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Wexford Festival Opera 2023 Review: L’Italiana In Algeri

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(Photo: Padraig Grant) The success of the Wexford Factory, the festival’s development program for young singers, was splendidly illustrated by its presentation of Rossini’s comic opera “L’Italiana in Algeri.” Without exception, the singers engaged enthusiastically with Conor Hanratty’s fast-moving and highly amusing staging that kept the audience entertained and laughing along. Although they possess various levels of experience, all produced {…}

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Rossini Opera Festival 2023 Review: Aureliano In Palmira

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(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) A group of shepherds wander onto the stage. Among them are three goats being given some food to eat. There should have been four goats, but apparently one had escaped. They spent their time chewing away, seemingly oblivious to the ongoing stage movement and singing, strange surroundings of the theatre and the sound of the orchestra. At {…}

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Olga Peretyatko, Sara Blanch & Enea Scala Lead Rossini Opera Festival’s 2023 Season

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The Rossini Opera Festival has announced its 2023 season featuring three productions and concerts. The first production of the season will be “Eduardo e Cristina” in a new production by Stefano Poda. Jader Bignamini conducts Enea Scala, Anastasia Bartoli, Daniela Barcellona, Grigory Shkarupa, and Matteo Roma. Performance Dates: August 11-20, 2023 “Aureliano in Palmira” will be conducted by George Petrou {…}

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Maria Teresa Leva, Simon Lim & Vittoria Yeo Lead Teatro Comunale di Modena’s 2022-23 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Modena has announced its 2022-23 season. Arrigo Boito’s “Mefistofele” opens the season with a cast that includes Simon Lim, Antonio Poli, Marta Mari, and Eleonora Filipponi. Francesco Pasqualetti conducts the production by Enrico Stinchelli. Performance Dates: Oct. 7 & 9, 2022 Vittoria Yeo, Daniela Schillaci, Diego Cavazzini, Nozomi Kato, and Sergio Vitale star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with {…}

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Rossini Opera Festival 2021 Review: Elisabetta Regina d’Inghilterra

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(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) “Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra,” premiering in 1815, was Rossini’s first of eight operas for Naples’ Teatro di San Carlo. Having already established himself in Venice and Milan, he was set on conquering the Neapolitan public. This was no easy task, given the opposition he faced from the local cognoscenti. Such was his determination, however, he gave considerable attention {…}

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Rossini Opera Festival Closes with Gala Honoring Juan Diego Flórez

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(Credit: Decca / Josef Gallauer) On August 22, the Rossini Opera Festival will present a gala honoring Juan Diego Flórez’s 25th anniversary at the ROF. The gala will see the attendance of the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, as an honored guest. Soloists will include Flórez, Eleonora Buratto, Marina Monzo, Marta Pluda, Manuel Amati, Giorgio Caoduro, Nicolo Donini, {…}

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Rossini Opera Festival to Broadcast ‘Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra’

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Rossini Opera Festival is set to broadcast its new production of “Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra.” The work, which will be presented in a new production by Davide Livermore inspired by “The Crown,” will be broadcast on the Rai5 television channel on Sept. 30. The opera will star Karine Deshayes in the title role, Sergey Romanovsky, Salome Jicia, Marta Pluda, Barry Banks, and {…}

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Rossini Opera Festival Announces Festival Streams

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The Rossini Opera has announced streamings for its autumn Rossini Opera Festival. The company announced that Nov. 25, 27 and 29 perofrmances of “Il barbiere di Siviglia” will be streamed via the company’s rossinioperafestival.it. The production by Pier Luigi Pizzi  will be conducted by Michele Spotti and star Juan Francisco Gatell (Count Almaviva), Carlo Lepore (Bartolo), Aya Wakizono (Rosina), Iurii {…}