Performer: Alex Esposito

LondonThe Marriage of Figaro

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jun 08, 13 mat, 17, 22, 26, 29, Jul 02

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Bertrand de Billy; Sir David McVicar; The Royal Opera; Tanya McCallin; Paule Constable; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Teatro alla Scala, Oct 20, 24, 27, 29, Nov 03, 05, 08

Gounod: Faust

Daniele Rustioni; Johannes Erath; Teatro alla Scala; Heike Scheele; Gesine Völlm; Fabio Antoci; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Dec 20, 27 mat, 30, 2027 Jan 02

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)

Kent Nagano; Laurent Pelly; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Teatro alla Scala, 2027 Feb 03, 06 mat, 09, 11, 13, 18, 20, 23, 25, 28 mat

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Thomas Guggeis; Robert Carsen; Teatro alla Scala; Michael Levine; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Teatro alla Scala, 2027 Apr 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 30

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress

Riccardo Chailly; Kasper Holten; Teatro alla Scala; Philipp Fürhofer; Anja Vang Kragh; Jonas Bǿgh; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Teatro alla Scala, 2027 May 23, 29, Jun 04, 09, 11, 14

Massenet: Don Quichotte

Bertrand de Billy; Damiano Michieletto; Teatro alla Scala; Paolo Fantin; Agostino Cavalca; Alessandro Carletti; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

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Lucrezia Borgia: a dark feast in Rome

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Pia Maltri, 16 Feb

Valentina Carrasco's contemporary staging, with impressive sets and singing, makes for a remarkable show at the Teatro dell'Opera.

*****

A feast for eyes and ears: Michieletto’s new ROH Hoffmann

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David Karlin, 07 Nov

With gloriously inventive sets and costumes, Alex Esposito’s splendid Four Villains drive a wonderfully entertaining new production.

*****

I vespri siciliani in Naples: a revolt against the Mafia

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Lorenzo Fiorito, 21 Jan

In the Italian version of Verdi's French grand opéra, Emma Dante updates the action from 1282 to the organised crime of the Sicilian Mafia.

***11

A tutor in a jam at the Donizetti Opera Festival!

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Laura Servidei, 20 Nov

Alex Esposito and Alessandro Corbelli lead a young cast in an early opera buffa by Donizetti, in a new production, with mixed results, by Francesco Micheli.

Méphistophélès returns to the stage in Gounod’s Faust at La Fenice!

Laura Servidei, 30 Apr

The Teatro La Fenice reprises Joan Anton Rechi’s production in its full stage version, less inspiring than the one expanded through the whole theatre during Covid times.

***11