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Méphistophélès returns to the stage in Gounod’s Faust at La Fenice!
The Teatro La Fenice reprises Joan Anton Rechi’s production in its full stage version, less inspiring than the one expanded through the whole theatre during Covid times.
A faltering Lucrezia Borgia in Budapest
A performance of highs and lows with a stellar step-in from Lidia Fridman as Lucrezia Borgia and a confused production by Ferenc Anger plays at the Palace of Arts.
La Fenice transformed into a cathedral for Gounod's Faust
The real sensation of the evening was Alex Esposito – this time, Gounod's Faust should have been titled Méphistophélès...
Young Donizetti pays his debt to Rossini in Bergamo
Donizetti's music in this early opera has the freshness and liveliness of his most mature comic works, but l barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola were just a few years before, as one could easily perceive.
Tcherniakov triumphs with Iolanta, but hobbles Nutcracker
In Paris, Russian enfant terrible reunites Iolanta with The Nutcracker... with wildly mixed results.
Juditha triumphans: A big night out for the girls in Venice
Juditha triumphans in a minimalist production at Venice's Teatro La Fenice.
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ParisIolanta/Casse-NoisetteNew production
Tchaikovsky
Alain Altinoglu; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Opéra national de Paris; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris