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ToulouseMédée/Medea
Cherubini: Médée/Medea
Dayner Tafur-Díaz; Yannis Kokkos; Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse; Vinicio Cheli; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
MilanLucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Speranza Scappucci; Yannis Kokkos; Teatro alla Scala; Vinicio Cheli; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Scappucci and Feola lead a compelling Lucia at La Scala
La Scala offers Lucia di Lammermoor as Donizetti intended it: complete, dramatically coherent and free of traditional cuts – a musicological achievement and a gripping theatrical experience.
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Riccardo Chailly conducts a wonderful, integral performance of Donizetti’s masterpiece, with two of the greatest bel canto singers of our times.
Storm clouds gather over Verdi Festival opener
Audience protests against Roberto Abbado interrupt the opening night of the festival, Yannis Kokkos' staging of La forza del destino.
A feast for bass voices in the Staatsoper's sombre Boris Godunov
That Boris was sung by a Ukrainian in times like this might or might not have been a coincidence. But that Alexander Tsymbalyuk was an excellent choice for the role is indisputable.