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Giorgio Strehler’s sunny Falstaff returns to La Scala
La Scala revives Giorgio Strehler’s historic production with a solid cast led by veteran Ambrogio Maestri, under the baton of an inspired Daniele Gatti.
Storm clouds gather over Verdi Festival opener
Audience protests against Roberto Abbado interrupt the opening night of the festival, Yannis Kokkos' staging of La forza del destino.
Into the lion's mouth: Ponchielli's La Gioconda at Grange Park Opera
No hippos in tutus for The Dance of the Hours, but panto frolics abound in Stephen Madcalf's staging in the idyllic Theatre in the Woods.
Ai Weiwei's Turandot an enjoyable, gigantic funfair at Opera di Roma
The controversial artist stages his first opera in Rome, with strong musical performances under dynamic Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv.
Beware Posa! A black, bleak Don Carlo opens season at La Fenice
Maestro Myung-Whun Chung leads an almost all-Italian cast in an impressive performance of Verdi’s most ambiguous masterpiece.
Wilson's lunar Trouvère the antithesis of grand opéra
When they asked Wilson to stage an opera by Verdi, the Texan director replied "I'll never do it!". Now he is at his fourth Verdi's production.