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Performer: Roberta Mantegna

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BarcelonaFalstaff

© Paco Amate
Verdi: Falstaff
Josep Pons; Laurent Pelly; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Barbara de Limburg; Joël Adam; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

RomeLe nozze di Figaro

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian; Claus Guth; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Christian Schmidt; Olaf Winter; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

MilanOtelloNew production

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Verdi: Otello
Myung-whun Chung; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro alla Scala; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Lamb to the slaughter(house): rare outing for 1857 Simon Boccanegra

Riccardo Zanellato (Fiesco), Adriano Gramigni (Pietro) and Vladimir Stoyanov (Simon Boccanegra) © Roberto Ricci
Boccanegra butchered in Parma? Only in the sense that director Valentina Carrasca sets the opera in an abattoir... 
****1
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Marina and Maria: Abramović's 7 Death of Maria Callas in Naples

Marina Abramović's reflection on fame, artistry and death makes an enthralling Italian debut at the Teatro di San Carlo.
*****
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Il trovatore proves a masterpiece even without staging

In a reduced concert performance of Il trovatore the drama unfolds with the force of music alone.
***11
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Verdi's Vêpres siciliennes opens the operatic season in Rome

Roberto Frontali (Montfort) and John Osborn (Henri) © Yasuko Kageyama | Opera di Roma
Living in an environment influenced by French culture, Verdi saw the chance of breathing new life into the Italian opera through the grand-opéra. Les Vêpres siciliennes is his successful attempt.
****1
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Martina Franca showcases Manfroce with Ecuba

Carmela Remigio (Hecuba) © Clarissa Lapolla
Carmela Remigio excels as the Trojan Queen; Sesto Quatrini conducts a superb account of the music of a Calabrian composer who died far too young.
***11
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Wilson's lunar Trouvère the antithesis of grand opéra

When they asked Wilson to stage an opera by Verdi, the Texan director replied "I'll never do it!". Now he is at his fourth Verdi's production.
***11
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BarcelonaFalstaff

© Clärchen Baus | La Monnaie
Verdi: Falstaff
Josep Pons; Laurent Pelly; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Barbara de Limburg; Joël Adam; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Martina Franca Ecuba

Carmela Remigio (Hecuba) © Clarissa Lapolla
Manfroce: Ecuba
Sesto Quatrini; Pier Luigi Pizzi; Lidia Fridman; Carmela Remigio; Roberta Mantegna; Martina Gresia

VeniceAida

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Verdi: Aida
Riccardo Frizza; Bepi Morassi; Teatro La Fenice; Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice; Coro del Teatro La Fenice; Irene Roberts; Francesco Meli