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Orchestra della Toscana Announces 2025-26 Season

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The Orchestra della Toscana has announced its 2025-26 season, marking its 45th anniversary. Here are the two vocal performances. Diego Ceretta conducts Mozart’s “Requiem” and Cherubini’s “Marche religieuse” with soloists Francesca Pia Vitale, Eleonora Filipponi, Dave Monaco, and Francesco Leone. Performance Date: Sept. 10, 2025 Diego Ceretta conducts Mozart, Verdi, and Wagner with Giuliana Gianfaldoni and Riccardo della Sciucca. Performance {…}
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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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Jessica Pratt, Olga Peretyatko, Luca Salsi, Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena & Nombulelo Yende Lead Maggio Musicale FIorentino’s 2025 Season

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(Credit: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino) The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2025 season. Stefano Ranzani conducts a production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” by Davide Livermore. Celso Albelo, Daniel Luis de Vicente, Leon Kim, Olga Peretyatko, Alessio Cacciamani, and Eleonora Filipponi star. Performance Dates: Feb. 16-23, 2025 Michele Spotti conducts Bellini’s “Norma” in a production by Moshe Leisier and Patrice Caurier. Jessica Pratt, {…}
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Festival della Valle d’Itria to Present Nino Rota’s ‘Aladino e la lampada magica’

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The Festival della Valle d’Itria is set to present its third opera ” Aladino e la lampada magica” by Nino Rota. The opera, which will be presented at the Palazzo Ducale di Martina Franca, will be presented on July 30, August 1, and 4, 2024. The work, which will has been absent from theaters and festivals for many years, is {…}
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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces New Cast Change for ‘Otello’

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a cast change for its production of Verdi’s “Otello.” The company that the role of Desdemona will be performed by Zarina Abaeva replacing the originally announced Anastasia Bartoli. Abaeva has performed at the Perm Opera and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, among others. Her repertoire includes the music of Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Offenbach, Bizet, and Verdi. The {…}
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Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2022 Review: Lohengrin

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(Photo: Andrea Ranzi) For the Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s final production at the Sala Bibiena, before its four-year closure for major refurbishment, it presented Wagner’s “Lohengrin” conducted by Asher Fisch and directed by Luigi De Angelis. For those who like their operas to be a challenge, this production may have proved to be a worthwhile experience, but even then, this {…}
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Aida Garifullina, Olga Peretyatko, Kate Lindsey & Lawrence Brownlee Lead George Enescu Festival’s 2023 Season

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The George Enescu Festival has announced its 2023 season. here is a look at the vocal performances. Zubin Mehta is set to conduct Verdi’s “Otello”  with Fabio Sartori, Anastasia Bartoli, Luca Salsi, and Eleonora Filipponi. Performance Date: August 28. 2023 Cristian Măcelaru conducts the WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln with soloist Matthias Goerne. The concert includes music by Dediu Formido, Mahler, and {…}

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