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Performer: Michele Mariotti

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RomeFalstaff

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

RomeMariotti: Le due Petite Messe

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Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Michele Mariotti; Hasmik Torosyan; Carlo Vistoli; Dmitry Korchak; Michele Pertusi

RomeMariotti: Le due Petite Messe

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Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
Michele Mariotti; Hasmik Torosyan; Carlo Vistoli; Dmitry Korchak; Michele Pertusi

ViennaUn ballo in mascheraNew production

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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Michele Mariotti; Nikolaus Habjan; Vienna State Opera; Heike Vollmer; Denise Heschl; Paul Grilj; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

New York CityOtello

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Verdi: Otello
Michele Mariotti; Bartlett Sher; Metropolitan Opera; Es Devlin; Catherine Zuber; Donald Holder; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

LondonAida

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Verdi: Aida
Michele Mariotti; Robert Carsen; The Royal Opera; Miriam Buether; Annemarie Woods; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Rossini’s Tancredi as a Sicilian puppet show in Rome

Carlo Vistoli (Tancredi) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Clever direction by Emma Dante matches an impressive cast, led by countertenor Carlo Vistoli taking the title role. 
*****
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Wagner’s Lohengrin finally returns – swanless – to Rome

Dmitry Korchak (Lohengrin) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Damiano Michieletto is entrusted with the first staging of Lohengrin in Rome for 50 years, but his distracting staging is redeemed by the musical side of things. 
***11
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Bieito directs a moving Suor Angelica and Il prigioniero in Rome

Corinne Winters (Suor Angelica) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
An unusual double bill pairing of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Dallapiccola’s Il prigioniero opens at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. 
****1
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Tosca at the Costanzi: a postcard from Rome

Gevorg Hakobyan (Scarpia) and Saioa Hernández (Tosca) © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
A historical staging with well sung arias doesn't really bring Puccini's opera alive as Rome marks its 125th anniversary. 
***11
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Anastasia Bartoli a regal Ermione at the Rossini Opera Festival

Anastasia Bartoli (Ermione) © Amati Bacciardi

The ROF presents a new production of Ermione, a title not often performed, with a star-studded cast including divo Juan Diego Flórez. 

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Mariotti conquers La Scala in Muti’s gloomy new Guillaume Tell

Michele Pertusi (Guillaume Tell) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

Chiara Muti's new production departs from the serene Swiss landscapes of valleys and mountains to depict a gloomy, dystopian world. 

***11
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ParisLes Huguenots

© Agathe Poupeney | OnP
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Michele Mariotti; Andreas Kriegenburg; Opéra national de Paris; Harald Thor; Tanja Hofmann; Andreas Grüter; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisLa Traviata

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Verdi: La traviata
Michele Mariotti; Simon Stone; Opéra national de Paris; Robert Cousins; Alice Babidge; James Farncombe; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

ParisAida

Opéra national de Paris
Verdi: Aida
Michele Mariotti; Shirin Neshat; Opéra national de Paris; Christian Schmidt; Tatyana van Walsum; Felice Ross; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris