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Disappointing outing for Scarlatti in the Halle Handel Festival
Scarlatti's oratorio proves a rather disappointing outing for Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante, not helped by the venue's acoustics.
Juan Diego Flórez charms as Roméo in Florence
For the 84th edition of its summer festival, the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino presents its first ever production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette.
Linda di Chamounix a bittersweet tale at the Maggio Musicale
Jessica Pratt shines in this Donizetti coloratura role, with the support of Teresa Iervolino as a luxury Pierotto, and a solid cast of Italian singers.
Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix comes to her senses in Florence
The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s proposal is fully commendable, as they restored an opera rarely performed
Biondi's Baroque adventure: L'Oracolo in Messenia
An exceptional mood of teamwork and virtuosity combine to ensure Fabio Biondi's reconstructed pasticcio of Vivaldi's lost L'oracolo in Messenia is an intense, disorientatingly beautiful evening of breathtaking musicianship.
A rib-tickling Le Comte Ory
The singing is strong and the stagework slick in Laurent Pelly's rib-tickling, often uproarious production of Le Comte Ory.