Performer: Riccardo Massi

AmsterdamPagliacci / Cavalleria rusticana

Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Sep 05, 08, 11, 14, 17, 20 mat

Leoncavallo, Mascagni

Andrea Battistoni; Robert Carsen; Dutch National Opera; Radu Boruzescu; Annemarie Woods; Peter van Praet; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Dec 04, 06, 10, 12, 16, 19, 23, 25, 27, 2027 Jan 02

Puccini: La bohème

Ivan Repušić; Lindy Hume; Staatsoper Berlin; Giuseppe Mentuccia; Dan Potra; Carl Friedrich Oberle; Franz Peter David

War Memorial Opera House, 2027 Jun 04, 08, 12, 17, 20 mat, 26 mat, 29, Jul 02

Puccini: Tosca

Clelia Cafiero; Shawna Lucey; San Francisco Opera; Robert Innes Hopkins; Michael Clark; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

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Mark Pullinger, 02 Jun

Adele Thomas’ Royal Opera staging channels the Marx Brothers in playing it for laughs, but the musical compensations are many under Sir Antonio Pappano.

***11

Digitally Aida’d: A new production at Opera Australia

David Larkin, 18 Jul

Davide Livermore's digital set for Opera Australia's new production of Aida ushers in a new type of staging to the Sydney Opera House, and backs up a stellar performance from Amber Wagner in the title role.

****1

Flimm's Hollywood Manon Lescaut is fleet-footed but effective

Hugo Shirley, 04 Dec

With a light-voiced cast and gentle updating, the Staatsoper's new Manon Lescaut makes a good case for Puccini's difficult breakthrough opera.