Irina Lungu, Nicola Alaimo, Vittorio Grigolo, Arturo Chacón-Cruz & Lianna Haroutounian Lead Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s 2024-25 Season

The Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Giampaolo Bisanti conducting a production by Thaddeus Strassberger. Irina Lungu, Dmitry Korchak, and Simone Piazzola star. Performance Dates: Sept. 13-24, 2024 Leoš Janáček’s “Kát’a Kabanová” will star Anush Hovhannisyan, Anton Rositskiy, Nino Surguladze, Sergei Skorokhodov, Jana Kurucová, Dmitry Cheblykov, {…}

Oct 14, 2023

Wiener Staatsoper to Livestream Anna Netrebko’s ‘Manon Lescaut’

The Wiener Staatsoper is set to livestream Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.” The stream will be held on Nov. 8 and will star Anna Netrebko in the title role, Davide Luciano as Lescaut, Joshua Guerrero as the Des Grieux, and Evgeny Solodovnikov as Geronte. Jader Bignamini will conduct the production by Robert Carsen. Netrebko first performed the Wiener Staatsoper production in 2016 {…}

Jul 30, 2023

Jonathan Tetelman, Maria Agresta, Nina Stemme, Yusif Eyvazov Lead Teatro Massimo di Palermo’s 2023-24 Season

The Teatro Massimo di Palermo has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera The season opens with Bellini’s “I Capuleti e Montecchi.” Omer Meir Wellber conducts the production by Idan Cohen. The cast includes Maria Kataeva and Anna Pennisi as Romeo and Marina Monzó and Francesca Pia Vitale as Giulietta. Ioan Hotea, Mert Süngü, Marco Spotti, and Gabriele Sagona round out the {…}

Apr 16, 2023

Cecilia Bartoli, Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Lisette Oropesa & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Wiener Staatsoper’s 2023-24 Season

The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the 2023-24 season featuring new productions, revivals, and concerts. Premieres The company will showcase Tatjana Gürbaca’s production of “Il Trittico.” For “Il Tabarro,” audiences will hear Carlos Álvarez, Anja Kampe, and Joshua Guerrero. Headlining “Suor Angelica” will be Eleonora Buratto and Michaela Schuster. Finally, for “Gianni Schicchi,” the headliners including Carlos Álvarez, Serena Sáenz, Michaela {…}

Jan 12, 2023

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: L’Elisir d’Amore

(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) Last month the Metropolitan Opera opened its final run of Sonja Frisell’s legendary “Aida” staging. The production, which opened in 1988, remains somewhat of a splendor for its lush and detailed sets. As I noted in my recent review, I have never been the biggest fan of this particular mise-en-scène, but on this revival, {…}

Jul 17, 2022

Teatro Di San Carlo 2021-22 Review: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Opera is going through a transition with companies trying to modernize works in order to bring younger audiences and bring the art form into the modern world. In some cases, it works and in other cases, it becomes a mere distraction that puts a concept up front and places the work and its music in the background. For the Teatro {…}

Jul 6, 2022

Riccardo Frizza, Xabier Aduaga & Jessica Pratt lead Teatro San Carlo’s ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’

The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli is set to present a revival of Filippo Crivelli’s classic production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The production, which premiered in 1998 features set designs by Lele Luzzati and costumes by Santuzza Cali. Riccardo Frizza wll conduct the work and said, “conducting what is perhaps the best-loved opera buffa in the repertoire is {…}

Jun 4, 2022

Eleonora Buratto, Magdalena Kožená, Ismael Jordi, Cecilia Bartoli & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Palau de Les Arts’s 2022-23 Season

The Palau de les Arts in Valencia has announced its 2022-23 season featuring opera, zarzuela concerts and inetrnational stars. Opera Jamie Man’s “Zelle” will be showcased with countertenor Steve Katona, Ryoko Aoki, Jackie Janssens, Asko|Schönberg, Wiek Hijmans, Joey Marijs, and Tatiana Rosa. Man conducts his work. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2022 Alex Esposito, Eleonora Buratto, Silvia Tro Santafé, and Ismael {…}

Apr 28, 2022

Teatro San Carlo to Present ‘I Puritani’ in Concert Instead of a Production

The Teatro San Carlo has announced a change for its upcoming performances of Bellini’s “I Puritani.” The company noted, “We inform our audience that the opera ‘I Puritani’ by Vincenzo Bellini scheduled from Sept. 7 to 16, 2022 at Teatro di San Carlo will be performed in concert version.” The opera, which was originally set to be performed in a production, will star {…}

Apr 7, 2022

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma to Present ‘La Boheme’ Film

(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni-Teatro dell’Opera di Roma) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to present Puccini’s “La Bohème” on Rai3 on April 8, 2022. The company will also showcase the film on Rai Cultura which was conducted by Michele Mariotti and directed by Mario Martone. In a statement, Martone said, “I wanted to tell the story or rather, the life {…}

Dec 17, 2021

Royal Opera House Announces Cast Change For ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

(Credit: Operabase official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced that Italian baritone Davide Luciano is indisposed and has withdrawn from performing the role of Count Almaviva in all performances of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” from Jan. 9-27, 2022. As a result, Argentine baritone and former Jette Parker Young Artist Germán E. Alcántara will take over the {…}

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