A triple bill of operas: Il segreto di Susanna by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari; Zanetto by Pietro Mascagni; Rita by Gaetano Donizetti. Presented by the Guildhall School of Music & Drama at the Barbican Silk Street Theatre in times of Covid-19. Without an audience, the seating removed to make space for a socially distanced orchestra of fifty players. The production was live-streamed. Continue reading
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Norma – Cagliari
Opera by Vincenzo Bellini, presented by Teatro Lirico di Cagliari in 2014. Continue reading
A Village Romeo and Juliet – Cagliari, Wexford
Opera by Frederick Delius. Presented by Teatro Lirico di Cagliari in 2002. The production was revived by the Wexford Festival Opera in the 2012 season.
Continue readingFalstaff – Parma, Muscat
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Presented by Teatro Regio di Parma, at Teatro Farnese October 2011. The production was revived by Accademia Teatro alla Scala at ROH Muscat in January 2015. Continue reading
Manon Lescaut – Parma, Valencia, Bilbao
Opera by Giacomo Puccini. Presented by Teatro Regio di Parma, November 2005. The production was revived at Palau De Les Arts, Valencia in December 2014 – conducted by Plácido Domingo. Manon Lescaut was revived again by ABAO-OLBE in Bilbao, February 2016. Continue reading