Modena’s Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera The season opens with Giordano’s “Fedora” in a new production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Aldo Sisillo conducts a cast that includes Teresa Romano, Yuliya Tkachenko, Luciano Ganci, and Simone Piazzola. Performance Dates: Oct. 13 & 15, 2023 Verdi’s “Don Carlo” will be performed in four acts in a production by {…}
The Teatro La Fenice has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a breakdown of what’s on offer. Operas First up is “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” Ivan Ayon Rivas stars in the title role alongside Alex Esposito as the three villains and Rocio Pérez, Veronique Gens, and Carmela Remigio as the three heroines. Finally, Giuseppina Bridelli sings the Muse. Antonello Manacorda conducts {…}
The Teatri di Reggio Emilia has announced its 2023-24 season. Michele Pertusi, Piero Pretti, Ernesto Petti, Ramaz Chikviladze, Anna Pirozzi, Teresa Romano, Andrea Pellegrini, Michela Antenucci, and Andrea Galli star in Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” Jordi Bernàcer conducts the production by Joseph Franconi-Lee. Performance Dates: Nov. 17-19, 2023 Gregory Kunde, Luca Micheletti, and Francesca Dotto star in Verdi’s “Otello“ with Leonardo Sini {…}
The Donizetti Theatre Foundation has announced the cast for its upcoming performances of “Raffa in the Sky.” The cast will be led by Chiara Dello Iacovo who sings the title role alongside Carmela Remigio, Gaia Petrone, Dave Monaco, Haris Andrianos, and Roberto Lorenzi. Carlo Boccadoro will conduct the production by Francesco Micheli. “Raffa in the Sky” is an opera inspired by {…}
The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza has announced its 2023-24 season. The season opens with Verdi’s “Otello” starring Gregory Kunde, Luca Micheletti, Antonio Mandrillo, and Francesca Dotto. Leonardo Sini conducts the production by Italo Nunziata. Performance Dates: Dec. 11-17, 2023 Carmela Remigio sings the title role of Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” alongside Arianna Vendittelli, Luigi De Donato, Ruzil Gatin, and Paola Gardina. Diego Fasolis conducts the {…}
The Lugano Arte e Cultura is set to open its 2023-24 season with a new production of Donzietti’s “Anna Bolena.” The production, which will open on Sept. 4 and will be performed a total of four times, will be headlined by the great Italian soprano Carmela Remigio. The production will also star Marco Bussi (Enrico VIII), Arianna Vendittelli (Giovanna Seymour), {…}
On Nov. 2 during a performance at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, climate activists protested the Holland government. During a performance of the Verdi Requiem by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, three activists started shouting that they were protesting the government’s insistence on using fossil fuels. They shouted, “We are in the middle of a climate crisis and we are like the {…}
This week audiences can listen to world premieres, rising stars, and watch two rarely performed operas. Songs of Earth and Air Lorelt CD Label is set to release an album of vocal works composed by Rhian Samuel, inspired by poetry celebrating nature and her love of the Welsh countryside. Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams presents a collage of songs and {…}
The Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto has announced its 2022-23 season featuring three vocal performances. The season will showcase a Concerto di Natale featuring Haydn’s “The Creation” with Filippo Maria Bressan conducting. Federica Livi, Matteo Mezzaro, and Sergio Forresti are the soloists. Performance Date: Dec. 12, 2022 Marco Guidarini conducts Stefano Secco in a concert of music by Puccini, {…}
Italy’s Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia has announced its 2022-23 Season. Here is a look at the opera productions and concert performances. Opera Marcus Bosch conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser“ with Georg Schmiedleitne. The production will star Tijl Faveyts, James Kee, Corby Welch, Birger Radde, Martin Mairinger, Young Kwon, Leah Gordon, Heike Wessels, Anne Schuldt, Christian Sturm, Gerrit Illenberger, and Julia Duscher. {…}
The ADDA Simfònica in Alicante, Spain has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. Josep Vincent conducts a program of music by Dvorak, Prokofiev, Campogrande with soloists Stefanie Iranyi and Ellinor d’Melon. Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2022 Verdi’s Requiem will feature the Milan Symphony orchestra under the direction of Claus Peter Flor. {…}