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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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Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Marigona Qerkezi, Gevorg Hakobyan & Santiago Ballerini Lead Royal Danish Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Royal Danish Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Daniele Squeo and Lukas Beikircher conduct Puccini’s “Tosca” with Francesca Tiburzi and Marigona Qerkezi sharing the title role. Matteo Lippi, Carlos Cardoso, Johan Reuter, and Daniel Luis de Vicente also star. Kasper Holten directs. Performance Dates: August 31, 2025-Jan. 24 2026 Evan Rogister conducts George Benjamin’s “Written on Skin” in a stage production by Katie Mitchell. Daniel {…}
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Nino Machaidze, Santiago Ballerini, Karine Deshayes, Teresa Iervolino & John Osborn Lead Opéra de Marseille’s 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera  Verdi’s “Falstaff” will be showcased in a production by Denis Podalydès and conducted by Michele Spotti. Salomé Jicia, Hélène Carpentier, Teresa Iervolino, Giulio Mastrototaro, Alberto Robert, and Florian Sempey star. Performance Dates: Nov. 9-15, 2025 Alessandro Cadario conducts Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau directing. The production will {…}
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Santiago Ballerini & Gustavo Castillo Headline Grand Rapids Orchestra’s ‘South American Heat’

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(Credit: Lucas Sanchez) Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra will present “South American Heat” on Nov. 15 and 16, 2025. The program includes Camargo Guarnieri’s “Three Brazilian Dances,” “Primavera Porteña” from Piazzolla’s “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires,” Piazzolla’s “Oblivion,” Copland’s “El Salon México,” and Antonio Estévez’s “Cantata Criolla.” The showcase will be headlined by tenor Santiago Ballerini and baritone Gustavo Castillo. {…}
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Q & A: Santiago Ballerini on Bel Canto, French Opera & Celebrating 15 Years Singing

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(Credit: Lucas Sanchez) Argentinian/Italian tenor Santiago Ballerini is one of the leading tenors in the Bel Canto repertoire. He has performed at many of the major opera houses throughout North and South America from Opera Nacional de Chile, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Canadian Opera Company, Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and Dallas Opera. He has also performed in Europe {…}
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Santiago Ballerini Headlines Opera Naples Gala

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Opera Naples has announced that Santiago Ballerini will be featured in the company’s annual fundraiser Winter Dreams Gala. Ballerini will present an unforgettable evening of beloved operatic arias and timeless classics and will be accompanied by Opera Naples Artistic Director Ramón Tebar. The evening also includes cocktails, fine dining, a silent auction, a live auction, and a dance floor featuring {…}
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Santiago Ballerini, Liz Culpepper, & Chelsea Lehnea Star in Teatro Nuovo’s 2023 Bel Canto Season

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Photo: Suzanne Vinnik Santiago Ballerini, Liz Culpepper, & Chelsea Lehnea will lead Teatro Nuovo’s 2023 Bel Canto season. Audiences will hear bel canto operas with period instruments and enjoy a concert dedicated to Maria Callas. Gaetano Donizetti’s drama “Poliuto” features Ballerini in the title role. He is joined by Lehnea, Ricardo José Rivera, Hans Tashjian, Krishna Raman, Robert Kleinertz, James {…}
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Andriana Chuchmann, Santiago Ballerini, Craig Verm, Reginald Smith Jr., Karin Wolverton Headline Opera San Antonio’s 2021-22 Season

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San Antonio Opera has unveiled its plans for the 2021-22 season, which will feature two operas. First up is a production of “Don Giovanni.”  The opera will star Craig Verm in the title role alongside Michael Samuel as Leporello and Mark Diamond as Massetto. Raquel González will be Donna Anna with Karin Wolverton as Donna Elvira and Kresley Figueroa as {…}
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Santiago Ballerini, Sondra Radvanovsky, Diana Damrau, Kristine Opolais Headline Teatro del Colón’s 2021 Season

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The Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires has announced programming for its 2021 season which will kick off this April. For our purposes, we will focus on vocal content and operatic performances. Opera It all kicks off with Monteverdi’s “Altri Canti.” Marcelo Birman conducts an ensemble that includes Oriana Favaro, Daniela Tabernig, Constanza Díaz Falú, Adriana Mastrángelo, Martín Oro, Víctor Torres, {…}

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