Performer: Stefan Pop

LondonLa bohème

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jul 01, 05 mat, 11 mat, eve, 13, 16 mat, eve, 18, 21, 23, 25 mat, eve

Puccini: La bohème

Lorenzo Passerini; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Stewart Laing; Mimi Jordan Sherin; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Oct 10, 16, 18, 22, 24

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Giuseppe Mentuccia; Eike Gramss; Staatsoper Berlin; Peter Sykora; Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsopernchor Berlin

Teatro alla Scala, 2027 Feb 16, 17, 19, 21 mat, 24, 26, Mar 04, 07 mat

Puccini: La bohème

Daniel Oren; Franco Zeffirelli; Teatro alla Scala; Piero Tosi; Marco Filibeck; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2027 Apr 29, May 03 mat, 07, 10, 15, 18

Ponchielli: La Gioconda

Sir Antonio Pappano; Oliver Mears; The Royal Opera; Philipp Fürhofer; Annemarie Woods; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

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Faust at The Royal Opera: competent but uninspiring

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David Karlin, 23 May

Stripped of its original superstar casting, Gounod’s grand opera provides entertainment but fails to cohere.

***11

Amartuvshin Enkhbat’s Rigoletto conquers Covent Garden

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David Karlin, 12 Oct

It's been a long wait since Cardiff Singer 2015, but the Mongolian baritone gives an outstanding vocal portrayal of Verdi’s doomed jester at the Royal Opera House.

****1

Reverence and beauty in Mariotti’s Verdi Requiem in Parma

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Mark Pullinger, 23 Sep

A Verdi Festival account where the orchestral detail registers with true distinction and the singing impresses.

****1

Scappucci and Abdrazakov share the honours in a rousing Attila

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Mark Pullinger, 19 Jul

Speranza Scappucci makes her house debut conducting Verdi's early opera in concert, featuring Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov as an outstanding Attila.

***11

A faltering Lucrezia Borgia in Budapest

Orsolya Gyárfás, 18 Nov

A performance of highs and lows with a stellar step-in from Lidia Fridman as Lucrezia Borgia and a confused production by Ferenc Anger plays at the Palace of Arts.

**111