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Q & A: Vasilisa Berzhanskaya on Her Opera Career Path & What Keeps Her Curious in Life

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(Photo Credit: Lena Fainberg) Born in Russia, mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya is a graduate of the Russian Gnesin Academy of Music in Moscow and a former member of the Youth Opera Program at the Bolshoi Theatre. Her repertoire encompasses roles of the Italian bel canto of Rossini and Bellini, Mozart, Baroque music such as Vivaldi and Purcell, and roles from Russian {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma 2023-24 Review: La Sonnambula

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Photo: The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma presents a new production of Vincenzo Bellini’s “La sonnambula,” crafted by Jean-Philippe Clarac and Olivier Deloeuil, boasting a stellar cast. Set in a picturesque Swiss village, the narrative revolves around Amina, a modest young woman on the brink of matrimony to a wealthy landowner. However, her world is turned upside down when she is {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opéra de Paris 2023-24 Review: Beatrice di Tenda

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(Photo: Franck Ferville) Unfortunately, I could not attend the opening night of Paris Opera’s premiere of “Beatrice di Tenda.” I even tried to emulate the experience of an opening night: I avoided, as much as I could, reading the reviews. But, before I could stop them, a few friends had stressed how negative most reviews were. After watching the opera, {…}
News

Saronno International Lyric Competition to Hold 2nd Edition

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On May 3, 2023, the Saronno stage in Italy will host the 2nd International Lyric Competition in honor of Giuditta Pasta. The previous competition saw over 130 applicants, with the finalists performing in the Kumamoto District in Japan. Under Artistic Director Maurizio Moretta, the competition offers prizes totaling 8k Euros, as well as performance opportunities in concert and opera productions {…}
DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: HDTT’s ‘Maria Callas: The Copenhagen Concert’

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When in 1963 Maria Callas devoted her season to the restrictive duties of recording a Prêtre-led recital for EMI, as well as a tour of concerts in, among others, Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Stuttgart, she had not performed a full opera in well over a year. Indeed, her infamous liaison with Onassis and perhaps the onset of a vocal crisis are {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Donizetti Opera Festival 2021 Review: Medea in Corinto

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Giovanni Simone Mayr was the maestro di Cappella de Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, and a prolific opera composer during the first half of the 19th century. He composed “Medea in Corinto” for Naples in 1813 and premiered a second version in Bergamo in 1821 with Felice Romani rewriting the libretto—Romani being one of the primary librettists of the bel {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Nuovo Bel Canto Festival 2018 Review: Medea in Corinto

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This review is for the performance on Sunday, July 29, 2018. Beginning on Saturday, July 28, 2018, Teatro Nuovo’s Bel Canto Festival has opened with their production of Rossini’s “Tancredi.” The festival aims to showcase seldom-seen works that are able to enchant audiences, and their production of Giovanni Simone Mayr’s “Medea in Corinto,” does that and more. Due to being {…}
Opera Wiki

Artist Profile: The Brief But Potent Career of Daniela Dessì

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Soprano Daniela Dessì, born on May 14, 1957, enjoyed a tremendous career that was unfortunately cut short by an untimely death in 2016. Dessì studied at the Conservatory of Parma and Accademia Chigiana of Siena. She made her operatic debut in 1979 at the Teatro dell’Opera Giacosa in the opera “La Serva Padrona. From there, her career took off with {…}

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