| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2013 Royal Swedish Opera | The Nina Stemme show: Puccini's Turandot at the Royal Swedish Opera |
 An obsessively man-hating princess, a slave girl who really needs to open up a bit more about her feelings, a prince who actually fell in love at first sight, and an unhealthily large dose of exoticism? Why, it can only be Puccini’s Turandot. Saturday marked the première of the Royal Swedish Opera’s new production of Puccini’s final opera, with none other than Nina Stemme taking on the title role for the first time.
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| 2-Nov-2011 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Eglise Gutiérrez sparkles in a sleepy Covent Garden Sonnambula |
 COOPER.jpg) When you discover your bride-to-be in another man's bed on the eve of your wedding day, the excuse "Darling, I must have been sleepwalking" rates somewhere near the same level of credibility as "Sir, the dog ate my homework." But hey, this is opera, and bel canto opera at that. You didn't come to Bellini's La Sonnambula for the story and the drama: you came here for the singing.
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