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A Baroque Netflix evening: Zurich’s star-studded Giulio Cesare
Davide Livermore’s high-octane production transforms Handel into a lavish blockbuster. While the superstars shine, the relentless entertainment-first approach often sacrifices musical refinement and dramatic logic for Netflix-style spectacle.
At La Scala, Livermore sets Gioconda in a dreamy Venetian landscape
La Scala presents a new production of Ponchielli’s masterpiece, the first one in more than 20 years and a sequence of beautiful images supporting a solid cast, led by Saioa Hernández.
Tudor terrors in Opera Australia's new Anna Bolena
Davide Livermore's new production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena offers moderate pleasures, with solid performances by Ermonela Jaho in the title role, and Carmen Topciu as Jane Seymour.
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.
Norma as Games of Thrones at Teatro Real
Livermore turns Norma into a dubious tribute to fantasy B-movies but Gregory Kunde and Karine Deshayes come to the rescue.
Barock am Traumschiff: Giulio Cesare mit Cecilia Bartoli in Wien
Das Gastspiel der Opéra de Monte-Carlo unter ihrer Intendantin Cecilia Bartoli sorgt in Wien einmal mehr für Begeisterung.
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Moreno Torroba: Luisa Fernanda
Karel Mark Chichon; Davide Livermore; Teatro de la Zarzuela; David Gómez Ramírez; Giò Forma; Mariana Fracasso; Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid