Performer: Sesto Quatrini

VilniusLes Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)

Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, 2027 Jan 30, Feb 03, 04, 05, 06

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)

Martynas Stakionis; Federico Grazzini; Lithuanian National Opera; Andrea Belli; Valeria Donata Bettella; Giuseppe di Iorio; Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra

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Ginger Costa-Jackson (Carmen) and Russell Thomas (Don José) © Mihaela Bodlovic

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Nov 18, 21

Bizet: Carmen

Sesto Quatrini; Damiano Michieletto; The Royal Opera; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, 2027 Jan 03, 05, 07, 14, 16, 29

Verdi: La traviata

Sesto Quatrini; Johannes Erath; Staatsoper Hamburg; Annette Kurz; Herbert Murauer; Olaf Freese; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

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Brutality and anarchy in the Royal Opera’s revival of Carmen

Dominic Lowe, 29 Oct

Ginger Costa-Jackson is no stranger to Carmen, and in her latest assumption of the role she brings a countercultural flair to the doomed gypsy.

***11

Chiara Amarù (Isabella) and ensemble © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 5 Jun

Despite an early misadventure, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma launches Maurizio Scaparro's staging of Rossini's comic opera with panache.

****1

Nadine Sierra (Juliette) © Luciano Romano

Lorenzo Fiorito, 15 Feb

This first-time Neapolitan performance of Gounod's masterpiece is destined to leave a lasting impression in the audience's memory.

****1

Nadine Sierra (Adina) © ROH | Clive Barda

Dominic Lowe, 22 Sept

A triumphant house debut for Nadine Sierra in the latest revival of Laurent Pelly’s production of Donizetti's joyous village rom-com.

****1

Giuseppe De Luca (Don Meschino) and Greta Doveri (Chiara) © Gianfranco Rota

Laura Servidei, 19 Nov

A completely forgotten opera by Donizetti enjoys a new production in Bergamo, with a good cast from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, led by Sesto Quatrini in the pit.

***11

Six singers in search of an author: Il turco at Glyndebourne

David Karlin, 23 May

Mariame Clément's hilarious and brilliantly original staging of Rossini's opera buffa is served with a generous helping of Rossinian bel canto. Who could ask for more?

*****

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Carmela Remigio (Hecuba) © Clarissa Lapolla

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Manfroce: Ecuba

Sesto Quatrini; Pier Luigi Pizzi; Lidia Fridman; Carmela Remigio; Roberta Mantegna; Martina Gresia

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Performer: Sesto Quatrini

VilniusLes Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)

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Brutality and anarchy in the Royal Opera’s revival of Carmen

Revival of a classic L’Italiana in Algeri in Rome

Nadine Sierra shines in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in Naples

Bargain booze and questionable quackery: L'elisir d'amore at the ROH

In Bergamo, Donizetti's Chiara e Serafina resurfaces after 200 years

Six singers in search of an author: Il turco at Glyndebourne

Martina Franca Ecuba