LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
2 Palm Beach: Anna Netrebko Triumphs in Song…and in Principle
CURRENT EVENTS: MILAN LA SCALA SPECIAL
10 A Great Season
13 Between Classic and Contemporary
14 La Scala and La Forza
19 The Archetypes of Destiny
21 Observations on the Force of Destiny
24 Protagonist: Dance
CURRENT EVENTS
27 ROME SIMON BOCCANEGRA The Human Face of Power
29 ROME LA DAME DE MONTE-CARLO, LA VOIX HUMAINE The Drama of a Life Without
Hope
30 TRIESTE LA TRAVIATA A Story of Money and Sex
32 TURIN LE NOZZE DI FIGARO The Deceptions of Love
33 VERONA LA CENERENTOLA The Too Fairytale-Like World of Angelina
34 VITERBO LA TRAVIATA A Life Between Joy and Despair
36 BERGAMO ROBERTO DEVEREUX, DON PASQUALE, ZORAIDA DI GRANATA The Deceptions
of the Heart and Power
40 NAPLES RUSALKA A Rusalka that Stays in the Heart
42 RAVENNA THE RETURN OF ULYSSES TO HIS HOMELAND, DIDO AND AENEAS ON SAINT
CECILIA’S DAY, ORLINSKY RECITAL A Hero in Search of Peace
43 Music, the Soul of the World
47 SASSARI WERTHER The Romantic Hero
47 JESI THE TALKING PAINTINGS The Many Talents of the Young Spontini
48 VENICE OTELLO The Tragedy of Otello: Between Dream and Reality
50 CATANIA NORMA Catania Applauds Bellini
FROM ABROAD
4 PALM BEACH ANNA NETREBKO IN CONCERT Splendid Recital Marks Return
5 NEW YORK Trump Raises Curtain on U.S. Opera, ‘Resets’ Washington’s Kennedy Center
52 BERLIN ROMEO AND JULIETTE The Tragic Story of Two Poor Lovers
53 WIESBADEN LE GRANDE MACABRE A Postmodern and Surreal World
54 BERLIN SWEENEY TODD Beware of the Barber
55 LYON WOZZECK A Drama Without a Soul
56 NICE EDGAR The Struggles of the Young Puccini
58 LONDON LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN Journey to the Center of the Mind
60 MADRID THEODORA To the Composer’s Good Peace
61 BARCELONA LA FORZA DEL DESTINO A World of Emotions
64 SEVILLE TURANDOT The Timeless Charm of the Ancient Fairy Tale
66 MONTECARLO LA BOHÈME, TOSCA Great voices for Puccini
68 CHICAGO FIDELIO The Redemption of Humanity in Chains
72 NEW YORK TOSCA A Tosca Always New
74 PARIS LA FILLE DU RÈGIMENT An Absolutely French Work
76 RIO DE JANEIRO RUSALKA Rusalka and Her Magical World
OPERA LEGENDS IN AMERICA
77 MARIA CALLAS Before, During and After
CALENDAR
80 PROGRAM by Aurora Alba
