| Festival Puccini - Torre del Lago | 2 May 2024 |
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ToscaFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Tosca con Daniela Dessi |
 31 Jul 15 / GBOPERA |
Troubled waters at Puccini’s lake |
| 29 Jul 15 / Opera Britannia |
TurandotFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Turandot con cast alternativo |
| 1 Sep 14 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Principessa di tuono |
| 26 Aug 14 / L'Ape musicale |
Madama ButterflyFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Tenue farfalla |
| 30 Aug 14 / L'Ape musicale |
Mimi darf sterben |
| 6 Aug 14 / Wiener Zeitung |
Il tritticoFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Sessantesimo Festival Puccini, Torre del Lago: "Il trittico" |
| 25 Aug 14 / GBOPERA |
Il trittico con cast alternativo |
| 23 Aug 14 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Protagonista assoluto e grande mattatore è ancora una volta Alberto Mastromarino |
| 9 Aug 14 / MTG Lirica |
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Applausi e lunghi festeggiamenti per tutti la sera della prima |
| 7 Aug 14 / Operaclick (Italian) |
La bohèmeFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 3 | |
La Bohème con cast alternativo |
| 25 Aug 14 / Operaclick (Italian) |
La fredda Bohème |
| 10 Aug 14 / L'Ape musicale |
La Bohème con Daniela Dessì e Fabio Armiliato |
| 4 Aug 14 / Operaclick (Italian) |
ToscaFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Le mie maggiori perplessità vanno alla regia e alla scenografia |
| 1 Aug 13 / GBOPERA |
New production of Puccini's 'shabby little shocker' crowned by Viviani's Scarpia |
| 31 Jul 13 / Opera Britannia |
RigolettoFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Buon successo per tutti |
| 23 Jul 13 / Operaclick (Italian) |
TurandotFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Tra le parti dei solisti spiccava l’ampiezza vocale e l’intensità drammatica di Giovanna Casolla nel ruolo titolo |
| 22 Jul 13 / GBOPERA |
Giovanna Casolla captivating in title role |
| 22 Jul 13 / Opera Britannia |
A compelling Turandot at Torre del Lago |
| 17 Jul 13 / The Opera Critic |
Il tabarroFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Antonio Calenda presented both operas in a traditional and coherent manner |
| 22 Jul 13 / Opera Britannia |
A Puccini/Mascagni double bill opens the 2013 Puccini Festival |
| 15 Jul 13 / The Opera Critic |
Cavalleria RusticanaFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Antonio Calenda presented both operas in a traditional and coherent manner |
| 22 Jul 13 / Opera Britannia |
Applausi abbastanza caldi per tutti |
| 16 Jul 13 / Operaclick (Italian) |
A Puccini/Mascagni double bill opens the 2013 Puccini Festival |
| 15 Jul 13 / The Opera Critic |
La bohèmeFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 2 | |
All'ombra della torre Eiffel |
| 22 Aug 12 / Teatro |
Maria Agresta was nothing less than a complete Mimì |
| 14 Aug 12 / Opera Britannia |
La TraviataFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 2 | |
One of the finest performances witnessed at the Puccini Festival in recent times |
| 7 Aug 12 / Opera Britannia |
La prima volta di Violetta sul lago |
| 31 Jul 12 / Teatro |
ToscaFestival PucciniNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Musically, this was a fundamentally limp performance into which only the soloists injected shots of life |
| 24 Jul 12 / Opera Britannia |
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| Festival Puccini announces 2024 season |
The Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago has announced its 2024 season which will celebrate its 70th anniversary. |
| 19 Sep 2023 / OperaWire |
| Puccini Festival replaces Alberto Veronesi for ‘La Boheme’ |
The company said that Manlio Benzi will replace Alberto Veronesi at the podium. The news comes after Veronesi blindfolded his eyes at the opening night of the production on July 14. |
| 27 Jul 2023 / OperaWire |
| Italian maestro fired for conducting blindfolded |
Maestro Alberto Veronesi, an Italian musician and director, proceeded to conduct the opening night performance blindfolded in protest against the Tuscan festival’s staging decisions. |
| 25 Jul 2023 / Classic FM |
| «Veronesi non dirigerà più la Bohéme» |
La Fondazione Pucciniano di Torre del Lago, organizzatrice del festival, ha deciso di sollevare Veronesi dalla direzione musicale delle prossime tre rappresentazioni de La Bohéme. |
| 20 Jul 2023 / Corriere Fiorentino |
| Un chef d’orchestre dirige les yeux bandés! |
Lors de l’ouverture de l’édition 2023 du Festival Puccini à Torre del Lago, le chef d’orchestre Alberto Veronesi a dirigé une représentation de La Bohème les yeux bandés pour protester contre la mise en scène qui replaçait l’action de l’opéra en mai 1968. |
| 20 Jul 2023 / Radio Classique |
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