Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Marigona Qerkezi, Gevorg Hakobyan & Santiago Ballerini Lead Royal Danish Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Royal Danish Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Daniele Squeo and Lukas Beikircher conduct Puccini’s “Tosca” with Francesca Tiburzi and Marigona Qerkezi sharing the title role. Matteo Lippi, Carlos Cardoso, Johan Reuter, and Daniel Luis de Vicente also star. Kasper Holten directs. Performance Dates: August 31, 2025-Jan. 24 2026 Evan Rogister conducts George Benjamin’s “Written on Skin” in a stage production by Katie Mitchell. Daniel {…}

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Q & A: Marigona Qerkezi on Why She Enjoys Singing Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti & Mozart

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(Photo: © Marigona Qerkezi press) Kosovo soprano Marigona Qerkezi gave her first performance at the age of six, in Ljubljana. She has performed on many international stages and has won scholarships from Croatia, Italy and Russia. She is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the first prize at the Leyla Gencer Opera Competition and a special prize from the {…}

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Marigona Qerkezi Leads Teatro Petruzzelli’s ‘Manon Lescaut’

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On Feb. 28, the Teatro Petruzzelli will present a production of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.” The opera will star Marigona Qerkezi in the title role. This will be her role debut which she has noted is her “dream debut.” She will joined by Denys Pivnitskyi as Dees Greiux, and Biagio Pizzuti as Lescaut. Francesco Cilluffo conducts the production by Massimo Gasparon. In {…}

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Marigona Qerkezi, Rame Lahaj, Raffaele Pe & Chiara Isotton Lead Teatro Petruzzelli’s 2025 Season

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The Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the operas and concerts. Opera Verdi’s “Il Corasaro” is set to open the season with Rame Lahaj and Zizhao Guo sharing the lead role. They will be joined by Guanqun Yu, Benedetta Torre, Vladimir Stoyanov, Luca Galli, Vanessa Goikoetxea, and Carmen Lopez. Stefano Montanari conducts the {…}

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Marigona Qerkezi, Adela Zaharia, Ramona Zaharia, Konu Kim, Liana Aleksanyan, Alasdair Kent & Scott Hendricks Lead Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s 2024-25 Season

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The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Verdi’s “Nabucco” will be directed by Ilaria Lanzino. Vitali Alekseenok and Katharina Müllner conduct a cast that includes Alexey Zelenkov, Eduardo Aladrén, Jussi Myllys, Liang Li, Svetlana Kasyan, and Marigona Qerkezi. Performance Dates: Sept. 15-Dec. 25, 2024 Christoph Stöcker and Katharina Müllner conduct Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein, and Sheldon Harnick’s {…}

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Artist of the Week: Marigona Qerkezi

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This week the Opera A Coruña is set to open its 2023-24 season with a production of “Aida” in a new production that will be headlined by one of the most exciting rising stars in opera, Marigona Qerkezi. Qerkezi, who began her career with lyric and coloratura roles, has swiftly moved into taking on Verdi operas, performing such works as {…}

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Aida Garifullina, Marigona Qerkezi & Mario Bahg Lead Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña’s 2023 Season

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The Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña has announced its 2023 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Aida” with Jose Miguel Perez Sierra conducting. Marigona Qerkezi, Nino Surguladze, Jorge Puerta, Carlos Almaguer, Giacomo Prestia, and Simon Orfila. Performance Dates: Sept. 14 & 16, 2023 Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” will star Mario Bahg, Sofia Esparza, Borja Quizo, and Luis {…}

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Oper Frankfurt Announces Cast Change for ‘Norma’

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Oper Frankfurt has announced a cast change for its “Norma” production. The company said that Stefano La Colla will take over the role of Pollione for the final performances, replacing Angelo Villari. La Colla stepped in for the May 3 and 15 performances. The tenor is well known for his Italian repertoire, having performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Bavarian {…}

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Deutsche Oper am Rhein Announces Cast Change for ‘La Traviata’

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The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced a cast change for the March 2, 2025 performance of “La Traviata.” The company said that Luiza Fatyol will sing the role of Violetta replacing Adela Zaharia who is ill. Zaharia also took to social media and said, “Bad News…I sang the Traviata performance yesterday sick- not everyone could notice (thank heavens for {…}

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Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Marigona Qerkezi, Gevorg Hakobyan & Santiago Ballerini Lead Royal Danish Opera’s 2025-26 Season

Q & A: Marigona Qerkezi on Why She Enjoys Singing Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti & Mozart

Marigona Qerkezi Leads Teatro Petruzzelli’s ‘Manon Lescaut’

Marigona Qerkezi, Rame Lahaj, Raffaele Pe & Chiara Isotton Lead Teatro Petruzzelli’s 2025 Season

Marigona Qerkezi, Adela Zaharia, Ramona Zaharia, Konu Kim, Liana Aleksanyan, Alasdair Kent & Scott Hendricks Lead Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s 2024-25 Season

Artist of the Week: Marigona Qerkezi

Aida Garifullina, Marigona Qerkezi & Mario Bahg Lead Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña’s 2023 Season

Oper Frankfurt Announces Cast Change for ‘Norma’

Deutsche Oper am Rhein Announces Cast Change for ‘La Traviata’