| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 2-Mar-2013 Oslo Opera House, Main Stage | Easter in Italy: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at the Norwegian National Opera |
 Nothing says “Happy Easter” like a bit of alcohol-fuelled murder on the church steps, right? With their new double bill of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, the Norwegian National Opera certainly seems to think so!
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| 21-Sep-2012 The Norwegian Opera and Ballet | Butterfly as flashback: Madama Butterfly at the Norwegian National Opera |
 The Norwegian Opera and Ballet seems to be developing a thing lately for staging Puccini operas as flashbacks and/or dreams. There is Stefan Herheim’s La bohème from last season, telling the story as part dream, part flashback from the viewpoint of Rodoldo. This season’s Puccini, Madama Butterfly, told the story straight forward, but with an added character, the now-grown son of Cio-Cio San and Pinkerton watching his parents’ relationship unfold, reacting from the sidelines.
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| 17-Jun-2012 Semperoper | Fidelio an enduring ode to freedom in Dresden |
 The Dresden Semperoper premiered a new production of Fidelio scarcely a month before the fall of East Germany. Much has changed in the intervening decade and a bit, but the Semperoper is still playing the same Fidelio. It doesn't take much knowledge of recent German history to understand why it was a sensation at the time.Read full review... | |
