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VeronaLa traviataNew production
Verdi: La traviata
Michele Spotti; Paul Curran; Arena di Verona Corps de Ballet; Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Juan Guillermo Nova; Stefano Ciammitti; Fabio Barettin
MilanAnna BolenaNew production
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Chiara Muti; Teatro alla Scala; Alessandro Camera; Tommaso Lagattolla; Vincent Longuemare; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
RomeIl trovatoreNew production
Verdi: Il trovatore
Nicola Luisotti; Daniele Menghini; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; Davide Signorini; Nika Campisi; Gianni Bertoli; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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Le Siège de Corinthe at the Rossini Opera Festival
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya dominates in Pesaro; around her, Davide Livermore’s visually striking production turns Rossini’s tale of war into a meditation on the destruction of classical beauty.
Soaring voices, stumbling direction: the turmoil of Norma at La Scala
After almost 50 years, the Teatro alla Scala presents a new production of Norma, with a great cast, some shadows in the orchestra direction and several failures in the production.
Tézier and Netrebko dazzle in La Scala’s new Forza
For La Scala’s prima, outstanding vocal performances light up a busy but interesting staging of Verdi’s revenge opera by Leo Muscato.
Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival
After a heavily promoted but underwhelming opening night, the company gets the new season back on track with plenty of star power in Offenbach’s final masterpiece.
David Alden's Anna Bolena travels from Zurich to Berlin
Deutsche Oper Berlin presents an uninspiring production by David Alden, with a solid cast led by Federica Lombardi.
A revenger’s tragedy: La forza del destino returns to London
Christof Loy's 2019 production proves even more compelling second time round, with excellent acting and a properly heroic tenor performance from Brian Jagde.