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Teatro alla Scala 2025-2026 Review: Nabucodonosor

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(Credit: Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala) A dark chapter in Giuseppe Verdi’s life came to an end with the success of “Nabucodonosor” at La Scala in 1842. During the preceding decade, between 1832 and 1842, Verdi had been rejected by the Milan Conservatory; his sister Giuseppa died, followed by his daughter Virginia just fourteen months old, his son {…}
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Maggio Musicale Awarded ‘Franco Abbiati’ Prize for Best Opera Production of 2025

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(Photo: Michele Monasta) Prior to the premiere of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s new production of John Adam’s opera “The Death of Klinghoffer” on April 19, the Italian Music Critics Association gathered for its 45th “Franco Abbiati” annual awards ceremony to celebrate Italian opera’s achievements of 2025. The theater of the Maggio Musicale was chosen as the venue for the presentations {…}
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2026 Premio Abbiati Winners Announced

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The 45th edition of the Premio della critica musicale “Franco Abbiati” also know as the Premio Abbiati has been announced. This year, the jury was composed of the Associazione Nazionale dei Critici Musicali featuring Andrea Estero, Alessandro Cammarano, Carlo Fiore, Gianluigi Mattietti, Carla Moreni, Roberta Pedrotti, and Alessandro Rigolli. Also in the jury were seven elected critics from the ANCM. {…}
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Teatro Carlo Felice Genova 2025-26 Review: Tristan und Isolde

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(Photo: Marcello-Orselli) “Tristan und Isolde” is a colossal work, not only for its length (five hours, including two 30-minute intermissions), or for the influence of the famous Tristan chord on Western music, but also for the symbolism it represents. Wagner was hugely influenced by Schopenhauer’s philosophy when he wrote this masterpiece, while conducting an affair with Mathilde, the wife of {…}
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Teatro La Fenice 2025-26 Review: La Clemenza di Tito

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(Photo: Michele Crosera) Venice’s Teatro La Fenice opened its 2025-26 season with a new production of “La Clemenza di Tito,” widely considered to be the least popular of Mozart’s mature operas. Its premiere in 1791 at the Estates Theatre in Prague received a lukewarm reception, with the Empress herself complaining that “nearly all of us fell asleep.” Albert Einstein’s assessment {…}
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Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Review: Soirées musicales / La cambiale di matrimonio

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(Photo: Amati Bacciardi / ROF 2025) Soirées musicales After the triumph of his last opera, “Guillaume Tell,” Gioachino Rossini decided to abandon theatrical composition and retire to his home in Paris to recover from nervous exhaustion. Even so, he never stopped writing music: he composed for himself, for Olympe Pélissier–whom he married in 1846 after the death of Isabella Colbran–and {…}
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Teatro Regio di Torino 2024-25 Review: Hamlet

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(Foto Daniele Ratti-Mattia Gaido) The Teatro Regio de Torino presented a stage production (a concert performance took place in Montpellier in May 2022) of the “world premiere” of the “tenor” version of Thomas’s “Hamlet.” The role was transposed for the famous French baritone Jean Baptiste-Faure a few weeks before its premiere, as no suitable tenor was found to sing Hamlet’s {…}
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Glyndebourne to Showcase Exhibition to Honor Legacy of Designer Oliver Messel

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Starting on May 16, 2025, Glyndebourne will open an exhibition to honor the legacy of Oliver Messel. “Oliver Messel: Designer, Maker, Influencer” will mark the 75th anniversary since Messel designed his first opera, a production of “Arabella,” for Glyndebourne. The production opened in 1950 at the Edinburgh International Festival. Between 1950-1965, he designed nine productions for the organization, including “Le {…}

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