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MadridEl barbero de SevillaNew production
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Giacomo Sagripanti; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro Real; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
MunichLa Cenerentola
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
TBC; Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; Bavarian State Opera; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
ViennaIl barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Leonardo Sini; Herbert Fritsch; Vienna State Opera; Victoria Behr; Carsten Sander; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
ViennaLa Fille du régiment
Donizetti: La Fille du régiment
Laurent Pelly; Vienna State Opera; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
ChicagoDon PasqualeNew production
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Enrique Mazzola; Mariame Clément; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Julia Hansen; Bernd Purkrabek; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
HamburgIl barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Teresa Riveiro Bohm; Tatjana Gürbaca; Staatsoper Hamburg; Klaus Grünberg; Barbara Drosihn; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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A birthday reimagining of Il viaggio a Reims in Salzburg
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.
L’italiana in Algeri in the wrestling ring at Deutsche Oper Berlin
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.
From Priscilla to Pappataci: L’italiana in Algeri in drag at the ROF
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.
Revival of a classic L’Italiana in Algeri in Rome
Despite an early misadventure, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma launches Maurizio Scaparro's staging of Rossini's comic opera with panache.
COC’s Don Pasquale gets a one-note Dolce Vita treatment
Canadian Opera Company's Don Pasquale offers a stylish Italian 1960s Fellini-inspired concept that delivers comedy but omits the pathos.
Oppressively realistic: Alexander Raskatov's Animal Farm
Alexander Raskatov and Damiano Michieletto turn George Orwell’s fable into an opera of exceptional contemporary relevance.
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ParisIl Trittico
Puccini
Carlo Rizzi; Christof Loy; Opéra national de Paris; Étienne Pluss; Barbara Drosihn; Fabrice Kebour; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris