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ParisLe Barbier de Séville
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
François López-Ferrer; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Jader Bignamini; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin
TriesteL’elisir d’amore
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Nicolò Jacopo Suppa; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro Lirico Verdi Trieste; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra of the Fondazione Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste
BrusselsCavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci
Mascagni, Leoncavallo
Alevtina Ioffe; Damiano Michieletto; La Monnaie | De Munt; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
ParisDon Pasquale
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Speranza Scappucci; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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
BregenzLa traviataNew production
Verdi: La traviata
Kirill Karabits; Damiano Michieletto; Pietro Rizzo; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti
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Fizzing farce: La scala di seta at the Rossini Opera Festival
Rossini’s La scala di seta returns to the ROF in a lively revival of Damiano Michieletto’s production that combines the composer’s sparkling music with a playful contemporary staging.
Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La Scala
Despite Michieletto's visual gloom, the evening is redeemed by Myung-whun Chung’s masterful conducting and a cast that brings conviction to a production that rarely trusts the opera’s own dramatic power.
Wagner’s Lohengrin finally returns – swanless – to Rome
Damiano Michieletto is entrusted with the first staging of Lohengrin in Rome for 50 years, but his distracting staging is redeemed by the musical side of things.
A long, strange trip: Opera Philadelphia’s Il viaggio a Reims
The intrepid company brings Damiano Michieletto’s well-traveled production of a Rossini rarity to the US for the first time.
Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová
Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates.
World premiere success for Filidei’s Il nome della rosa at La Scala
A great cast and an enjoyable score seal the success of a new opera based on Umberto Eco's classic historical murder mystery, The Name of the Rose.
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ParisDon Quichotte
Massenet: Don Quichotte
Patrick Fournillier; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisDon Pasquale
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Evelino Pidò; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisIl barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Carlo Montanaro; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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International Opera Awards 2025 announced
The legendary mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa received a standing ovation while collecting her Lifetime Achievement Award, while other awards went to artists and companies from around the globe.