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VeronaTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Andrea Battistoni; Franco Zeffirelli; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Emi Wada; Arena di Verona Orchestra; Arena di Verona Chorus
BarcelonaI Capuleti e i Montecchi
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and The Montagues)
Riccardo Frizza; Allex Aguilera; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Sasha Yankevych; Françoise Raybaud; Luis Perdiguero
MadridBellini - Norma
Bellini: Norma
Francesco Lanzillotta; Justin Way; Teatro Real; John Fiore; Charles Edwards; Sue Willmington; Nicolás Fischtel
MunichMaria StuardaNew production
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Antonino Fogliani; Francesco Micheli; Bavarian State Opera; Giulia Bruschi; Alessio Rosati; Alessandro Verazzi; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
LondonI puritaniNew production
Bellini: I puritani
Riccardo Frizza; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Hyemi Shin; Nicky Gillibrand; Adam Silverman; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
SavonlinnaNormaConcert performance
Bellini: Norma
Riccardo Frizza; Gothenburg Opera Orchestra; Gothenburg Opera Chorus; Lisette Oropesa; Ann-Kristin Jones
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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.
Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani
Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.
LA Opera’s Rigoletto: a feast for the ears – and the mind
Quinn Kelsey shines as Verdi’s court jester as Tomer Zvulun's production opens in Los Angeles.
Lisette Oropesa shines radiantly in Mozart with the Met Orchestra
The American soprano dazzles in two Mozart concert arias bookended by fine performances of a recent work by Jessie Montgomery and Brahms’ First Symphony.
A dark, gothic Lucia di Lammermoor finally makes it to La Scala
Riccardo Chailly conducts a wonderful, integral performance of Donizetti’s masterpiece, with two of the greatest bel canto singers of our times.
Big-hearted, quirky, fun: Richard Jones' Alcina for The Royal Opera
Lisette Oropesa leads strong vocal performances in Handel's madcap tale of love and sorcery. Richard Jones' production is visually all over the place, but in a good way.
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ParisLes Huguenots
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Michele Mariotti; Andreas Kriegenburg; Opéra national de Paris; Harald Thor; Tanja Hofmann; Andreas Grüter; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisHamlet
Thomas: Hamlet
Pierre Dumoussaud; Krzysztof Warlikowski; Opéra national de Paris; Małgorzata Szczęśniak; Felice Ross; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Gothic horror, magic and romance at the 2023 Savonlinna Opera Festival
In 2023 the Savonlinna Opera Festival once again offers a unique, summertime operatic experience – situated in a medieval lakeside castle.
Lisette Oropesa on singing a socially-distanced Traviata
As the curtain raised again on live performances in parts of the world, the American soprano reveals what it was like to sing in a 2020 "new normal" staging at Madrid's Teatro Real.
At the helm of the Met: Peter Gelb
The General Manager of America's operatic flagship talks about the forthcoming season, singers, production styles and why Two Boys never made it into the cinema.