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Yonghoon Lee, Yaritza Véliz, Annalisa Stroppa, Fabián Veloz & Liudmyla Monastyrska Lead Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires’ 2026 Season

https://operawire.com/yonghoon-lee-yaritza-veliz-annalisa-stroppa-fabian-veloz-liudmyla-monastyrska-lead-teatro-colon-in-buenos-aires-2026-season/

The Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires has announces its 2026 season. Opera Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci“ and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana“ will open the season with a cast that includes Yonghoon Lee, Denis Pivnitsky, Alejandro Roy, María Belén Rivarola, Fabián Veloz, Youngjun Park, Diego Bento, Liudmyla Monastyrska, and Mónica Ferracani. Beatrice Venezi conducts the production by Hugo de Ana. Performance Dates: April 14-24, 2026 Oscar Strasnoy’s “Dementia” will make {…}
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Asmik Grigorian, Yaritza Véliz, Mario Chang, Catherine Foster & Judit Kutasi Lead Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile’s 2026 Season

https://operawire.com/asmik-grigorian-yaritza-veliz-mario-chang-catherine-foster-judit-kutasi-lead-teatro-municipal-de-santiago-de-chiles-2026-season/

The Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile has announced its 2026 season. Opera Puccini’s “La bohème“ will star Yaritza Véliz, Angelina Akhmedova, Michael McDermott, Kameron Lopreore, Camila Romero, Pilar Garrido, Germán Alcántara, Yeongtaek Yang, Javier Weibel, Sergio Gallardo, Matías Moncada, Francisco Salgado, Pedro Alarcón, and Cristián Lorca. Paolo Bortolameolli conducts the production by Cristina Gallardo-Domâs. Performance Dates: May 7-18, 2026 Giordano’s {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro alla Scala 2024-25 Review: La Fille du Régiment 

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(Photo: Brescia e Amisano / Teatro alla Scala) When Gaetano Donizetti arrived in Paris in October 1838, he was already one of the great figures of bel canto. Yet what he sought in the French capital was professional stability and institutional recognition–something Italy had not always granted him. Within a few months he had conquered, along with the French language itself, {…}
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Luis Castillo-Briceño & Miguel Sepúlveda Win International Conducting Competition in Rotterdam

https://operawire.com/luis-castillo-briceno-miguel-sepulveda-win-international-conducting-competition-in-rotterdam/

Luis Castillo-Briceño and Miguel Sepúlveda have been awarded the Grand Prix at the International Conducting Competition in Rotterdam. Castillo-Briceño won the Classical, Proms, and Symphonic prizes, while Sepúlveda won the Contemporary, Opera and Codarts prizes. Both conductors competed alongside the four other Designate Winners, including Askonas Holt Fellows Jakub Przybycień and Sam Weller, in five separate rounds and were named {…}
Reviews

Opéra National de Paris 2024-25 Review: La Fille du Régiment

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(Photo: Elisa Haberer / Opéra national de Paris) I sensed two ghosts on the stage of Opéra Bastille last night. Don’t worry—they were as nice as ghosts can be. In fact, they were so congenial that they enhanced the operatic experience, turning what would have been a merely jolly evening into a thought-provoking one. The problem is, no matter how {…}
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Erika Grimaldi, Alexandra Razskazoff, Sergey Romanovsky & Vanessa Goikoetxea Lead Teatro Municipal de Santiago’s 2025 Season

https://operawire.com/erika-grimaldi-alexandra-razskazoff-sergey-romanovsky-vanessa-goikoetxea-lead-teatro-municipal-de-santiagos-2025-season/

The Teatro Municipal de Santiago has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the opera and vocal performances. Opera Erika Grimaldi and Oksana Sekerina star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with José Simerilla, Anthony Ciaramitaro, Kai Rüütel, Evelyn Ramírez, Eleomar Cuello, and Javier Weibel. Paolo Bortolameolli conducts the production by Verónica Villarroel. Performance Dates: July 3-12, 2025 Yaritza Véliz and {…}
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Julie Fuchs & Lawrence Brownlee Lead Paris Opera’s ‘La Fille du Régiment’ Stream

https://operawire.com/julie-fuchs-lawrence-brownlee-lead-paris-operas-la-fille-du-regiment-stream/

(Credit: Elisa Haberer/ONP) On  Nov. 6, 2024, Opera de Paris Play is set to present Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment.” The production will be streamed in Laurent Pelly’s legendary production. It sets the comedy during the 1914 war rather than the Napoleonic Wars and modernizes the piece without sacrificing a single ounce of its brio. Julie Fuchs leads the cast in {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Ekaterina Bakanova on ‘Manon’ and Her Favorite Roles to Perform

https://operawire.com/q-a-ekaterina-bakanova-on-manon-and-her-favorite-roles-to-perform/

(Photo credit: Enrico De Luigi) Soprano Ekaterina Bakanova is a Russian born opera and oratorio singer. Italian by adoption, she famously made her Royal Opera House debut in “La Traviata,” with just a few hours notice, after Sonya Yoncheva became ill in 2015. She has since performed in many of the renowned opera houses in the world. She is the {…}

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