Ruth Iniesta, Arsen Soghomonyan & Daniela Barcellona Lead Teatro Verdi Trieste’s 2022-23 Season

The Teatro Verdi Trieste has announced its 2022-23 season featuring six operatic productions. Daniel Oren and Ivan Ciampa conduct Verdi’s “Otello” in a production by Giulio Ciabatti. Arsen Soghomonyan stars alongside Lianna Haroutounian, Roman Burdenko, and Mario Bahg. Performance Dates: Nov. 4-15, 2022 Christopher Franklin conducts Puccini’s “La Bohème” with Carlo Antonio De Lucia directing. Lavinia Bini, Alessandro Scotto di {…}

Oct 28, 2021

Wexford Festival Opera 2021 Review: Edmea

(Photo: Clive Barda) The theme of this year’s Wexford Festival Opera is “Shakespeare in the Heart,” a title that allows for a wide interpretation. Of the three main operas only one is actually based on a Shakespeare play, Karl Goldmarks’ “Ein Wintermärchen,” which is a representation of “A Winter’s Tale,” although the Wexford Factory is also presenting a production of {…}

Sep 15, 2020

Wexford Festival Opera Teams Up With RTÉ & ARTE to Stream Festival

The Wexford Festival Opera has announced that it will team up with RTÉ and ARTE to bring opera to audiences in Ireland and worldwide. The festival will run between Oct. 11-18 and features performances by Lisette Oropesa, Antonio Pappano, Angela Meade, Celine Byrne, Ermonela Jaho, Aigul Akhmetshina, Simone Alberghini, Nicola Alaimo, Daniela Barcellona, Joseph Calleja, Roberto de Candia, Paolo Bordogna, Helena {…}

Mar 4, 2020

Lisette Oropesa, Anne Sophie Duprels, Shakespeare Headline Wexford Festival Opera 2020

(Credit: Jason Homa) The Wexford Festival has unveiled its 69th Festival, which includes a program inspired by the work of William Shakespeare. It all kicks off with “Ein Wintermärchen,” a work by Karl Goldmark. The performance, which will take place that O’Reilly Theatre, stars Sergy Radchenko, Sophie Gordeladze, Deanna Breiwick, Simon Thorpe, Julian Hubbard, Rory Musgrave, Lancelot Nomura, and Zlata {…}

Jul 15, 2019

Carmela Remigio, Roberta Mantegna & Claudia Pavone Highlight Teatro Verdi Trieste’s 2019-20 Season

The Teatro Verdi Trieste has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of new productions. The season opens with Puccini’s “Turandot” starring Mlada Khudoley, Marcelo Puente, Desirée Rancatore, and Andrea Comelli. Nikša Bareza conducts the production by legendary soprano Katia Ricciarelli. Performance Dates: Nov. 29-Dec. 8, 2019 Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts Katia Ricciarelli’s production of Verdi’s “Aida.” The opera will star Anna Litvinova, Gianluca Terranova, Anastasia Boldyreva, and Andrea Borghini. {…}

Jun 20, 2019

Fondazione Teatro Donizetti Announces 2019-20 Season

The Fondazione Teatro Donizetti has announced its 2019-20 season featuring three operas and operettas. Opera Maria Teresa Leva sings the title role in Verdi’s “Aida” with a cast that includes Samuele Simoncini, Cristina Melis, Leon Kim, and Fabrizio Beggi. Francesco Cilluffo conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s historical production. Performance Dates: Dec. 13 & 15, 2019 Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” will be conducted by Leonardo Sini and is set {…}

Jul 29, 2017

Impressions From Operalia 2017 Final: Levy Sekgapane, Maria Mudryak, Adela Zaharia Among Major Standouts

The Operalia 2017 competition has come to an end with Adela Zaharia and Levy Sekgapane as the winners of the first prizes. I sat through the entire transmission, listening to a truly talented class of singers, many of whom already have the musical maturity and performance acumen to be major figures in the opera world in the not-so-distant future. With {…}