Canonically ossified
When such a canonically ossified work like Verdi’s Aïda is directed at all (let alone as ambitiously as Damiano Michieletto at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino), it does feel like a completely different opera
6 pieces since 2012 — at 3 companies, most often at Opernhaus Zürich.
1 piece as Fondazione Maggio Musicale Fiorentino — stats above show all coverage for Paolo Fantin.
View allWhen such a canonically ossified work like Verdi’s Aïda is directed at all (let alone as ambitiously as Damiano Michieletto at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino), it does feel like a completely different opera
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