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ParmaManon LescautNew production
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Massimo Gasparon; Teatro Regio di Parma; Filarmonica di Parma
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Bach, Paganini, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky
L'Appassionata; Gil Shaham
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Verdi: Alzira
James Conlon; Manuel Renga; Teatro Regio di Parma; Aurelio Colombo; Emanuele Agliati; Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
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Verdi: Nabucco
Francesco Lanzillotta; Pier Luigi Pizzi; Teatro Regio di Parma; Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
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Lamb to the slaughter(house): rare outing for 1857 Simon Boccanegra
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Boccanegra butchered in Parma? Only in the sense that director Valentina Carrasca sets the opera in an abattoir...
Reverence and beauty in Mariotti’s Verdi Requiem in Parma
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A Verdi Festival account where the orchestral detail registers with true distinction and the singing impresses.
Storm clouds gather over Verdi Festival opener
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Audience protests against Roberto Abbado interrupt the opening night of the festival, Yannis Kokkos' staging of La forza del destino.
A traditional Attila at the Verdi Festival in Parma
Traditionally, Italy's most unforgiving loggionisti are reputed to reside at Parma's Teatro Regio. Thankfully for the cast, they appear to be a dying breed.
A melancholy Falstaff at the Verdi Festival in Parma
Not a particularly revealing Falstaff, but a pleasing performance though. Maybe one would have expected something of greater impact from a festival like this one, but that goal had already accomplished by Graham Vick with his Stiffelio the night before...