Performer: Roberto Frontali

TokyoFalstaff

New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, 2027 Apr 21, 24 mat, 27 mat, 29 mat

Verdi: Falstaff

Maurizio Benini; Sir Jonathan Miller; New National Theatre; Isabella Bywater; Peter Petschnig; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Wiener Staatsoper, Sep 05, 08, 11, 14

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

Marco Armiliato; Sir David McVicar; Vienna State Opera; Charles Edwards; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Adam Silverman; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Teatro alla Scala, Dec 07, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 29, 2027 Jan 02, 05

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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World premiere success for Filidei’s Il nome della rosa at La Scala

Kate Lindsey (Adso da Melk) and ensemble © Teatro alla Scala | Brescia e Amisano

Laura Servidei, 27 Apr

A great cast and an enjoyable score seal the success of a new opera based on Umberto Eco's classic historical murder mystery, The Name of the Rose.

****1

At La Scala, Livermore sets Gioconda in a dreamy Venetian landscape

Laura Servidei, 07 Jun

La Scala presents a new production of Ponchielli’s masterpiece, the first one in more than 20 years and a sequence of beautiful images supporting a solid cast, led by Saioa Hernández.

***11

A successful, interactive opening of the Donizetti Opera Festival

Laura Servidei, 19 Nov

Riccardo Frizza conducts Alberto Zedda's critical edition of L’elisir d’amore with a great cast, including tenor star Javier Camarena and a very young, very promising prima donna, Caterina Sala.

****1

Angels and demons: Giovanna d'Arco marks a Rome reopening

Elena Luporini, 17 Oct

After a fifty-year absence from Roman stages, Verdi's opera about the Maid of Orléans makes an appearance at Teatro dell'Opera under the conduction of Daniele Gatti.

****1

Donizetti defies lockdown in Bergamo: Belisario

Mark Pullinger, 21 Nov

A concert performance of a middle period rarity is part of a slimmed down festival which transfers to an online format to audiences across the globe.

****1

Roberto Frontali (Montfort) and John Osborn (Henri) © Yasuko Kageyama | Opera di Roma

Renato Verga, 10 Dec

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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