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Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali has announced its 2024-25 season celebrating its 80th anniversary. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Diego Fasolis conducts Puccini’s “Le Villi” with Francesca Sassu, Tigran Melkonyan, and Marco Bussi. The program also features César Franck’s Prière. Performance Date: Oct. 5, 2024 Yi-Chen Lin conducts a program of music by Pietro Mascagni, Arnold Schönberg, and {…}

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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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Sonya Yoncheva & Freddie de Tommaso to Revive Giordano’s ‘Marina’

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Sonya Yoncheva and Freddie de Tommaso are set to revive Giordano’s “Marina.” The performances will be held on Feb. 12 and 14, 2026 at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan and will feature the world premiere of the lost opera in a critical edition by ura di Andreas Gies, Editio Princeps, Libreria Musicale Italiana, Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Umberto {…}

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Adam Szmidt Named Resident Conductor & Head Vocal Coach of Cape Town Opera

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Photo Credit: Nana Moraes German-Polish conductor Adam Szmidt was recently named the resident conductor and head vocal coach of Cape Town Opera. Szmidt is a sought-after conductor and educator. He has conducted and performed on all six continents with the Northern Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Rhein-Main-Philhamoniker, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and Pomeriggi Musicali Milano, to name a few. Szmidt has taught master {…}