Performer: Marina Monzó

DresdenRigoletto

Semperoper, May 08, 10, 22, 24, 30

Verdi: Rigoletto

Francesco Angelico; Nikolaus Lehnhoff; Semperoper Dresden; Raimund Bauer; Bettina Walter; Paul Pyant; Staatskapelle Dresden

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jul 01, 05 mat, 11 mat, eve, 13, 16 mat, eve, 18, 21, 23, 25 mat, eve

Puccini: La bohème

Lorenzo Passerini; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Stewart Laing; Mimi Jordan Sherin; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Oct 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, Nov 01

Verdi: Falstaff

Michele Mariotti; Tatjana Gürbaca; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Henrik Ahr; Silke Willrett; Stefan Bolliger; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

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Il signor Bruschino in Pesaro: silly farce, but musical masterpiece

Laura Servidei, 07 Aug

A successful new production of the maestro’s opera buffaat the Rossini Opera Festival with a solid cast led by Marina Monzó.

****1

The Swedish King is back in Naples for Un ballo in maschera

Lorenzo Fiorito, 22 Feb

An impressive performance of Verdi's masterpiece Un ballo in maschera based on of the original libretto.

*****

A frivolous La pietra del paragone in Pesaro

James Imam, 11 Aug

The young tenor Maxim Mironov, who played the poet Giocondo, was the name on everyone's lips by the end of the show. His voice is a modestly-sized and soft-grained, but it is beautifully produced, and focuses to a laser-like point up top.