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Jessica Pratt triumphs in a new Lucrezia Borgia in Florence
Despite the Maggio Musicale stage being dominated by clerical garb and daring papal parallels, the true revelation is Jessica Pratt's breathtaking role debut as Lucrezia.
A rare outing for Handel's Rodelinda in Rome
La Lira di Orfeo and Raffaele Pe bring Handel's opera in a concert performance to the Parco della Musica.
Cesti’s Orontea: an early rarity at La Scala
Giovanni Antonini leads a splendid orchestral performance of Cesti’s masterpiece, featuring an outstanding cast headlined by Carlo Vistoli.
A dazzling Semiramide at the Royal Opera
Lengthy but full of melodic invention, Semiramide finally made her triumphant return to the Royal Opera in David Alden's fine new production.
Rossini's Otello returns to its birthplace in Naples
Suggesting that Otello was a migrant, like modern refugees, was not a great staging idea for a production which could count on an high-rate vocal cast.
Musical statues: Ronconi's static Semiramide
In a staging new to Florence, the action is often merely a set of friezes, singers immobilised on a pair of moving plinths.