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Vittoria Yeo, George Petean, Caterina Sala & Giuliana Gianfaldoni Lead Teatro Petruzzelli’s 2024 Season

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The Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2024 season. Opera Beethoven’s “Fidelio” will open the season with Joan Anton Rechi directing and Stefano Montanari conducting. The production is set to star Modestas Sedlevičius, Vito Priante, Jörg Schneider, Helena Juntunen, Tillman Rönnebeck, Francesca Benitez, and Pavel Kolgatin. Performance Dates: Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2024  Vittoria Yeo, Michiko Takeda, Mario Cassi, Luca Galli, {…}

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Hidekazu Tsumaya, Leonardo Capalbo, George Petean, Mari Moriya Headline New National Theatre Tokyo’s 2022-23 Season

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The New National Theatre Tokyo has announced its 2022-23 season which will feature three new productions and seven revivals. The season kicks off with a new production of Händel’s “Giulio Cesare” starring Marianne Beate Killand, Etsuko Kanoh, Mika Kaneko, Mari Moriya, Daichi Fujiki, and Vitaly Yushmanov. Laurent Pelly directs and Rinaldo Allessandrini conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-10, 2022 Evgeny Nikitin, {…}

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George Petean Takes Over Final Performance of ‘Simon Boccanegra’ at Opernhaus Zürich

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(Credit: Opernhaus Zürich official website) George Petean will replace Ludovic Tézier in the title role of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the Opernhaus Zürich on Dec. 30, 2021. Petean has already replaced Tézier for the performances on Dec. 22 & 26, 2021. No reason has been given for a cast change. Petean joins a cast that includes Jennifer Rowley as Amelia {…}

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George Petean Replaces Ludovic Tézier in ‘Simon Boccanegra’ at Opernhaus Zürich

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(Credit: Opernhaus Zürich official website) George Petean will replace Ludovic Tézier in the title role of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the Opernhaus Zürich for the performances on Dec. 22 & 26, 2021. Petean joins a cast that includes Jennifer Rowley as Amelia Grimaldi, Christof Fischesser as Jacopo Fiesco, Otar Jorjikia in the role of Gabriele Adorno, Nicholas Brownlee as Paolo {…}

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Artur Ruciński To Replace George Petean In Chicago’s “Il Trovatore’

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George Petean has canceled his upcoming performances of “Il Trovatore” at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The company announced that due to illness Petean would not be able to perform the role of Conte di Luna. As a result, Polish baritone Artur Ruciński, who will be making his Lyric debut, will replace Petean. Ruciński recently canceled performances at the San Francisco Opera {…}

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CD Review: BR Klassik’s ‘Messa di Gloria’

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  Puccini’s “Messa di Gloria” is not the unjustly belittled opera in disguise which musicologists, for decades, have made it to be. They objected to the unbefittingly ariose “Gratias agimus,” as well as the mass’ compilatory structure. For a “Mass of Glory,” strictly speaking, only contains the Kyrie and Gloria sections; Puccini, however, adopts all five movements of mass, and {…}

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Riccardo Frizza to Lead Festival Verdi’s ‘Attila’

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The Festival Verdi is set to present Verdi’s “Attila” in two concert performances. Riccardo Frizza will return to the festival to conduct after his acclaimed performances of “Simon Boccanegra” in 2022. He will lead a cast that includes Giorgi Manoshvili as Attila, George Petean as Ezio, Marta Torbidoni as Odabella, and Luciano Ganci as Foresto. Frizza will conduct the Filarmonica {…}

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Royal Opera House 2024-25 Review: La Traviata

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  When I asked soprano Aida Garifullina, in an earlier interview, what dream role she aspired to sing, she responded:
“To be honest, I’m singing it at the moment…‘Traviata’ is my favorite opera.”

And, on the opening day of this performance, almost 30 years since Richard Eyre’s celebrated first production of it, she sang her heart and soul out to prove it. {…}

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LaScalaTV Releases Sonya Yoncheva & Roberto Alagna’s ‘Fedora’

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced that its 2022 production of “Fedora” is now available on LaScalaTV. The production, which premiered in 2022, is directed by Mario Martone and was the first time since 2004 that the opera had been performed at the legendary Milanese theater. Sonya Yoncheva and Roberto Alagna led the starry cast which also included Serena Gamberoni {…}