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Performer: Massimo Checchetto

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Vivaldi’s pasticcio Bajazet given an extravagant staging

Renato Dolcini (Bajazet) © Michele Crosera

Federico Maria Sardelli leads a great cast of specialists in a new production by Fabio Ceresa, perfectly attuned to the Baroque style. 

****1
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Orlando furioso: Vivaldi returns to Venice in a Baroque feast

Sonia Prina (Orlando) © Roberto Moro
Fabio Ceresa's spectacular production to the Teatro Malibran with a strong cast in the hands of Diego Fasolis.
****1
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La Fenice reopens its doors with Vivaldi's first opera

The lack of a curtain has forced the director to employ a new inventiveness, if only with partially success.
***11
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Florid campery in Vivaldi’s Dorilla in Tempe

Manuela Custer (Dorilla) and José Maria Lo Monaco (Elmiro) © Clive Barda
Fabio Ceresa returns to Wexford Festival Opera in flamboyant style with a production of Vivaldi's pasticcio
***11
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Orlando furioso as Baroque extravaganza in Venice

Sonia Prina (Orlando) © Festival della Valle d’Itria di Martina Franca
Ceresa’s flamboyant production from the Festival della Valle d’Itria is revived in Venice with a strong cast under the baton of Diego Fasolis.
****1
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Juditha triumphans: A big night out for the girls in Venice

Juditha triumphans in a minimalist production at Venice's Teatro La Fenice. 
***11
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VeniceLa Favorite

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Donizetti: La Favorite
Donato Renzetti; Rosetta Cucchi; Teatro La Fenice; Massimo Checchetto; Claudia Pernigotti; Veronica Simeoni; John Osborn

VeniceDorilla in Tempe

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Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe, RV709
Diego Fasolis; Fabio Ceresa; Teatro La Fenice; Massimo Checchetto; Giuseppe Palella; Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice; Manuela Custer