COLISEUM - London: RIGOLETTO: When Jonathan Miller’s Rigoletto first opened at English National Opera in 1982, his setting of the opera in a different time and place – Little Italy, New York, in the 1950s - broke with conventionand caused heated controversy. Now in its 14th revival .......
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Dunedin Consort - Handel in Rome (Händel in Rom) - directed by Matthew Truscott - Nardus Williams, soprano - by Janet Banks, IOCO Opera, but not quite: During Handel’s (Händels) stay in Italy (1706-09), Pope Clement XI banned operatic performances, and the ambitious young composer Handel had to confine
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Teatro Filarmonico LA GIOCONDA - Amilcare Ponchielli Orchestra and Choir of Fondazione Arena di Verona / Francesco Ommassini von Janet Banks (IOCO UK correspondent) It was a warm and sunny afternoon in Verona on October 23, 2022; the fabulous Arena di Verona-season was long over and opera performances moved indoors to