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Iván Ayón Rivas, Paolo Bordogna, Marco Filippo Romano, Eleonora Bellocci & Ildar Abdrazakov Lead Teatro Filarmonico’s 2026 Season

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The Teatro Filarmonico has announced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances in Verona. The season will open with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” starring Ildar Abdrazakov, Paolo Bordogna, Ramaz Chikviladze, Gilda Fiume, Iván Ayón Rivas, Marta Torbidoni, Emma Fekete, and Alessandro Abis. Francesco Lanzillotta conducts the production by Enrico Stinchelli. Performance Dates: Jan. 18-25, 2026 Christian Senn, Loriana Castellano, Josè {…}
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Claudia Pavone, Luca Salsi, Teresa Romano & Angelo Villari Lead Teatro Municipale di Piacenza’s 2024-25 Season

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The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Claudia Pavone stars in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” alongside Irene Savignano, Angelo Villari, and Alessandro Luongo. Leo Nucci directs the production and Matteo Beltrami conducts. Performance Dates: Dec. 15-22, 2024 Raffaele Pe, Marie Lys, Davide Giangregorio, Delphine Galou, Filippo Mineccia, Federico Fiorio, Enrico Torre, and Clemente Antonio Daliotti star in Händel’s “Giulio {…}
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Jacquelyn Wagner, Cecilia Molinari & Marco Ciaponi Lead Festival della Valle d’Itria di Martina Franca’s 2024 Season

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The Festival della Valle d’Itria di Martina Franca is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2024. The festival will include three operas and will run from July 17 through August 6, 2024. Operas  The festival will open with Bellini’s “Norma” in a new production conducted by Fabio Luisi. The cast will include Jacquelyn Wagner (Norma), Valentina Farcas (Adalgisa), Airam {…}
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Cast Change: Christian Federici Takes Over ‘Don Giovanni’ at Teatro Filarmonico

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The Teatro Filarmonico is Verona has found a new Don Giovanni for its upcoming production of the Mozart opera. The company said that Christian Federici will sing the title role, replacing the originally announced Ildart Abdrazakov. Abdrazakov was forced to withdraw after the company faced backlash from political figures like Pina Picierno and the Alexei Navalny Foundation, who called for {…}
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Teatro Trieste Verdi to Open with Two ‘Figaro’ Operas

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(Credit: F.Parenzan) The Teatro Trieste Verdi is set to open its 2025-26 season with “Il barbiere di Siviglia” and Le Nozze di Figaro,” two productions deliberately interwoven within the calendar to enable audiences to experience both works over the course of a single weekend. The project pays tribute to the figure of Figaro, the revolutionary character conceived by Beaumarchais in {…}
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Italian Politician Speaks Out Against Ildar Abdrazakov’s Hiring at Teatro Filarmonico

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Pina Picerno, Vice President of the European Parliament, is speaking out against the hiring of Ildar Abdrazakov at Verona’s Teatro Filarmonico. The politician took to X and said, “First of all, let’s remember what we have already done, what we are doing now and what we will always do: fight together for democracy and against the propaganda of criminal regimes.” {…}
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Anastasia Bartoli, Ruzil Gatin, Raffaella Lupinacci & Piero Pretti Lead Macerata Opera Festival’s 2026 Season

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The Macerata Opera Festival has announced its 2026 season. The festival will be held between July 17 and August 9, 2026. The season will open with Verdi’s “Nabucco” in a production by Paul-Émile Fourny and conducted by Fabrizio Maria Carminati. Ariun Ganbaatar, Alberto Comes, Anastasia Bartoli, Alessandro Scotto Di Luzio, and Laura Verrecchia star. Performance Dates: July 17-August 9, 2026 {…}
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How to Listen to Teatro Alla Scala’s ‘La Forza Del Destino’ with Anna Netrebko

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On June 21, numerous public radio stations in the United States are set to broadcast the Teatro alla Scala’s production of “La Forza del Destino.” The opera will be broadcast at 1 p.m. and will feature Riccardo Chailly conducting Verdi’s masterwork. The cast is led by Ana Netrebko, Brian Jagde, Ludovic Tézier, Alexander Vinogradov, Marco Filippo Romano, and Vasilisa Berzhansaya. {…}
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Lidia Fridman, Carmela Remigio, Gregory Kunde, Dmitry Korchav & Claudia Pavone Lead Teatro Municipale di Piacenza’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/lidia-fridman-carmela-remigio-gregory-kunde-dmitry-korchav-claudia-pavone-lead-teatro-municipale-di-piacenzas-2025-26-season/

The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Stiffelio” featuring Gregory Kunde, Lidia Fridman, Vladimir Stoyanov, and Riccardo Rados. Leonardo Sini conducts the production by Pier Luigi Pizzi.  Performance Dates: Dec. 19 & 21, 2025 Markus Werba leads Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Renzo Ran, Claudia Pavone, Marco Ciaponi, Carmela Remigio, Tommaso Barea, Alberto Petricca, and Greta Doveri. Enrico Pagano conducts the production by Andrea Bernard. Performance {…}

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