Italy Bellini, La sonnambula: Soloists, Coro OperaLombardia, I Pomeriggi Musicali / Leonardo Sini (conductor), OperaLombardia, Teatro Sociale, Como, 24.10.2019. (RP)
Veronica Marini triumphs in Bellini’s La sonnambula at Como’s Teatro Sociale
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Zurich revives a cinematic Così fan tutte, directed under house arrest
Switzerland Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich / Ottavio Dantone (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 26.10.2019. (CCr)
Lisette Oropesa’s return to the Met is the best thing about this Manon revival
United States Massenet, Manon: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 26.10.2019. (JPr)
Tosca in all its glory at Teatro Regio Torino
Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Regio Torino, Children’s Chorus of Teatro Regio Torino and the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi / Daniel Oren (conductor), Teatro Regio Torino, Turin, 22 & 23.10.2019. (RP)
Goodness triumphant, and a visual feast for Seattle’s La Cenerentola
Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists and Chorus of the Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony / Gary Thor Wedow (conductor), Seattle, Washington, 19.10.2019. (ZC)
Fine musical performances but an indifferent Deutsche Oper production of Les contes d’Hoffmann
Germany Offenbach, Les contes d’Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Jeremy Bines) and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin / Daniel Carter (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 24.10.2019. (MB)
Bejun Mehta and Danielle de Niese dazzle in La Scala’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto
United States Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Giovanni Antonini (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 21.10.2019. (RP)
Totally absorbing: sex, blasphemy and annihilation in Francesconi’s La Scala Quartett
Italy Francesconi, Quartett: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 19.10.2019. (RP)
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