The Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna in Itay has announced its 2021-22 season featuring Dance and Opera. For the purposes of this article, we will focus solely on the operatic performances. The season opens with Haydn’s “L’isola disabitata” with Ensemble Dolce Concento, led by Nicola Valentini with Jacopo Raffaele at the fortepiano performing. The cast will include Giuseppina Bridelli, Anna Maria {…}
Dario Di Vietri is set to close the summer season with Puccini’s “Turandot.” The tenor will perform the opera at the Stara Zagora State Opera in Bulgaria on Sept. 4 in the evocative setting of the archaeological site of Seuthopolis, an ancient city founded by the Thracian King Seuthes III around 325-315 A.C. The Stara Zagora State Opera will perform {…}
Tenor Dario Di Vietri is set to return to the Teatro Verdi di Pisa in Puccini’s “Tosca.” The tenor will reopen the Tuscan theater in a production by Artistic Director Enrico Stinchelli. The production will be conducted by Hirofumi Yoshida and will also star Tea Purtseladze in the title role and Giuseppe Altomare as the villainous Scarpia. Adriano Gramigni (Cesare Angelotti), {…}
(Credit: Martyna Gallaweb/Jean Baptiste Millot) The Polish National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring four new productions and a number of international stars. For the purposes of this article, we are only focusing on opera and vocal performances. Premieres Ho-Yoon Chung stars in the title role of Massenet’s “Werther.” The new production will be directed by Willy Decker and {…}
Opera Carolina has announced its 2018-19 season, featuring three opera productions and a number of rising stars. Here is a look at what this season will offer. Sarah Coburn sings the title role in Donizetti’s “La Fille du Regiment” with David Walton as Tonio. Steven Condy rounds out the cast as Suplice. Performance Dates: Nov. 10, 15 & 18, 2018 {…}