unsurpassed operatic farewell to the soprano voice.
****1
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Le Barbier de Benoît Bénichou secoue l'Opéra de Nice

Le Barbier de Séville à l'Opéra de Nice © Dominique Jaussein
Le metteur en scène propose une vision forte de l'opéra de Rossini mais qui manque de clarté. Si la direction musicale est au rendez-vous, le plateau vocal laisse une impression mitigée.
***11
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