Tag Archives: Francesca Zambello

Les Troyens, Metropolitan Opera live cinema relay, January 5, 2013

Posted on 6 January 2013

Where are the Trojans when we need them? They provided the Greeks with stories portraying a welcome incompetence, letting a wooden horse full of Greeks into their city, and having their great warrior Hector defeat someone he thought was Achilles, only to be killed by the real one. But in this Met production the Trojans …

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Review — The Tsarina’s Slippers, Royal Opera, November 2009

Posted on 21 November 2009

This sparkling production by Francesca Zambello has lovely set designs … includes serious ballet work, some electrifying Cossack dances and acrobatics …

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Carmen, Royal Opera, October 2009

Posted on 4 October 2009

With Elina Garanča as Carmen, and Roberto Alagna as Don José, both entirely convincing in their parts and singing so powerfully, this was a glowing performance.

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