Kristine Opolais, Gaston Rivero, & Justina Gringytė Lead Lithuanian National Opera’s 2023-24 Season

The Lithuanian National Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. The season opens with Verdi’s “Aida” conducted by Sesto Quatrini and starring Kristīne Opolais, Kseniya Bakhritdinova, and Viktorija Miškūnaitė sharing the title role. They will be joined by Gaston Rivero, Liudas Norvaisas, Justina Gringytė, Tadas Girininkas, Liudas Mikalauskas, Arūnas Malikėnas, and Kostas Smoriginas. Performance Dates: Nov. 10-18, 2023 Vladimiras Prudnikovas will {…}

Nov 23, 2022

Teatro Coccia Announces 2023 Season

Italy’s Teatro Coccia di Novara has announced its 2023 season featuring seven productions. Sara Cortolezzis, Gaston Rivero, Jorge Nelson Martinez González, and Carmen Topciu star in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” with Antonello Allemandi conducting. Deda Cristina Colonna directs. Performance Dates: Jan. 20-22, 2023 Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will be conducted by Christopher Franklin and directed by Alberto Jona. Chuan Wang, Michele Govi, Mara Gaudenzi, Emmanuel {…}

Nov 1, 2022

Gaston Rivero, Giuliana Gianfaldoni, Angela Meade & Rame Lahaij Lead Teatro Regio di Torino’s 2023 Season

The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced its 2023 season featuring seven productions. Diego Fasolis conducts Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Santiago Ballerini, Nico Darmanin, Leonardo Galeazzi, Riccardo Novaro, José Maria Lo Monaco, Mara Gaudenzi, John Chest, Rodion Pogossov, and Guido Loconsolo. Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau directs. Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 5, 2023 Verdi’s “Aida” is set to star Erika Grimaldi, Angela Meade, Anastasia Boldyreva, Silvia {…}

Oct 21, 2022

Leah Crocetto, Raffaelle Pe & Levy Sekgapane Lead Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli’s 2023 Season

The Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli has announced its 2023 season. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances. Opera The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Cecilia Molinari, Amira Elmadfa, Levy Sekgapane, Cesar Cortes, Marcus Werba, Gurgen Baveyan, Gianluca Buratto, Nicolò Donini, Marco Filippo Romano, and Stefano Marchisio. Stefano Montanari conducts teh production by Davide Livermore. Performance Dates: Jan. 22-29, {…}

Aug 4, 2022

Teatro Massimo Bellini Announces 2025 Season Opener

The Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, Italy has announced the opening night for its 2025 season. The company noted that in co-production with the Teatro di Zagabria and Teatro la Coruña, the company will present a production of Verdi’s “Otello” by Giancarlo Del Monaco which is set to be conducted by Fabrizio Maria Carminati. The cast will be headlined by {…}

Jul 1, 2022

Leah Crocetto, Levy Sekgapane, Gaston Rivero & Selene Zanetti Lead Fondazione Petruzzelli’s 2023 Season

The Fondazione Petruzzelli has announced its 2023 season featuring eight productions. The season will open with Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Cecilia Molinari, Amira Elmadfa, Levy Sekgapane, Cesar Cortes, Markus Werba, Gurgen Baveyan, Gianluca Buratto, Nicolò Donini, Marco Filippo Romano, and Stefano Marchisio. Stefano Montanari conducts Davide Livermore’s production. Performance Dates: Jan. 22-29, 2023 Ian Storey, Elena Gabouri, Jane {…}

Sep 4, 2021

Q & A: Gaston Rivero on Young Artists, Career Development, Mentors & Oper Leipzig

Credit: Fadil-Berisha During the past year, tenor Gaston Rivero has described the pandemic as a challenging period but a necessary break for him. It has made him think of the priorities in his life and what he wants to do with his career. During this time, he became a member of the voice teachers team of the Lotte Lehmann’s Akademie in Perleberg, {…}

Jul 20, 2021

Stefan Vinke, Gaston Rivero, Olga Jelínková & Elisabet Strid Lead Oper Leipzig’s 2021-22 Season

Oper Leipzig has announced its 2021-22 season featuring four new productions. Here is a look: New Productions Viktor Ullmann’s “The Fall of the Antichrist” will be conducted by Matthias Foremny and directed by Balázs Kovalik. The production will star Thomas Mohr, Dan Karlström, Kay Stiefermann, Stephan Rügamer, Sebastian Pilgrim, and Martin Petzold. Performance Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 17, 2021 David Pountney {…}

Jun 1, 2021

Adina Aaron, Ludovic Tézier, Helena Juntunen, Matthew Polenzani, Tuija Knihtilä Headline Savonlinna Opera Festival 2022

The Savonlinna Opera Festival has announced its 2022 festival, which will feature five operas and several concerts. First up will be a new production of Verdi’s “Aida” by director Phillipp Himmelmann who asserts that “’Aida’ must be retold, because the world has changed irrevocably.” The opera will star Adina Aaron and Helena Juntunen sharing the title role alongside Gaston Rivero, {…}

Feb 17, 2021

Hungarian State Opera to Stream New Production of ‘Don Carlo’

The Hungarian State Opera is set to stream a new production of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” The new production will be directed by Frank Hilbrich and will stream on Feb. 20, 2021, via jegy.hu. The five-act version will star Gaston Rivero in the title role, Gábor Bretz as Filippo II, Csaba Szegedi as Posa, Erika Gál as Eboli, András Palerdi as {…}

Dec 26, 2020

Oper Leipzig To Livestream ‘Il Trovatore’ on New Year Eve

(Image source: Oper Leipzig TV / YouTube) Oper Leipzig has announced that it will stream a shortened adapted version of Verdi’s operatic masterpiece “Il Trovatore” on Dec. 31, 2020 at 5 p.m. CET. The opera will star Roberta Mantegna as Leonora, Dario Solari as Conte di Luna, Gaston Rivero in the role of Manrico, Marina Prudenskaya as Azucena, Sandra Maxheimer {…}