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Teatro Municipale di Piacenza 2025 Review: ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ & ‘Pagliacci’

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(Photos: ©Fondazione Teatri di Piancenza) As the 19th century came to a close, during a period of artistic transition, young composers sought to innovate and redefine the operatic language. It was in this context that, almost fortuitously, the most emblematic diptych of Italian musical theater and the ultimate prototype of verismo opera emerged: Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s {…}

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Fabián Velóz, Amadi Lagha & Monica Bacelli Lead Teatro Galli – Rimini’s 2025 Season

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The Teatro Galli – Rimini has announced its 2025 season. “Brimborium!” will star Beini Zou, Camilla Pacchierini, Laura Rigotti, Vera Della Scala, and Marcello Zinzani. Matteo Mazzoni directs and Mattia Dattolo conducts. Performance dates: Fev. 7, 2025 “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” will be performed in a double bill. Mascagni’s opera will star Teresa Romano, Fabián Velóz, Amadi Lagha, Eleonora Filipponi, and Francesca {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Aigul Akhmetshina, Angel Blue, Jonas Kaufmann, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Piotr Beczała, Luca Salsi, & Aleksandra Kurzak Lead Arena di Verona’s 2025 Season

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The Arena di Verona has announced its 2025 season. Verdi’s “Nabucco” will get a new production. Stefano Poda will direct the new production. Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Youngjun Park, Luca Salsi, and Igor Golovatenko lead the cast that includes Anna Pirozzi, Maria José Siri, Anna Netrebko, and Olga Maslova as Abigaille, Francesco Meli and Galeano Salas as Ismaele. The cast is rounded out by Roberto {…}

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Luciano Ganci & Stefano Secco Lead Teatro Filarmonico’s ‘Stiffelio’

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The Teatro Filarmonico is set to present Verdi’s rarely performed work “Stiffelio.” The Verona production will star Luciano Ganci and Stefano Secco sharing the title role alongside Caterina Marchesini and Daniela Schillaci as Lina, and Vladimir Stoyanov as Stankar. Leonardo Sini conducts the production by Guy Montavon.  Regarding the rarely performed work, Ganci said, “When I was small, I didn’t want to {…}

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Claudia Pavone, Luca Salsi, Teresa Romano & Angelo Villari Lead Teatro Municipale di Piacenza’s 2024-25 Season

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The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Claudia Pavone stars in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” alongside Irene Savignano, Angelo Villari, and Alessandro Luongo. Leo Nucci directs the production and Matteo Beltrami conducts. Performance Dates: Dec. 15-22, 2024 Raffaele Pe, Marie Lys, Davide Giangregorio, Delphine Galou, Filippo Mineccia, Federico Fiorio, Enrico Torre, and Clemente Antonio Daliotti star in Händel’s “Giulio {…}

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Mariangela Sicilia, Luciano Ganci & Mojca Erdmann Lead Teatro Filarmonico’s 2024 Season

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Verona’s Teatro Filarmonico has announced its 2024 season. Opera Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” will be conducted by Gianna Fratta and directed by Ivan Stefanutti. The opera will star Alexander Vinogradov, Matteo Mezzaro, Anna Siminska, Gilda Fiume, Giulia Bolcato, Michele Patti, and Matteo Macchioni. Performance Dates: Jan. 21-Jan. 28, 2024 Puccini’s “La Rondine” will be conducted by Alvise Casellati and directed by {…}

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Teatro San Carlo Announces More Cast Changes for ‘Macbeth’

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The Teatro San Carlo has announced two cast changes for its March 12 performance of Verdi’s “Macbeth.” The company said that due to illness Sondra Radvanovsky will not sing the role of Lady Macbeth and will be replaced by Daniela Schillaci. Meanwhile, George Gagnidze will sing the title role taking over for Luca Salsi. Schillaci performed the role on opening {…}

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Teatro San Carlo Announces Cast Change for ‘Macbeth’

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The Teatro San Carlo has announced a cast change for its concert performance of Verdi’s “Macbeth.” The company said that due to illness Sondra Radvanovsky will not sing the role of Lady Macbeth on March 9. As a result, Daniela Schillaci will take over the role. Schillaci has performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Teatro Massimo Bellini in {…}

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OperaStreaming Announces Fall 2022 Slate

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OperaStreaming has announced its Autumn 2022 season. The company will stream “Madama Butterfly” from the Teatro Comunale di Modena” with a cast starring Vittoria Yeo, Daniela Schillaci, Diego Cavazzin, Nozomi Kato, and Sergio Vitale. Aldo Sisillo conducts a production directed by Stefano Monti. Streaming Date: Oct. 30, 2022  Also in Modena, Ana Maria Labin, José Maria Lo Monaco, Robert Gleadow, {…}