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Matthias Goerne, Guanqun Yi, Leo Nucci, Ying Huang Headline Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

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The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2024-25 season. Here’s a rundown of vocal performances on offer. The opening night showcase will be headlined by baritone Matthias Goerne in a program that includes works by Mozart, Wagner, Ma Sicong, Huang Yijun, Suppé, Sarasate, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler. Long Yu, Chen Xieyang, Cao Peng, and Hou Runyu conduct the concert which also {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Leo Nucci & Sonya Yoncheva on their “Homage to Maria Callas” at the Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman

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(Photo: Khalid Al-Busaidi, ROHM) OperaWire has been in Oman at the Royal Opera House Muscat to review a production of Puccini’s “La Bohème” and a concert performance entitled “Homage To Maria Callas,” starring the great Italian baritone Leo Nucci and the fabulous Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva, along with the Egyptian tenor Ragaa Eldin. The stars of the show, Yoncheva and {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Leo Nucci, Ambrogio Maestri, Sydney Mancasola, Antonino Siragusa Headline Royal Opera Muscat’s 2023-24 Season

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The Royal Opera House Muscat has unveiled its 2023-24 season. Here is the rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. First up is “The Barber of Seville” with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI and the Intermezzo Choir under the musical direction of Antonino Fogliani. The opera stars Antonino Siragusa as Conte d’Almaviva, Carlo Lepore as Dr. Bartolo, Nicola {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Leo Nucci, Cate Blanchett, Thomas Quasthoff, Adam Plachetka & Anthony Davis Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to hear a concept album for one of the acclaimed films of the year as well a solo album by one of the rising star basses of his generation. There is also a world premiere recording of an opera that is having a renaissance and a new recording of one of Verdi’s masterpieces. Molieri  Bass-baritone {…}

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Leo Nucci & Erwin Schrott’s Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía Concert Postponed

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(Credits: Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Spain has postponed baritone Leo Nucci and bass-baritone Erwin Schrott’s concert. The event, which was scheduled for Nov. 11, 2021, was postponed for undisclosed reasons and has not been rescheduled at this time. Nucci and Schrott were supposed to perform music by Giuseppe Verdi with Jordi {…}

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Leo Nucci & Plácido Domingo to be Honored with Bellini d’Oro

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Leo Nucci and Plácido Domingo will be honored with the Bellini d’Oro awards. The award will be given by the Società Catanese Amici della Musica in Taormina, Italy following a performance of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” at the Teatro Greco Antico. The two famed singers are currently collaborating on the work with Nucci singing the title role and Domingo conducting. In a {…}

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Ailyn Pérez, Leo Nucci, Jessica Pratt, Lise Davidsen, Thomas Hampson Headline Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s 2021-22 Season

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The Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2021-22 season which will include nine operas. First up will be Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s production of “Così fan tutte,” which will be conducted by Zubin Mehta. The opera will star Valentina Nafornita, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Mattia Olivieri, Benedetta Torre, and Thomas Hampson. Performance Dates: August 30– Sept. 4, 2021 Next up {…}

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Xabier Anduaga, Lise Davidsen, Leo Nucci & Saioa Hernández Lead 2021 Fall Performances at Teatro Colón de A Coruña

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(Credits: Operabase official profile / Operabase official profile / James Hole/Decca Records / GM Art & Music official website) Amigos de la Ópera have announced the program of fall vocal performances at the Teatro Colón de A Coruña, Spain. Here is a look at what to expect this fall. Opera Vincenzo Bellini‘s opera “I Puritani” will star Nadine Sierra, Xabier {…}