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No triumphal march for Aida in Naples

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Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 7 December 2013
Verdi, Aida
Teatro di San Carlo
Nicola Luisotti, Conductor
Kristin Lewis, Aida
Anna Smirnova, Amneris
Fabio Sartori, Radamès
Claudio Sgura, Amonasro
Valeria Sepe, Priestess
Carlo Cigni, King of Egypt
Ferruccio Furlanetto, Ramfis
Orlin Anastassov, Ramfis
Rosa Feola’s Lucia rescues a San Carlo production showing its age
***11
Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours
*****
Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples
***11
Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples
***11
San Carlo’s Medea a clash of worlds in a neoclassical framework
***11
Vocal triumph in Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro di San Carlo
****1
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