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Angela Gheorghiu sings exquisitely in Cilea’s opera of love, jealousy and revenge
Russian soprano Venera Gimadieva delivers a restrained and touching portrayal of Violetta
The Romanian soprano relishes her histrionics, but Samuel Youn’s Scarpia is lacklustre
The region’s oldest arts festival returns to its Roman site – in a Hizbollah stronghold near the Syrian border
Angela Gheorghiu and Vittorio Grigolo help John Copley’s production turn 40 in style
Diana Damrau delivered haunting soft singing and moments of drama of truly unbuttoned force
A wealth of orchestral detail lit up this production – but the central couple were underpowered
René Pape’s playing of Méphistophélès makes up in authority what it lacks in saturnine charisma
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