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PAISIELLO La Grotta di Trofonio

Hard on the heels of Fedra (1/17) comes another Paisiello opera from Dynamic. Are we on the verge of a...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2017

PUCCINI Turandot. MOZART Le nozze di Figaro

There has to be a certain fascination in seeing Puccini’s Turandot performed by an all-Chinese cast in Beijing. Chen Xinyi’s...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2017

Meyerbeer - Grand Opera

There’s a great deal to admire in this release, the realisation of a long cherished idea for Diana Damrau. It’s...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2017

MERCADANTE Francesca da Rimini

This is a surprise: the first-ever production of Mercadante’s Francesca da Rimini, given last year at the opera festival in...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2017

Queens - Opera arias by Handel

Few sopranos are better equipped to sing this repertoire stylishly, attractively and with subtle characterisation than Roberta Invernizzi. ‘Queens’ presents...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017

HANDEL Catone

Metastasio’s drama about the Roman patriot Cato’s preference to commit suicide rather than submit to the dictator Julius Caesar was...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2017

Camilla Tilling sings Gluck and Mozart Arias

It is extraordinary to think that a generation or two ago Gluck’s tragic heroines were being sung by sopranos such...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 05/2017

BELLINI Adelson e Salvini

Vincenzo Bellini’s first opera Adelson e Salvini is a real rarity – so the perfect candidate for an Opera Rara...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2017

VERDI Un ballo in maschera

Heike Scheele’s design for Munich’s new 2016 Ballo takes no prisoners in terms of stage direction-obeying literalism. We get an...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 05/2017

Heroines of Love and Loss

Ruby Hughes is a young soprano who won both first prize and the audience prize at the London Handel competition...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 05/2017

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