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BudapestI Lombardi (in concert)
Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata
Ivan Repušić; Munich Radio Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir; Galeano Salas; Michele Pertusi
MadridTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Nicola Luisotti; Robert Wilson; Teatro Real; Diego García Rodríguez; Jacques Reynaud
ZurichTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Robert Trevino; Sebastian Baumgarten; Zurich Opera; Thilo Reuther; Christina Schmitt; Elfried Roller; Philharmonia Zürich
VeniceErnaniNew production
Verdi: Ernani
Riccardo Frizza; Andrea Bernard; Teatro La Fenice; Alberto Beltrame; Elena Beccaro; Marco Alba; Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
ValenciaErnani
Verdi: Ernani
Michele Spotti; Andrea Bernard; Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía; Alberto Beltrame; Elena Beccaro; Marco Alba; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
VeniceLa traviata
Verdi: La traviata
Stefano Ranzani; Robert Carsen; Teatro La Fenice; Patrick Kinmonth; Fabio Barettin; Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice
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AmsterdamBellini’s Norma: back in The NetherlandsConcert performance
Bellini: Norma
Michele Mariotti; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor); Venera Gimadieva; Salome Jicia
TurinLa donna serpente
Casella: La donna serpente
Gianandrea Noseda; Arturo Cirillo; Teatro Regio di Torino; Dario Gessati; Gianluca Falaschi; Erika Grimaldi; Francesca Sassu
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A gloomy, dark Vespri siciliani at La Scala
A somewhat disappointing new production by Hugo de Ana brings I vespri siciliani back to La Scala, where Fabio Luisi leads a successful musical production with a great cast.
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Boccanegra butchered in Parma? Only in the sense that director Valentina Carrasca sets the opera in an abattoir...
Mario Martone gives Rigoletto a convincing modern twist at La Scala
Conductor Michele Gamba gives a very personal interpretation of Rigoletto, in an intelligent new production by Mario Martone, which seals a great success for the trio of principal singers, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Nadine Sierra and Piero Pretti.
Martina Franca reopens with Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos
A complex plot with great music and great theatre where Strauss showcases his compositional mastery.
Beware Posa! A black, bleak Don Carlo opens season at La Fenice
Maestro Myung-Whun Chung leads an almost all-Italian cast in an impressive performance of Verdi’s most ambiguous masterpiece.
A good Madama Butterfly from Hui He at The Met
Anthony Minghella's production remains a feast for the eyes, but this performance failed to gel into a dramatic whole.