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BrusselsFalstaff
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Verdi: Falstaff
Alain Altinoglu; Laurent Pelly; La Monnaie | De Munt; Ouri Bronchti; Barbara de Limburg; Joël Adam
ParisOffenbach : Robinson CrusoéNew production
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Offenbach: Robinson Crusoé
Marc Minkowski; Laurent Pelly; Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; Chantal Thomas; Michel Le Borgne; Les Musiciens du Louvre
SevilleA Midsummer Night's Dream
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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Corrado Rovaris; Laurent Pelly; Teatro de la Maestranza; Michel Le Borgne; Massimo Troncanetti
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A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria
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Christophe Rousset leads a great cast and an even greater orchestra in Gassmann’s 1769 rarity in Laurent Pelly’s visually striking, but oddly subdued, take on a comedy that thrives on chaos.
Massenet’s Cendrillon goes to the ball at Opera Australia
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This abridged version of Massenet's Cendrillon was clearly chosen for a wide Sydney audience, succeeding as a popular offering in the Australian summer holiday season.
Bargain booze and questionable quackery: L'elisir d'amore at the ROH
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A triumphant house debut for Nadine Sierra in the latest revival of Laurent Pelly’s production of Donizetti's joyous village rom-com.
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ParisLa Fille du régiment
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Donizetti: La Fille du régiment
Evelino Pidò; Laurent Pelly; Opéra national de Paris; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisPlatée
Rameau: Platée
Marc Minkowski; Laurent Pelly; Opéra national de Paris; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Les Musiciens du Louvre
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Serious about comedy, obsessed by music: Laurent Pelly
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Ahead of his new production of Rossini's Il turco in Italia in Madrid, the prolific opera director talks about how he approaches a production – “it always starts with the music” – and about how he creates comedy.