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Carmela Remigio, Lisette Oropesa, Joseph Calleja & Markus Werba Headline Festival della Valle d’Itria’s 2021 Season

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The Festival Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, Italy has announced its 47 edition with the theme “Fiat lux.” The festival which will be held between July 17 and August 5 will feature international stars from around the world. Operas  Haydn’s “The Creation” will be conducted by Fabio Luisi and will feature Vassily Solodkyy, Alessio Arduini, Jan Antem, and Sabrina Sanza. Fabio {…}

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Carmen Giannattasio & Markus Werba Lead Teatro Massimo’s 2021 Season Opening

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(Credits: Cory Weaver / Francesco Luciani) Teatro Massimo di Palermo will be live streaming the opening of its 2021 season with the performance of the complex, site-specific opera “Il Crepuscolo dei Sogni.” The opera includes music from Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini, Franz Schubert, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Modest Mussorgsky, Arrigo Boito, Richard Strauss, {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Markus Werba, Thomas Hampson, Anita Rachvelishvili Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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Happy 2021! As we settle into this New Year, this week’s streams will feature a host of celebratory concerts from around the world as well as some productions of opera favorites from some of the most renowned companies in the world. New Year’s Recital – Istituto Italiano di Cultura Hong Kong (NOW) Kick off the first week of the New {…}

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Markus Werba, Eleonora Buratto & Emily D’Angelo Headline Teatro alla Scala’s January Streaming Program

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced its January streaming program. The month will begin with a recital by Markus Werba accompanied by Michele Gamba. The program will be dedicated to Robert Schumann. Streaming Date: Jan. 4, 2021 The month continues with Lorenzo Viotti conducting the La Scala orchestra in a program featuring Brahms Symphony No. 3 and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7. {…}

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Carmen Giannattasio & Markus Werba Lead Teatro Massimo’s New Year’s Eve Concert

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(Credit: Jean Philippe Raibaud) The Teatro Massimo di Palermo is set to present a New Year’s Eve concert featuring Carmen Giannattasio and Markus Werba. The concert is set to be streamed on the Italian company’s Teatro Massimo WebTV and will feature music by Haydn, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Spontini, Lehar, Le Gaz Spoliansky, and De Curtis. Omer Meir Wellber will conduct {…}

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Sabine Devieilhe, Aida Garifullina & Markus Werba To Present Concerts At Teatro alla Scala

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(Credits: Fabien Monthubert / Simon Fowler/Decca /Askonas Holt Artists Management) The Teatro alla Scala has announced three upcoming concerts featuring some of opera’s greatest stars. First up, soprano Sabine Devieilhe will present a recital on Dec. 14, 2020. The showcase, which will also feature pianist Alexandre Tharaud, will include works by Ravel, Poulenc, Fauré, and Debussy. The recital will be {…}

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Antonio Pappano, Leah Hawkins & Markus Werba Lead Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Musacchio & Ianniello) The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy has announced its 2020-21 season. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on the vocal performances. The season opens with Gerhild Romberger and Clay Hilley performing Bruckner’s “Te Deum” and Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Antonio Pappano conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-18, 2020 {…}

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Markus Werba, Leo Nucci & June Anderson Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s Streams

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(Credit: Teatro dell’Opera di Roma) The “Teatro Digitale” dell’Opera di Roma has announced operas streaming from June 9-21, 2020. The first stream will be the ballet “Marco Spada” with Rudolf Nureyev in the title role. The performance also stars Ghislaine Thesmar, Lucia Colognato, Michaël Denard, and Alfredo Rainò. The ballet features music by Daniel François Esprit Auber and is conducted {…}

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Markus Werba Replaces Mariusz Kwiecień at Royal Opera

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(Courtesy of Hilbert Artist Management) Markus Werba is set to replace Mariusz Kwiecień  in Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The company announced that after Kwiecień was forced to cancel the new production for personal reasons, Werba will take on the baritone role. Werba is a recognized baritone who made his Royal Opera debut in 2008 as Harlequin {…}