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MadridBellini - Norma
Bellini: Norma
Francesco Lanzillotta; Justin Way; Teatro Real; John Fiore; Charles Edwards; Sue Willmington; Nicolás Fischtel
SydneyLa Stupenda
Opera Australia Orchestra; Speranza Scappucci; Stuart Maunder; Alex Lynn; Jessica Pratt; Caitlin Hulcup
FlorenceLes Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)New production
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Kent Nagano; Laurent Pelly; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
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Mozart blows a fuse: Entführung at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Jessica Pratt lights up the Parisian skies with her Konstanze in Florent Siaud’s new production of Mozart's Singspiel at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples
Vanessa Beecroft’s production of Ennio Morricone’s demanding sole opera relies on strong visual images.
Jessica Pratt triumphs in a new Lucrezia Borgia in Florence
Despite the Maggio Musicale stage being dominated by clerical garb and daring papal parallels, the true revelation is Jessica Pratt's breathtaking role debut as Lucrezia.
Teenage Mozart’s Mitridate a great success at La Scala
Christophe Rousset leads Les Talens Lyriques and a stellar cast in a superb rendition of Mozart’s first opera seria.
Tudor history, gothic thrills: Roberto Devereux in Bergamo
Is Roberto Devereux the finest of Donizetti's four Tudor operas? Stephen Langridge's stylish, stylised production and a wonderful cast under Riccardo Frizza make a great case for it.
The Rossini Opera Festival comes home! Bianca e Falliero in Pesaro
Jessica Pratt leads a strong cast in a beautiful performance of one of Rossini’s unjustly forgotten masterpieces, under the spectacular baton of Roberto Abbado, despite an unremarkable new production by Jean-Louis Grinda.
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Jessica Pratt on the art of singing bel canto
Jessica Pratt, in Peru to sing the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor, talks about how she came to singing late, what she's learnt from her voice teachers and about the dying art of bel canto.