Le Siège de Corinthe at the Rossini Opera Festival
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya dominates in Pesaro; around her, Davide Livermore’s visually striking production turns Rossini’s tale of war into a meditation on the destruction of classical beauty.
A self-congratulatory Cecilia Bartoli show at Salzburg Whitsun
This year’s Salzburg Whitsun Festival gala, Ciao, bella ciao, features Cecilia Bartoli in a highly personalised musical programme structured as an autobiographical journey, unfolding as a blend of concert and self-portrait.
Livermore’s cinematic Don Pasquale is revived at La Scala
Not so Dolce Vita... Davide Livermore’s fascinating interpretation of Donizetti’s masterpiece doesn’t quite manage to uplift a somewhat disappointing musical performance.
Riccardo Muti triumphs with Un ballo in maschera in Turin
The Teatro Regio di Torino presents Andrea de Rosa's new production of Verdi’s operal, with a solid cast under the baton of Riccardo Muti.
Love is merely a madness: I puritani in Rome
Tudor queen in the House of Windsor: Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra
A new production by Davide Livermore transforms Elizabeth I into Elizabeth II. Evelino Pidò leads a solid cast in one of the earliest opera seria by Gioachino Rossini.