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BergamoAlahor in GranataNew production
Donizetti: Alahor in Granata
Chiara Cattani; Benedetto Sicca Papa; Fondazione Donizetti; Luigi Ferrigno; Marco Piemontese; Marco Giusti; Gli Originali Orchestra
GenevaLe Voyage à Reims (Il viaggio a Reims)New production
Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Jader Bignamini; Laurent Pelly; Grand Théâtre de Genève; Massimo Troncanetti; Marco Giusti; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
GenevaSmile !
Blitzstein, Various, Poulenc, Baker, Satie, Sondheim, Chaminade, Weill, Chaplin, Monnot, Barbara, Kern
Laurent Pelly; Marco Giusti; Sabine Devieilhe; Pauline Buet
MunichTannhäuser
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Nathalie Stutzmann; Romeo Castellucci; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
GlyndebourneAriadne auf NaxosNew production
Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Robin Ticciati; Laurent Pelly; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Massimo Troncanetti; Marco Giusti; London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Anna Netrebko gatecrashes Riccardo Chailly’s La Scala farewell
Riccardo Chailly’s final new production as artistic director is a celebration of Verdi and of a conductor whose relationship with the Milanese audience has clearly deepened over the years.
A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria
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.
Bluebeard as psychothriller in Castellucci's mismatched double bill
Romeo Castellucci's intense production of Bartók's opera reaps its rewards in the performance under Teodor Currentzis, but Carl Orff's opera-oratorio De temporum fine comoedia feels little more than a drab filler.
A hole in the heart: Salzburg Festival’s new Don Giovanni
The pairing of controversial director and bad-boy conductor brings some thrills but the Salzburg Festival's new Don Giovanni proves disappointingly uninvolving.
Gnadenlos genial: L’opera seria am Theater an der Wien
Ein in jeder Hinsicht unvergesslichen Abend. Der Opernbetrieb wird in dieser Produktion gnadenlos durch den sprichwörtlichen Kakao gezogen, und doch kann man sich keine bessere Werbung für dieses Genre denken.
L'impossible Damnation de Faust au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
La « légende dramatique » de Berlioz fait l'objet d'une mise en scène peu convaincante mais l'orchestre Les Siècles et la distribution (Bernheim, Van Horn, Karkacheva) servent magnifiquement l'œuvre.