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Performer: Leon Kim

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La fanciulla del West revival fails to reignite the spark in Naples

La fanciulla del West © Luciano Romano
Huge de Ana's staging is carefully crafted but feels dramaturgically outdated as the Teatro di San Carlo heads into the twilight of sovrintendente Stéphane Lissner’s final season. 
**111
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Strong voices shine amidst Fuchs' superficially garish Traviata

La traviata © Ros Kavanagh
Strong vocals from the three principal singers and a sure musical direction from young conductor Farrell help offset some of the less than convincing elements to Olivia Fuchs' production. 
***11
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An imaginative, psychological take on Catalani's Edmea in Wexford

A journey through the subconscious of the main protagonist Edmea, with Anne-Sophie Duprels as the eponymous heroine.
***11
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The resurrection of an opera: Alfano's Risurrezione in Florence

Risurrezione is a work whose value is to be found more in the orchestra than in the vocal lines, a peculiar thing for an Italian opera belonging to an epoch that gloried in enticing melodies.
***11
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Bloody and marvellous Wexford double bill by Leoni and Giordano

A terrifically strong cast gives a fine rendition of two lesser heard operas: Giordano's Mala vita Leoni's L'oracolo.
****1
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A warm Mimì in a cold Bohème in Naples

Only soprano Eleonora Buratto’s Mimì added real warmth and pathos to Mario Pontiggi's staging. 
***11
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MontpellierCavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci

© Marc Ginot
Mascagni, Leoncavallo
Yoel Gamzou; Silvia Paoli; Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier; Emanuele Sinisi; Agnese Rabatti; Fiammetta Baldisseri; Chœur de l'Opéra national Montpellier Occitanie