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Rossini Opera Festival’s clever pairing of first and last laughs
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.
Quinn Kelsey triumphs in Opera Philadelphia's Simon Boccanegra
In his role debut as the Genoan Doge, the American baritone continues to burnish his bona fides as the premier Verdi baritone of his generation.
Ariadne’s centennial: a feast at Nederlandse Reisopera
The Nederlandse Reisopera celebrates Ariadne auf Naxos’centennial with a superb new production directed by Laurence Dale which looks as laving as it is pleasing to the ear.
Appearance vs Reality: Agrippina in Brisbane
Englishman Laurence Dale’s Göttingen Festival production of Handel’s Agrippina, now presented in the second Brisbane Baroque Festival, is based on the political void between appearance and reality.
Bold music-making in Reisopera’s austere Butterfly
Annemarie Kremer is a strong-willed, dramatically voiced Butterfly in Laurence Dale’s sensitive production.
George Petean royal dans Simon Boccanegra à Liège
Le baryton apporte une noblesse rare au rôle-titre de l'opéra de Verdi, présenté en conclusion de la saison lyrique à l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège.