Xabier Anduaga is a superb Gennaro in Bergamo’s Lucrezia Borgia

ItalyItaly Festival Donizetti Opera 2019 [2] – Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia: Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Coro Teatro Municipale di Piacenza / Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 22.11.2019. (JMI)

Festival Donizetti Opera 2019’s Lucrezia Borgia (c) Gianfranco Rota

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World premiere of a rare Donizetti opera in a staged version at the Bergamo festival

ItalyItaly Festival Donizetti Opera 2019 [1] – Donizetti, L’ange de Nisida: Donizetti Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo, 21.11.2019. (JMI)

Donizetti’s L’ange de Nisida (c) Rota

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Balance issues and uneven singing compromise a handsome Vivaldi production in Wexford

IrelandIreland Wexford Festival Opera 2019 [2] – Vivaldi, Dorilla in Tempe: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Andrea Marchiol (conductor), O’Reilly Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford, 26.10.2019. (RB)

Rosa Bove (Filindo), with dancers (c) Clive Barda

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