Carmela Remigio, Bruno Taddia, Raffaele Pe & Vincenzo Costanzo Lead Teatro Alighieri’s 2025 Season

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The Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna has announced its 2025 season featuring three opera productions. The season opens with Händel’s “Giulio Cesare“ conducted by Ottavio Dantone and directed by Chiara Muti. Raffaele Pe, Marie Lys, Delphine Galou, Filippo Mineccia, Federico Fiorio, Andrea Gavagnin, Clemente Antonio Daliotti, and Davide Giangregorio. Performance Dates: Jan. 17 & 19, 2025 Gaspare Spontini’s “La Vestale” will be conducted {…}

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Q & A: Italian Baritone Bruno Taddia On His Role as Licinius in Spontini’s ‘La Vestale’

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(Photo: Matilde Fassò) Italian baritone Bruno Taddia is embarking on his most challenging role yet as Licinius in Gaspare Spontini’s “La Vestale,” with libretto by Étienne de Jouy, for the Pergolesi Spontini Festival in Jesi. OperaWire dives headfirst into asking Taddia all about how he connects with this role and what it means to him as he performs for this {…}

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Bruno Taddia Leads Opera Colorado’s ‘Don Giovanni’

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Opera Colorado is set to present Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” from Nov. 4 to 12, 2923. Music Director Ari Pelto will lead the Opera Colorado Orchestra in Mozart’s masterful score alongside a cast that includes Bruno Taddia, Joshua Bloom, Danielle Pastin Ellie Dehn, Jon Bellemer, Kevin Thompson, Kerby Baier, and Turner Staton. David Lefkowich directs the production. In a statement, Ellie {…}

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Teatro Municipale di Piacenza 2023-24 Review: La Vestale

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(Photo: Stefano Binci) Maiolati, a small Italian municipality of just six thousand inhabitants located in the province of Ancona, at the heart of Italy, preserves an important cultural legacy. In this serene village, Gaspare Spontini was born in 1774, a composer who, during his time, achieved extraordinary fame and recognition. However, over the years, his name and works have gradually {…}

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Teatro Pergolesi di Jesi to Revive ‘Il turco in Italia’ For First Time in 205 Years

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(Credit: Valentina Zanaga) Rossini’s “Il turco in Italia” is set to be presented at the 57th season of the Teatro Pergolesi di Jesi. The opera, which has been absent for 205 years from Jesi, will be showcased in a new production by Roerto Catalano on Nov. 8 and 10. The cast will be led by Elena Galitskaia as Donna Fiorilla, Bruno {…}

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Jessica Pratt, Carmen Giannattasio, Anastasia Bartoli & Juliana Grigoryan Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2025 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its 2025 season. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” with Riccardo Frizza conducting a cast that includes Carmen Giannattasio, Angelo Villari, and Claudio Sgura. Paul Curran directs. Another cast includes Ann Petersen, Amadi Lagha, and Gustavo Castillo. Performance Dates: Jan. 24-30, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Giovanni Sala, Marko Mimica, and Lucas Meachem lead Donizetti’s {…}

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Carmela Remigio & Ruth Iniesta Lead Teatro Pergolesi Spontini’s 2024 Season

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The Teatro Pergolesi Spontini has announced its 2024 operatic season. The season opens with Spontini’s “La Vestale“ conducted by Alessandro Benigni and directed by Gianluca Falaschi. Carmela Remigio sings the title role alongside Bruno Taddia, Joseph Dahdah, Daniela Pini, Adriano Gramigni, and Kilo Patrick Sullivan. Performance Dates: Oct. 18 & 20, 2024 Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” will be conducted by Hossein Pishkar {…}

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Teatro di Pisa Announces 2024-25 Season

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Teatro di Pisa has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” with Andrea Cigni directing and Francesco Pasqualetti at the podium. Angelo Villari sings the title role alongside Maria Teresa Leva and Angelo Veccia. Michael Spadaccini, Francesca Vitali, and Kim Gangsoonalso star. Performance Dates: Oct. 25 & 27, 2024 Ruth Iniesta and Paolo Lardizzone lead Verdi’s {…}

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Rosa Feola, Olga Peretyatko, Samantha Hankey & Lawrence Brownlee Lead New National Theatre Tokyo’s 2024-25 Season

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New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Bellini’s “La Sonnambula.” The cast includes Hidekazu Tsumaya, Mutsumi Taniguchi, Rosa Feola, Antonio Siragusa, Hare Ito, and Kei Kondo. Maurizio Benini conducts a production directed by Bárbara Lluch. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-14, 2024 Gezim Myshketa, René Barbera, Yoko Yasui, Hidekazu Tsumaya, Olga Peretyatko, and Junko Saito star in {…}

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Carmela Remigio, Bruno Taddia, Raffaele Pe & Vincenzo Costanzo Lead Teatro Alighieri’s 2025 Season

Q & A: Italian Baritone Bruno Taddia On His Role as Licinius in Spontini’s ‘La Vestale’

Bruno Taddia Leads Opera Colorado’s ‘Don Giovanni’

Teatro Municipale di Piacenza 2023-24 Review: La Vestale

Teatro Pergolesi di Jesi to Revive ‘Il turco in Italia’ For First Time in 205 Years

Jessica Pratt, Carmen Giannattasio, Anastasia Bartoli & Juliana Grigoryan Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2025 Season

Carmela Remigio & Ruth Iniesta Lead Teatro Pergolesi Spontini’s 2024 Season

Teatro di Pisa Announces 2024-25 Season

Rosa Feola, Olga Peretyatko, Samantha Hankey & Lawrence Brownlee Lead New National Theatre Tokyo’s 2024-25 Season