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Rossini Masterpiece & Zarzuela Classics Headline Programming of 2025 Cartagena Music Festival

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The XIX Cartagena Music Festival has unveiled its programming to kick off 2025. The focus will be music from the Iberian Peninsula. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. “Canciones con Aire Colombiano” will feature mezzo-soprano Paola Leguizamón and pianist Alejandra Roca taking on five songs by Jaime León Ferro as well as a song by Antonio {…}

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Rossini Opera Festival 2024 Review: Ermione

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(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) “Ermione” managed only seven performances when premiered at Naples’ San Carlo in 1816 before being shelved. It had to wait until 1987 to be revived, when it received its first modern staging at the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival. Since then, it has had numerous performances, with each adding to its reputation as one of the composer’s most {…}

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Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo to Present ‘Così fan tutte’

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(Credit: Auditorio Nacional del Sodre y Juan Diego Castillo) The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia will present Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Così fan tutte” this February. Scheduled for Feb. 21 – 25, 2024, the production will be directed by Marcelo Lombardero with José Areán conducting the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia. Lombarderos production sets the opera {…}

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Jessica Pratt, Anastasia Bartoli, Juan Diego Flórez & Dmitry Korchak Lead Rossini Opera Festival’s 2024 Season

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The Rossini Opera Festival has announced its 2024 season which will be held in Pesaro from August 7 to 23, 2024. The Festival will be inaugurated at the PalaScavolini, a new theatre space reopened within the already famous PalaFestival, by “Bianca and Falliero.” Roberto Abbado will conduct the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and the Coro Teatro Ventidio Basso. The {…}

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Hera Hyesang Park, Magdalena Kozena, Alejandro Escobar, Kate Royal, Raquel Andueza Headline Second Half of Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo’s 2022 Season

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(Credit: Junseob Yoon) The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia has announced its program for the second half of 2022. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. Clara Rozo will present “Ibérica: canots del mundo lusófono e hispano”with pianist Luis Gabriel Mesa. The concert will feature music by de Carvalho, {…}

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Kristine Opolais, Pablo Martinez & Chiara Amarù Lead Teatro Comnuale di Bologna’s Fall Season

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Italy’s Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its fall 2021 season. The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi. The cast will include Cesar Cortez and Pablo Martinez sharing the count with Paola Leguizamon as Rosina, Marco Filippo Romano as Bartolo, Roberto De Candia as Figaro, and Andrea Concetti as Basilio. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-23, 2021 Kristine Opolais leads {…}

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Ermonela Jaho, Lisette Oropesa & Daniela Mack Lead Teatro de la Maestranza’s 2021-22 Season

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The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Spain has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances. Operas Ermonela Jaho and Carmen Solís alternate the title role in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Amadi Lagha, Enrique Ferrer, Damián del Castillo, Gerardo Bullón, Moisés Marín, Felipe Bou, José Manuel Díaz, and Diana Larios. Alain Guingal conducts {…}

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Ópera de Colombia to Celebrate 45th Anniversary With Streamed Gala Performance

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Ópera de Colombia is set to celebrate its 45th anniversary with a Gala that will be broadcast through the public television channel starting on May 17 at 9:00 p.m. The gala, which took place last fall, featured five renowned Colombian singers including tenor César Gutiérrez, mezzo-soprano Paola Leguizamón, sopranos Karolyn Rosero and Ana María Ruge, and baritone Juan David González. {…}

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Carlos Álvarez, Ainhoa Arteta, Saioa Hernandez & Sonya Yoncheva Headline Teatro de la Zarzuela’s 2020-21 Season

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The Teatro de la Zarzuela in Spain has announced its 2020-21 season featuring several productions, concerts, and recitals. Productions  The season opens with a double entitled “Granada.” The first work in the double bill will be “La Tempranica” starring Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Ana Ibarra, Javier Franco, Rubén Amoretti, Gustavo Peña, Gerardo Bullón, and Miguel Sola. Meanwhile, Ainhoa Arteta and Virgnia {…}