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PesaroLa scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
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Rossini: La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Iván López Reynoso; Damiano Michieletto; Rossini Opera Festival; Paolo Fantin; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
ParisLe Barbier de Séville
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
François López-Ferrer; Damiano Michieletto; Opéra national de Paris; Jader Bignamini; Paolo Fantin; Silvia Aymonino; Fabio Barettin
ParisDon Pasquale
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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
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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
MilanCarmenNew production
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Bizet: Carmen
Myung-whun Chung; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro alla Scala; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
ViennaAnimal Farm
Raskatov: Animal Farm
Alexander Soddy; Damiano Michieletto; Vienna State Opera; Paolo Fantin; Klaus Bruns; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La Scala
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Mummy issues: Michieletto’s Carmen returns to The Royal Opera
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Aigul Akhmetshina is on the verge of becoming the definitive Carmen; in this first revival of Michieletto's 2024 production at Covent Garden, she delivers the standout performance.
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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
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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
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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
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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.