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News, Season Announcement

Teatro G. B. Pergolesi di Jesi Announces 2025 Season

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The Teatro G. B. Pergolesi di Jesi has announced its 58th season. Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” gets an adaptation by Nunzia Nigro. Germano Neri directs the production which is part of the “Progetto Scuola in Canto” series. Performance Dates: May 28-30, 2025 For the “Progetto Opera nei Borghi” series is “La Gare Generose.” Nicole Kenley-Miller directs and Kristin Ditlow conducts. {…}

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Teatro Pergolesi di Jesi to Present Modern Premiere of ‘I Quadri Parlanti’

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The Teatro Pergolesi di Jesi’s 57th season continues with Spontini’s “I Quadri Parlanti.” The opera, which will open on Nov. 29 and will also be performed on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, will be performed for the first time in modern history. The work had its world premiere in 1800 at the Teatro di Santa Cecilia a Palermo and has {…}

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Valeria La Grotta & Omar Montanari Star in ‘Pergolesi Rediscovered’

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The Pergolesi Spontini Foundation is set to present “Pergolesi Rediscovered.” Accademia Bizantina, led by harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone, return to the Festival to perform the world premiere of a new Symphony and five unpublished arias by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi from “Lo frate nnammorato.” The arias presented appear in both the 1732 and 1734 version of Pergolesi’s opera. The vocal soloists include {…}

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Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini Names New Artistic Director

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The Board of the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini led by General Director Lucia Chiatti has announced unanimously that Cristian Carrara will be the next Artistic Director of the Foundation starting December 2027. The Board of Directors thanked Carrara for the work carried out in recent years, sharing his objectives and programmatic lines which focused on affirming the identity of the Festival {…}

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Teatro Regio di Torino Former Superintendent Under Investigation

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The Teatro Regio di Torino’s former superintendent William Graziosi is under investigation. According to a report in La Reppublica, Graziosi is being investigated by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza for corruption, abuse, and cronyism. According to the investigation a number of irregularities have been found regarding Graziosi’s relationship with a Swiss-Italian artists agency and his proximity to the Five Star party {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opéra-Théâtre de Metz 2024-25 Review: Così fan tutte

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The Opéra-Théâtre de Metz in co-production with the Fondazione Teatro di Pisa, the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini di Jesi, the Fondazione Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti di Modena and the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, presented Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” A quasi-synthetic opera after the joyful, mischievous and revolutionary “Le Nozze di Figaro” and the dark, deleterious and almost mystical “Don Giovanni,” he {…}

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Marina Monzó, Francesco Meli & Sabine Devieilhe Lead Top 8 Operas To See This Weekend Internationally – 10/11-13

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Many companies will celebrate Verdi’s birthday this weekend. There will also be a number of baroque selections and two intriguing new productions of rarely performed works. Here are our recommendations for this weekend. Giovanna d’Arco – La Monnaie, Belgium In celebration of Verdi’s birthday, the Belgium theater presents a concert performance of Verdi’s popular early work. Salome Jicia takes on {…}