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Pier Luigi Pizzi Wins 2024 Premio Piero Cappuccilli

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Pier Luigi Pizzi has been awarded the 2024 Premio Piero Cappuccilli. The award was handed to the acclaimed director after the July 26 performance of “Tosca” which starred Erika Grimaldi in the title role. The Fondazione Cappuccilli announced the news noting, “Yesterday night the fifth edition of the Piero Cappuccilli International Award was awarded to the great director Pierluigi Pizzi {…}
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Teatro la Fenice to Celebrate Pier Luigi Pizzi’s 90th Birthday

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On June 15, the Teatro la Fenice will celebrate legendary director Pier Luigi Pizzi’s 90th birthday. The company will stream a live interview with the director on Facebook at 11 a.m. and will later share it on YouTube and Instagram. The interview will be conducted by Fortunato Ortombina in the Sala grande di Campo San Fantin. Ortombina will go through {…}
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Carolina López Moreno, Giorgi Manoshvili, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Ilker Arcayürek & Liparit Avetisyan Lead Teatro Regio di Parma’s 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced its 2026-27 season. Giorgi Manoshvili headlines Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” with Ana Victòria Pitts, Ekaterina Savinkova, Enkelejda Shkosa, Kirill Belov, Vladislav Chizhov,Dmitry Ulyanov, Denys Pivnitskyi, Ilia Kazakov, Francesco Pittari, Leonardo Cortellazzi, and Stavros Mantis. James Conlon conducts the production by Leo Muscato. Performance Dates: Jan. 22-30, 2027 Amartuvshin Enkhbat leads Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with Liparit Avetisyan, {…}
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Teatro Municipale di Piacenza 2025-2026 Review: Stiffelio

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(Photo : ©Gianni Cravedi) When “Stiffelio” premiered in 1850, Giuseppe Verdi was going through a period of transition: he had left behind his so-called “galley years” yet had not fully reached artistic maturity. It is precisely in this phase that “Stiffelio” emerged, revealing itself as a bold experiment: deeply modern in its approach to human conflict and, at the same {…}
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Ravenna Festival 2025 Review: Orlando

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(Photo: Zani-Casadi) For the November installment of the Ravenna Festival, it was decided to present a Händel trilogy, comprising two fully staged operas, “Orlando” and “Alcina,” and a concert performance of his oratorio “The Messiah.” First up was the composer’s 1733 composition, “Orlando,” written to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece, which premiered at London’s King’s Theatre and ran for {…}
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Teatro Trieste Verdi to Open with Two ‘Figaro’ Operas

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(Credit: F.Parenzan) The Teatro Trieste Verdi is set to open its 2025-26 season with “Il barbiere di Siviglia” and Le Nozze di Figaro,” two productions deliberately interwoven within the calendar to enable audiences to experience both works over the course of a single weekend. The project pays tribute to the figure of Figaro, the revolutionary character conceived by Beaumarchais in {…}
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Lidia Fridman, Antonio Poli, Daniel Luis de Vicente, Marta Torbidoni & Eleonora Buratto Lead Festival Verdi’s 2026 Season

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The Festival Verdi has announced the operas for its 2026 season. The festival, which will be celebrated between October 1 and 25, 2026, will showcase the theme of “Mondi lontani,” evoking fascination with the exotic. The first of the three operas that will be performed is the rarely seen “Alzira” at the Teatro Regio di Parma. The rarely performed work will star {…}
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Teatro La Fenice to Stream ‘Anna Bolena’ with Lidia Fridman & Carmela Remigio

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(Credit: Michele Corsera) The Teatro La Fenice is set to stream its production of Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena.” The company announced it would stream the work on YouTube on August 1 in a production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Renato Balsadonna conducts the work, which stars Alex Esposito, Lidia Fridman in her role debut, Carmela Remigio, William Corrò, Enea Scala, and Manuela {…}

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