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Pagliacci, Leoncavallo
D: Peter McClintock
C: Enrique Mazzola
A new view of Pagliacci from the Lyric

The brilliant part of this Lyric Opera of Chicago’s streaming version of “Pagliacci” (directed by Peter McClintock, with film direction by Matt Hoffman and scenic design by Maria DeFabo Akin and Scott Wolfson) is the use of the Lyric Opera House itself as the set location.

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31 August 2021chicagotheaterandarts.comJodie Jacobs
BWW Review: PAGLIACCI at Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago has given us an excellent new film of Pagliacci that stirs the emotions of the viewer from the gorgeous overture conducted by Enrique Mazzola to Tonio's conclusive line. It is free to watch, too! Don't miss it.

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01 September 2021www.broadwayworld.comMaria Nockin
Otello, Verdi
D: Keith Warner
C: Antonio PappanoDaniele Rustioni
Opera review: Otello at Royal Opera House

He was widely admired as the grand old man of Italian opera but had not produced a new work since Aida some 15 years earlier. Yet Otello features some of his most powerful music, bursting with impressive originality and energy. With a very strong cast and Antonio Pappano conducting, Covent Garden does glorious justice to this fine work.

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11 December 2019www.express.co.ukWILLIAM HARTSTON
“Esultate!” Kunde's Otello impresses at Covent Garden

It’s good to have expectations confounded. For much of his career, American tenor Gregory Kunde specialised in bel canto repertoire, his light, flexible voice ideal for Rossini with easy top notes that also meant he could tackle Berlioz’ stratospheric tenor roles like Énée and Benvenuto Cellini with distinction. In recent years though, Kunde has taken an unexpected lurch into heavier repertoire. I was unconvinced by his Manrico and approached his Otello in this first revival of Keith Warner’s production at The Royal Opera with trepidation, having missed him when he played second fiddle to Jonas Kaufmann in 2017.

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10 December 2019bachtrack.comMark Pullinger

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