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MunichLa Cenerentola

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Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Antonino Fogliani; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

MunichIl barbiere di Siviglia

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Riccardo Bisatti; Ferruccio Soleri; Bavarian State Opera; Carlo Tommasi; Ute Frühling; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

MunichLa Cenerentola

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Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Stefano Montanari; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

MadridEl barbero de SevillaNew production

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Giacomo Sagripanti; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro Real; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

SalzburgIl viaggio a ReimsNew production

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Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Gianluca Capuano; Barrie Kosky; Rufus Didwiszus; Victoria Behr; Franck Evin; Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

ViennaIl barbiere di Siviglia

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Leonardo Sini; Herbert Fritsch; Vienna State Opera; Victoria Behr; Carsten Sander; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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A birthday reimagining of Il viaggio a Reims in Salzburg

Cecilia Bartoli (Corinna) and ensemble © SF | Monika Rittershaus
In Barrie Kosky’s hyperactive staging, Il viaggio a Reims becomes a birthday tribute to Cecilia Bartoli complete with rewritten text, extravagant costumes, sexual escapades and a giant cake. 
***11
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L’italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin

L'italiana in Algeri at Deutsche Oper Berlin © Eike Walkenhorst
A classic opera buffa gets an update by Rolando Villazón to a produce a staging that celebrates the timeless vitality of Rossini’s comic imagination.
****1
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From Priscilla to Pappataci: L’italiana in Algeri in drag at the ROF

Giorgi Manoshvili (Mustafà) and Daniela Barcellona (Isabella) © Rossini Opera Festival | Amati Bacciardi

Rosetta Cucchi jumps on the bandwagon with a shallow production of L’italiana in Algeri, although Daniela Barcellona’s charisma and vocal prowess dominates the scene.

***11
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Revival of a classic L’Italiana in Algeri in Rome

Chiara Amarù (Isabella) and ensemble © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Despite an early misadventure, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma launches Maurizio Scaparro's staging of Rossini's comic opera with panache. 
****1
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COC’s Don Pasquale gets a one-note Dolce Vita treatment

Joshua Hopkins (Malatesta), Misha Kiria (Don Pasquale) and Simone Osborne (Norina) © Michael Cooper
Canadian Opera Company's Don Pasquale offers a stylish Italian 1960s Fellini-inspired concept that delivers  comedy but omits the pathos. 
***11
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Oppressively realistic: Alexander Raskatov's Animal Farm

Animal Farm © Ruth Waltz | Dutch National Opera
Alexander Raskatov and Damiano Michieletto turn George Orwell’s fable into an opera of exceptional contemporary relevance.
****1
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ParisIl Trittico

Opéra national de Paris
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Carlo Rizzi; Christof Loy; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Barbara Drosihn; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris