Oper Frankfurt is set to present a new production of Donzietti’s “Don Pasquale.” Simone Di Felice is set to conduct the new staging by Caterina Panti Liberovici which is set to open on Sept. 23 and will run through Oct. 15, 2023 at the Bockenheimer Depot. The opera will star Božidar Smiljanić and Donato Di Stefano sharing the title role {…}
The Teatro Cervantes de Malaga has announced its 2022-23 season which will celebrate its 34th anniversary. The season opens with the double bill of Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana.” The cast of “Pagliacci” includes Andeka Gorrotxategi (Canio), Carmen Solís (Nedda), Dalibor Jenis (Tonio), César San Martín (Silvio), and Leonardo Sánchez. Meanwhile Leoncavallo’s opus will star Solís (Santuzza), Andeka Gorrotxategi {…}
The Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. José María Moreno conducts a program of music by Roldan, Strauss, and Mussorgsky with soloist Vanessa Goikoetxea. Performance Dates: Sept. 15 & 16, 2022 José María Moreno conducts an opera gala with music by Verdi, Rossini, Offenbach, Dvorak, Mozart, Barbieri, Sorozábal, Moreno Torroba, {…}
The Orquesta and Coro Nacionales de España have announced their 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. The season opens with György Ligeti’s Requiem and Richard Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie conducted by David Afkham with soloists Jenny Daviet and Barbara Kozelj. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-25, 2022 György Ligeti’s Atmosphères and Antonín Dvořák’s Te Deum and {…}
The Oper Köln has announced its 2022-23 season featuring nine new productions and five revivals. Here is a look at the operatic productions of the season. Premieres Enea Scala headlines Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” alongside Mirko Roschkowski in a new production by Johannes Erath. The cast also includes Veronica Simeoni, Isabelle Druet, and Marco Spotti. Francois Xavier-Roth conducts. Premiere Date: Sept. {…}
Italy’s Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its fall 2021 season. The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi. The cast will include Cesar Cortez and Pablo Martinez sharing the count with Paola Leguizamon as Rosina, Marco Filippo Romano as Bartolo, Roberto De Candia as Figaro, and Andrea Concetti as Basilio. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-23, 2021 Kristine Opolais leads {…}
This weekend two new productions open with some of the biggest stars in opera while a rarely performed work is set to open in Germany. Don Giovanni – Teatro Mayor, Colombia José Areán conducts Marcelo Lombardero’s production of Mozart and Da Ponte’s masterpiece. Acclaimed bass Nahuel di Pierro stars in the title role with a cast that also includes Hernán {…}
On Feb. 25, 2020, the Teatro Mayor in Bogota debuted a new production of Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni.” “Don Giovanni” is one of the most controversial yet relevant operas of today. It is an opera that tells the story of a man who abuses women and gets away with it, all while mocking them. Given the social context, {…}
On Feb. 25, the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo is set to present Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni.” The opera, written by Da Ponte, is set to open in a production by Marcelo Lombardero with an international cast that is headlined by Nahuel di Pierro in the title role. The cast will also feature Hernán Iturralde as Leoporello, {…}
The Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Fundación Rogelio Salmona. The orchestra will perform Beethoven’s ninth symphony under the direction of Andrés Felipe Jaime with soprano Gloria Londoño, mezzo-soprano Jenny Andrea Orjuela Niño, tenor Pablo Martínez, and bass Valeriano Lanchas. They will be joined by la Sociedad Coral Santa Cecilia and el Coro Filarmónico Juvenil {…}
On Sept. 5, 2019, the Teatro Mayor in Bogotá, Colombia is set to stream Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” on its Teatro Digital service. The stream comes from an earlier performance during the company’s August run of the opera. The stream is set to star Valeriano Lanchas as Don Bartolo, Pablo Martinez as the Count Almaviva, Paoloa Leguizamon as Rosina, Borja {…}
