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MunichLa Cenerentola
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Antonino Fogliani; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
MunichIl barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Riccardo Bisatti; Ferruccio Soleri; Bavarian State Opera; Carlo Tommasi; Ute Frühling; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
SalzburgIl viaggio a ReimsNew production
Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Gianluca Capuano; Barrie Kosky; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco
MontrealDon GiovanniConcert performance
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Rafael Payare; Oriol Thomas; Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; Chœur de l'OSM; Gustavo Castillo; Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
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Lisette Oropesa the jewel in Covent Garden’s new Puritani crown
The role of Elvira in Bellini’s I puritani contains the most challenging mad scenes in all opera, but soprano Lisette Oropesa dazzles on the opening night of Richard Jones’ new production.
A birthday reimagining of Il viaggio a Reims in Salzburg
In Barrie Kosky’s hyperactive staging, Il viaggio a Reims becomes a birthday tribute to Cecilia Bartoli complete with rewritten text, extravagant costumes, sexual escapades and a giant cake.
Diminishing returns in The Royal Opera’s Sicilian Vespers
Joyce El-Khoury saves the day in The Royal Opera’s second revival of The Sicilian Vespers in Stefan Herheim’s paint-by-numbers production.
A Whitsun Festival crowned by Rossini’s magic in Salzburg
An exciting gala concert led by Cecilia Bartoli closed the Whitsun Festival in Salzburg, under the expert baton of Gianluca Capuano.
Giorgio Strehler’s Nozze di Figaro still going strong at La Scala
A good, mostly Italian cast brings alive one of the most famous productions by the great director Giorgio Strehler, under the baton of Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
Gregory Kunde is splendid in Liege’s new Don Carlos
The Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège takes a risk in mounting a new, but traditional production of the more rarely heard French version of Verdi’s Don Carlos and succeeds with a great ensemble of singers.