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La Fenice closes season with a lively new Fille du regiment
John Osborn dazzles again as Tonio in a nostalgic new production by Barbe and Doucet, with a strong cast under the baton of Stefano Ranzani.
Not so hot off the press: La gazzetta returns to Pesaro
Rossini's 1816 farce fails to make a splash as Marco Carniti's frenetic staging returns to Pesaro.
A solid Traviata closes the San Carlo season in Naples
A production apt for audiences who prefer a traditional, intimate staging of the most often performed of all operatic works.
The Tales of Hoffmann are beautifully told in Naples
One of Teatro San Carlo’s most cherished productions of recent years, with an excellent cast of singers and a director who steered at his ease into the libretto’s erratic changes of mood and atmosphere.
Theatre for theatre's sake: Giorgio Strehler's Abduction from the Harem in Naples
Giorgio Strehler’s production of Mozart’s Abduction, revived by Mattia Testi in Naples, is smooth and sophisticated.
Domingo returns to La Scala in Tamerlano
Director Davide Livermore updates the plot to the period of the Russian Revolution, October 1917, a far echo of that turning point in 1403 when the Ottoman sultan Bajazet was defeated by the Tartar Timburlaine.