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Becoming and being Norma. “Norma” by Vincenzo​ Bellini, The Royal Opera, September 16, 2016

  The opening of the new season in my opera calendar was marked by a trip to London, and I had high expectations for the new production of Norma, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano and performed by star duo of Sonya Yoncheva and Joseph Calleja. The expectations were overachieved both by brilliant musical interpretation as well as […]

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 20/05/2016

My first visit to Liceu has been planned with announcement of the season almost year ago, and finally after a long wait I was there for performance of the opera I have not seen live before. Bellini’s earlier work is regarded as imperfect, and even if I like it very much, I can agree that […]

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