Ravenna Festival Announces 2024 Season

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Italy’s Ravenna Festival has announced its 2024 season. Here are the vocal performances. The season will include the summer program which runs from May 11 through July 9 and the opera trilogy which runs from Nov. 15 to 21. Ottavio Dantone conducts the Accademia Bizantina and the Philharmonia Chor Wien in Haydn’s “The Creation.”Soloists include Charlotte Bowden, Martin Vanberg, and Andre Morsch. {…}

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Ildar Abdrazakov Will Sing at the Ravenna Festival’s Verdi Gala

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(Update) Ildar Abdrazakov will perform on Dec. 22, 2023. OperaWire was misinformed and Ravenna Festival has confirmed the participation of Abdrazakov in the gala tongiht. We apologize for the misinformation. Ildar Abdrazakov will be performing on Dec. 22 in the Ravenna Festival’s Verdi Gala conducted by Riccardo Muti. He will join a cast that includes Elisa Balbo, Isabel De Paoli, {…}

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Ravenna Festival to Present Riccardo Muti & Verdi

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The Ravenna Festival is set to present “a trilogy according to Riccardo Muti.” From Dec. 16 to 22, Muti will lead his Cherubini Orchestra in the semi-staged performances of “Norma” and “Nabucco” and in an all-Verdi gala at the 19th-century Alighieri Theatre. On Dec. 16 and 19, Muti will conduct Bellini’s “Norma” with Klodjan Kaçani, Vittorio De Campo, Monica Conesa, {…}

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Ravenna Festival 2023 Review: Stabant Matres

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Photo credit: Zani-Casadio The Ravenna Festival does not want for quality venues. In fact, it is able to boast access to some of the most stunning venues in Europe including the Byzantine masterpiece, the San Vitale Basilica, which dates back as far as the 6th century AD. Its visually stunning mosaic frescoes cover the walls and ceiling of the alter {…}

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Ravenna Festival Announces 2023 Season

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The Ravenna Festival has announced its 2023 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. The Ensemble Salomone Rossi. Performance Date: June 11, 2023 The Orchestra dell’Accademia del Teatro alla Scala and Solists of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala will be conducted by Donato Renzetti. The program includes music by Donizetti, Wagner, Gounod, and Verdi. Performance {…}

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Ravenna Festival to Present Da Ponte Trilogy

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The Ravenna Festival is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary with Mozart’s Da Ponte trilogy. The festival will present the trilogy from Oct. 31 through Nov. 6 at the Teatro Alighieri. The festival will join forces with two of Europe’s oldest theatres, the Swedish Drottningholms Slottsteater and the Opéra Royal de Versailles. On the podium of the Luigi Cherubini Youth {…}

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Ravenna Festival Announces 2022 Season

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The Ravenna Festival has announced its 2022 season. For the purposes of this article we will focus on the Italian festival’s vocal performances. The Mahler Chamber Orchestra led by Daniel Harding conductor will showcase “Azio Corghi Tra la carne e il cielo,” a poetical dramaturgy Maddalena Mazzocut-Mis from Pier Paolo Pasolini for concertante cello, male narrator, soprano, piano, and orchestra. {…}

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Ravenna Festival 2021 Review: Teodora

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(Photo: Marco Borelli) High up on the right hand side of the apse, the Empress Teodora and her retinue look down onto the altar of Ravenna’s Basilica of San Vitale. The image is a golden mosaic infused with greens and purples. Teodora’s regal gaze dominates the picture, her knowing stare is cast upon the streams of visitors who come each {…}

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Rosa Feola, Riccardo Muti, Anna Prohaska Headline Ravenna Festival’s 2020 Season

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(Image Source: Ravenna Festival Official Website) The Ravenna Festival in Italy has announced its program for the 2020 festival. For the purposes of this article, we will be focused solely on vocal performances. The season kicks off with Riccardo Muti leading a concert starring Rosa Feola in music by Mozart. Performance Date: June 21, 2020 Soprano Pamela Lucciarini and Ensemble {…}

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Ravenna Festival Announces 2024 Season

Ildar Abdrazakov Will Sing at the Ravenna Festival’s Verdi Gala

Ravenna Festival to Present Riccardo Muti & Verdi

Ravenna Festival 2023 Review: Stabant Matres

Ravenna Festival Announces 2023 Season

Ravenna Festival to Present Da Ponte Trilogy

Ravenna Festival Announces 2022 Season

Ravenna Festival 2021 Review: Teodora

Rosa Feola, Riccardo Muti, Anna Prohaska Headline Ravenna Festival’s 2020 Season