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Operafest Lisboa Announces 2024 Season

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Details of Operafest Lisboa’s fifth season have been released. The article only contains opera-centered events. Throughout the festival “Maratona Ópera XXI: New Dynamics for Today’s Opera” workshops take place. The New Libretto Awards are also presented during this time. Mainstage  Opening the festival is a double bill performance of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The casts include Rodrigo Porras Garulo, {…}

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Teatro São Luiz 2024: Felizmente Há Luar

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(Photo credit: ©EGEAC, José Frade – photographer ) An extraordinary new opera premiered last week at Lisbon’s historic Teatro São Luiz, called “Felizmente Há Luar!” (loosely translatable as “fortunately the moonlight still shines”) by the prolific Portuguese composer Alexandre Delgado. Commissioned by the Orquestra Filarmónica Portuguesa, this was the most significant national opera premiere in recent years, and perhaps the {…}

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Fundaçao Casa de Mateus to Present Marcos Portugal’s ‘As Damas Trocadas’

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The Fundaçao Casa de Mateus will present the premiere of “As Damas Trocadas ou o Diabo a Quatro” by Marcos Portugal on July 21, 2023. This new version of the work by Marcos Portugal and Giuseppe Foppa will be directed by Nicolás Isasi, in his European debut, and conducted by Ricardo Bernandes, who will lead the Orquesta Barroca de Mateus. It will star Luanda Siqueira, {…}

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OPERAFEST Lisboa Announces 2022 Festival Season ‘Destiny in Vertigo’

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OPERAFEST Lisboa has unveiled its third edition, under the theme of “Destiny in Vertigo.” The festival opens with Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The work, which will be conducted by Jan Wierzba and directed by Sandra Faleiro, will star Carlos Cardoso, Catarina Molder, and Christian Luján. Performance Dates: August 19 -26, 2022 Next up is “American Evening: ‘Labirynth’ and ‘A {…}

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OperaFest Lisboa Announces 2021 Season

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OperaFest Lisboa has announced its 2021 season, which will feature a wide range of opera programming. It all kicks off with “Madama Butterfly” at the Garden Museum Nacional de Arte Antiga. The work will star Catarina Molder, Mads Wighus, Ana Ferro, and Christian Luján. Jan Wierzba conducts with Olga Roriz directing. Performance Dates: August 20-27, 2021 Sandra Faleiro will direct {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jennifer Davis & Adriana Gonzalez Lead Top 7 Operas to See This Weekend – International

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(Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper) This weekend is all about new productions, role debuts and rarely performed works. Here are seven productions we recommend this weekend. Leonore – Wiener Staatsoper, Austria Tomáš Netopil conducts a new production by Amélie Niermeyer of Beethoven’s only opera. The cast includes Jennifer Davis in her Vienna debut, Katrin Röver, Benjamin Bruns, Falk Struckmann, Thomas Johannes Mayer, {…}

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Xabier Anduaga, Ekaterina Bakanova & Christopher Ventris Highlight Teatro Nacional De São Carlos, Lisboa’s 2019-20 Season

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Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisboa has announced its 2019-20 season. The season will start off with Welsh National Opera’s production of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” directed by David Pountney. The cast will feature Miklós Sebestyén as the Marquis of Calatrava / Il Padre Guardiano, Cristiana Oliveira / Julianna Di Giacomo as Leonora, Damiano Salerno as Don Carlo di {…}

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Teatro Nacional De Sao Carlos Cancels ‘La Bohème’

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The Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos has canceled its production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The theater announced that due to a strike announced by the CENA-STE – Trade Union of Exhibition, Audiovisual and Musician Workers, the entire run of performances were canceled. The theater will return tickets to ticket holders. The run of performances was set to star Natalia Tanasii, Susana Gaspar, Dmytro {…}

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Top 6 Operas To See This Weekend (4/13-15): Iréne Theorin, Evelyn Herlitzius & Anna Caterina Antonacci Lead Weekend

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This week we look at six different operas scattered around Europe that are sure to bring about unique experiences. Götterdämmerung – Wiener Staatsoper, Austria  Stephen Gould, Eric Halfvarson, and Iréne Theorin lead the final installment in Wagner’s Tetralogy. The opera, which will also be live streamed, is set to be conducted by Adam Fischer. It will also be the final performance {…}