Ping
Rebeka Lokar is a "commanding Turandot" (Bachtrack) and Jorge de Leon as the Priness' suitor a "true giant" (Corriere delle Sera) with his perfect rendition of "Nessun dorma". Grammy Award nominee Gianandrea Noseda impressively conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio "as modern as you have rarely experienced it. Chapeau! (Operalounge) Stage director Stefano Poda dedicates himself to bring Puccini's Ancient Chinese setting to life. To achieve an aesthetic and conceptual unity, his work also emcompasses setand costume design as well as lighting and choreography. "Extraordinary Turandot" (La Republica). "Unanimous applause at the end!" (La Stampa). "The icy Turandot inflames the Teatro Regio! (Coriere della Sera)
Michele Gamautte
Giacomo Meyerbeer's Thirty Years War set melodrama updated to contemporary London's Fashion Week.
Don Bartolo
Probably the most famous Opera Buffa in music history, The Barber of Seville is an eternal source of joy. The director Vittorio Borelli, has set the action in its original context, during the time of Beaumarchais indicative of the change in social attitudes before, during, and after the French Revolution, but still fully adorn with powdered wigs and silk trousers. We are in Seville where the young and beautiful Rosina is kept locked up by her guardian, Don Bartolo, who intends to marry her in order to keep her dowry. However, Rosina is in love with the young Count Almaviva who, with the help of Figaro, will try everything to save her to finally be with his beloved.
Raimondo
Juan Diego Flórez takes on the lead role in this performance of Rossini's opera at the 2012 Pesaro Festival. Corradino (Flórez), a paranoid, misogynistic lord, is in the care of Aliprando (Nicola Alaimo), a doctor who is concerned that the poor spirits of his employer will damage his health. He duly attempts to make Corradino fall in love with the beautiful and self-willed Matilde (Olga Peretyatko). Will the plan succeed?
