Performer: Valentina Carrasco

Aix-en-ProvenceAccabadoraWorld premiere

Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Jul 04, 05, 07, 08, 10

Filidei: Accabadora

Lucie Leguay; Valentina Carrasco; Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; Mariangela Mazzeo; Mauro Tinti; Antonio Castro; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

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Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 2027 Feb 22, 24, 26, 28

Handel: Rinaldo

Philippe Jaroussky; Valentina Carrasco; Silvia Aymonino; Elfried Roller; Elena Zamparutti

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Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, 2027 Mar 08, 11, 14, 18, 21, 24

Puccini: La fanciulla del West

Nicola Luisotti; Valentina Carrasco; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Carles Berga; Silvia Aymonino; Peter van Praet; Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

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Teatro alla Scala, 2027 Jun 26, 28, Jul 05, 07, 13

Adams: Nixon in China

Kent Nagano; Valentina Carrasco; Teatro alla Scala; Carles Berga; Silvia Aymonino; Peter van Praet; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

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Pomp meets ping-pong: Nixon in China lands again in Paris

Thomas Hampson (Richard Nixon), Renée Fleming (Pat Nixon) and Xiaomeng Zhang (Chou En-lai) © Vincent Pontet | Opéra national de Paris

David Karlin, 14 Mar

Excellent vocal acting from Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Xiaomeng Zhang and a magnificent orchestral performance conducted by Kent Nagano can't make Valentina Carrasco's production fully grip.

***11

Lidia Fridman (Lucrezia Borgia) and ensemble © Fabrizio Sansoni | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 16 Feb

Valentina Carrasco's contemporary staging, with impressive sets and singing, makes for a remarkable show at the Teatro dell'Opera.

*****

Annalisa Stroppa (Léonor) © Gianfranco Rota

Laura Servidei, 18 Nov

The wonderful Javier Camarena joins Annalisa Stroppa, making her role debut, in a strong cast for a complete original version of La Favorite, in a successful production by Valentina Carrasco.

****1

Riccardo Zanellato (Fiesco), Adriano Gramigni (Pietro) and Vladimir Stoyanov (Simon Boccanegra) © Roberto Ricci

Mark Pullinger, 25 Sep

Boccanegra butchered in Parma? Only in the sense that director Valentina Carrasca sets the opera in an abattoir...

****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