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VeronaAida Ed. Franco Zeffirelli
Verdi: Aida
Francesco Ommassini; Franco Zeffirelli; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Anna Anni; Arena di Verona Orchestra; Arena di Verona Chorus
ParisManon LescautNew production
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Lorenzo Passerini; Oliver Mears; Annemarie Woods; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestre National de France
BarcelonaLa bohème
Puccini: La bohème
Giacomo Sagripanti; Paolo Gavazzeni; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Leila Fteita; Nicoletta Ceccolini; Andrea Anfossi; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
ToulouseMédée/Medea
Cherubini: Médée/Medea
Dayner Tafur-Díaz; Yannis Kokkos; Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse; Vinicio Cheli; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Torre del LagoTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Renato Palumbo; Alfonso Signorini; Carla Tolomeo; Fausto Puglisi; Valerio Alfieri; Orchestra del Puccini Festival
ViennaCarmen
Bizet: Carmen
Henrik Nánási; Calixto Bieito; Vienna State Opera; Alfons Flores; Mercè Paloma; Alberto Rodríguez Vega; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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Diamonds and steel: Anna Pirozzi rules in La Scala’s Turandot revival
Visually enchanting and meticulously staged, this centenary revival confirms Livermore's production as a modern classic.
Blinded by passion: Cav & Pag returns to the Royal Opera House
Questionable conducting aside, The Royal Opera's latest revival of Damiano Michieletto’s fluid production of the famous operatic double-bill is terrifically executed by two excellent casts.
La commedia è finita: a scorching Cav & Pag at Covent Garden
With more cast reshuffles than in Downing Street of late, this revival of Damiano Michieletto's intertwined Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci double bill triumphs against the odds.
Regietheater reigns supreme in Calixto Bieito's Berlin Lohengrin
Dressed in white, with an origami swan in his hand, Robert Alagna's Lohengrin is less a Grail knight than an absent-minded daydreamer.
Puccini is Calaf in Wiener Staatsoper's Turandot
A pleasurable evening of surprises in Marco Arturo Marelli’s Turandot.
Roberto Alagna brings up his century at The Royal Opera
The French-Sicilian tenor shines in Sir David's McVicar's pristine take on Umberto Giordano's slice of verismo.
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ParisCarmenNew production
Bizet: Carmen
Sir Mark Elder; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Alfons Flores; Mercè Paloma; Alberto Rodríguez Vega; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisLe Roi Arthus
Chausson: Le Roi Arthus
Philippe Jordan; Graham Vick; Opéra national de Paris; Paul Brown; Adam Silverman; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Crossing borders: Roberto Alagna
Ahead of Vienna's première of Il trovatore, the tenor who crosses borders between France and Italy, opera and popular song, spoke to us about the roles of Manrico and Cyrano, being a gypsy, a hero, returning to Italy, about family and more.