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Donizetti Opera Festival 2025 Review: Donizetti Songs

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(Photo: Studio UV – Fondazione Teatro Donizetti ) When one thinks of Donizetti, one immediately thinks of opera: sparkling comedies or intense melodramas. Yet it must be remembered that Donizetti also composed, almost furtively, a large number of intimate, inventive, exquisitely crafted songs. These pieces reveal an introspective and confessional version of him, endowed with a surprisingly wide expressive palette. {…}
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Donizetti Opera Festival 2025 Review: Il campanello & Deux Hommes et una femme

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(Photo: Studio UV – Fondazione Teatro Donizetti) Presenting two comic titles by Gaetano Donizetti in the same program serves to underline that his genius was not confined to serious melodrama or grand opera. The production, conceived to showcase the students of the Bottega Donizettina, theDonizetti Opera Festival’s opera studio, offers a double bill featuring “Il campanello” (The Night Bell) and {…}
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Anita Rachvelishvili, Federica Guida, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Santiago Ballerini, Ian Bostridge & Kristina Mkhitaryan Lead Teatro Petruzzelli’s 2026 Season

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The Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2026 season. Opera Niccolò Piccinni’s “La Cecchina” opens the season with Daniele Luchetti directing. Stefano Montanari conducts a cast that includes Ana Maria Labin, Francesca Benitez, Krystian Adam, Francesca Aspromonte, Paola Gardina, Michela Antenucci, Christian Senn, and Pietro Spagnoli. Performance Dates: Jan 21-28, 2026 Vincenzo Milletari will conduct Verdi’s “Falstaff” with Luca Ronconi directing. The production will star Milan {…}
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Carmela Remigio, Enea Scala, Mariangela Sicilia & Paolo Bordogna Lead Donizetti Opera Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced its 2025 season. The festival will open with “Caterina Cornaro” conducted by Riccardo Frizza and directed by Francesco Micheli. Carmela Remigio leads the cast with Fulvio Valenti, Enea Scala, Riccardo Fassi, and Vito Priante. Performance Dates: Nov. 14-30, 2025 “Il Campanello” will be conducted by Enrico Pagano and directed by Stefania Bonfadelli. The cast {…}
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Maria Jose Siri, Salome Jicia & Lana Kos Lead Teatro Verdi Trieste’s 2023-24 Season

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The Teatro Verdi Trieste has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the operas the theater will showcase. The season opens with Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” in a production by Guy Monavon. Gianna Fratta conducts a cast that includes Lana Kos and Alessandra di Giorgio, Roberto Aronica, and Murat Karahan. Fernando Cisneros and Matteo Peirone also star. Performance Dates: Nov. {…}
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Luglio Musicale Trapanese Announces 2023 Summer Season

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The Luglio Musicale Trapanese has announced its 2023 summer season featuring opera, dance, and concerts. Here is a look at the vocal and operatic performances. Special Event  The season opens with the concerto “Uniti per la pace.” Sasha Yankevych conducts the evening with pianist Dmitry Shishkin and soprano Chiara Fiorani.  Performance Date: June 16, 2023 Opera Verdi’s “Macbeth” opens in a {…}
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Concorso Lirico Internazionale ‘Giuseppe Di Stefano’ Announces 2023 Winners

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The XVIII Concorso Lirico Internazionale “Giuseppe Di Stefano” has announced the 2023 winners. This year’s winners were tenor Ou Shengwu from China, baritone Pierpaolo Martella from Italy, mezzo-soprano Sayumi Kaneko from Japan, baritone Ettore Ma from China, bass-baritone Mariano Orozco from Argentina, and soprano Sara Semilia from Italy. Each winner will perform a role in a production of Rossini’s “Il {…}
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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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Andreas Schager, Scott Hendricks, Elena Guseva, Maria Barakova & Annalisa Stroppa Lead Bregenz Festival 2022 Season

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(Credit: Bregenz Festival official website) The Bregenz Festival has announced its 2022 slate, featuring four operas and international stars. Here is the full slate. Operas Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” stars Maria Barakova as Isabella, Alberto Comes as Mustafa, Sarah Yang as Elvira, and Spencer Britten as Lindoro. The cast also includes Florence Losseau, Hubert Kowalczyk, and Pierpaolo Martella. Jonathan Brandani {…}

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