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MadridPuccini - Manon Lescaut

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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Nicola Luisotti; Carlos Wagner; Teatro Real; Frank Philipp Schlößmann; Jon Morrell; Nicol Hungsberg; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

BrusselsLa Cenerentola

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Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Speranza Scappucci; Daniel Kramer; La Monnaie | De Munt; Stefano Sarzani; Carlos J Soto; Elana Siberski

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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
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Pelly’s iconic Fille du régiment retains its charm at La Scala

Pietro Spagnoli (Sulpice) and Julie Fuchs (Marie) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

Julie Fuchs and Juan Diego Flórez give life to the refreshing and funny take of Laurent Pelly’s classic production, under the baton of Evelino Pidò. 

****1
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Rossini Opera Festival’s clever pairing of first and last laughs

Paola Leoci (Fannì), Ramiro Maturana (Norton), Jack Swanson (Edoardo Milfort) © Amati Bacciardi

Rossini’s first staged opera, La cambiale di matrimonio, in a spirited production by Laurence Dale, paired with his late work Les soirées musicales in a successful performance.

****1
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A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria

Julie Fuchs (Stonatrilla) and Josh Lovell (Ritornello) © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

Christophe Rousset leads a great cast and an even greater orchestra in Gassmann’s 1769 rarity in Laurent Pelly’s visually striking, but oddly subdued, take on a comedy that thrives on chaos. 

***11
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Viva la mamma! Donizetti’s satirical farce flops in Zurich

Viva la mamma! © Herwig Prammer (2021)
Mélanie Huber’s production misses the mark for Donizetti’s silly comedy, sung by a solid cast.
**111
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A young, fresh cast enlivens Il matrimonio segreto at La Scala

Francesca Pia Vitale, Pietro Spagnoli and Mara Gaudenzi © Brescia & Amisano | Teatro alla Scala

The Accademia programme at La Scala presents Cimarosa’s masterpiece with a brilliant young cast of students, led by veteran Pietro Spagnoli, with Ottavio Dantone at the baton.

***11
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Il signor Bruschino in Pesaro: silly farce, but musical masterpiece

A successful new production of the maestro’s opera buffaat the Rossini Opera Festival with a solid cast led by Marina Monzó.  
****1
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