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Stacey Alleaume & Maria Laura Iacobellis Lead Opera Australia’s ‘La Traviata’

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Opera Australia will return to Melbourne’s Regent Theatre with a production of “La Traviata.” The opera will be presented from May 8-16 in Sarah Giles’ production, a co-production by Opera Queensland, State Opera South Australia and West Australian Opera. The production star Stacey Alleaume and Maria Laura Iacobellis as Violetta alongside Filipe Manu and Oreste Cosimo as Alfredo and baritones {…}
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Emanuela Pascu, Angelo Veccia, Maria Laura Iacobellis & Nicola Ulivieri Lead Teatro Ponchielli’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona has announced its 2025-26 season. Emanuela Pascu and Emilia Rukavina alternated in the title role of Bizet’s “Carmen.” They are joined by Roberto Aronica, Ragaa El Din, Rocio Faus, Alessia Merepez, and Pablo Ruiz. Performance Dates: Oct. 3 & 5, 2025 Sabrina Sanza, Nico Franchini, Giovanni Accardi, and Giacomo Nanni star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.” Enrico Lombardi conducts the {…}
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Claudia Pavone, Maria Mudryak & Chiara Amarù Lead Teatro Verdi Pisa’s 2023-24 Season

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The Teatro Verdi Pisa has announced its 2023-24 season featuring five operas and four new productions. The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” in a new production by Luigi De Angelis. The cast includes Chiara Amarù, Gurgen Baveyan, Dave Monaco, Arutro Espinosa and Roberto Abbondanza. Francesco Pasqualetti conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 27 & 29, 2023 Puccini’s “La Rondine” {…}
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Teatro Petruzzelli Announces 2027 Season Featuring Yusif Eyvazov, Gilda Fiume, Galeano Salas & Aya Wakizono

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Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2027 season. Opera Piccinni’s “Zenobia” will star Aya Wakizono, Arianna Vendittelli, Margherita Sala, Désirée Giove, Mert Süngü, and Valeria La Grotta. Federico Maria Sardelli conducts Daniele Luchetti’s production. Performance Dates: Jna. 27-Feb. 2, 2027 Carlo Rizzi conducts Verdi’s “Nabucco” in Emma Dante’s production. Igor Golovatenko and Ewa Płonka star. Performance Dates: March 12-19, 2027 Busoni’s “Arlecchino” {…}
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Teatro Regio di Parma 2026 Review: Norma

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(Photo: Roberto Ricci) I first heard Vasilisa Berzhanskaya as Rosina in a 2022 Florence production of “Il barbiere di Siviglia.” For the first time, I wasn’t sure if it was the standard version with a mezzo Rosina, or the less frequently performed soprano version. While the timbre was distinctly mezzo, the dazzling coloratura was more soprano than mezzo. Fast forward {…}
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OperaLombardia 2025 Cremona Review: I Puritani

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(Photo: Andrea Butti / OperaLombardia) Although “I Puritani” is an Italian opera through and through, it was conceived in Paris, at the height of the grand opéra tradition. Bellini studied Meyerbeer and Halévy in great detail, noting in his personal papers certain orchestral “effects” he wished to emulate and others he intended to avoid. As a result, the score, especially {…}
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OperaLombardia Announces 2025-26 Season

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OperaLombardia has announced its 2025-26 season. The season, which is shared by five theaters including Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Sociale di Como / AsLiCo, Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona, and Teatro Fraschini di Pavia, will showcase the same operas. Here are the works with dates to each theater: Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” will be presented in a {…}
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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Reschedules ‘Norma’ Performance

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced that following the cancelation of the March 14 performance of “Norma” due to environmental reasons. As a result, the company will make up the performance on March 18, 2025. Tickets for the March 14 performance are valid for the new date and audience members will need to confirm their attendance with the theater. Those {…}
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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces Production Change for ‘Norma’

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a change for its “Norma” production during the 2025 season. The company said, “The Teatro del Maggio informs the kind audience that the production of Vincenzo Bellini’s ‘Norma,’ scheduled for next March during the 2025 Season, will no longer be the announced revival of the play directed by Moshe Leisier and Patrice Caurier for {…}

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