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Simone Piazzola, Martina Serafin & Luís Gomes Lead Teatro Nacional de São Carlos’ 2022-23 Season

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The Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon has announced its 2022-23 season. Opera The season opens with Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” starring Rita Marques, Antonio Garés, Ricardo Panela, Joana Seara, and Ricardo Seguel. The new production will be directed by Mário João Alves and conducted by Antonio Pirolli. Performance Dates: Oct. 1 – 8, 2022  Corghi’s “Blimunda” will be conducted {…}

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Amina Edris, Matthew Polenzani, Simone Piazzola Headline Canadian Opera Company’s ‘La Traviata’

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The Canadian Opera Company is set to showcase Verdi’s “La Traviata” starting on April 23, 2022. The production will feature Amina Edris, Matthew Polenzani, Simone Piazzola, Jamie Groote, Jonah Spungin, Gregory Dahl, Midori Marsh, and Vartan Gabrielian. The creative team will include conductor Johannes Debus, director Arin Arbus, set designer Riccardo Hernández, puppet and costume designer Cait O’Connor, lighting designer {…}

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Joseph Calleja, Amanda Echalaz, Phillip Rhodes, Erika Grimaldi & Simone Piazzola Lead New Zealand Opera’s 2022 Season

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(Credits: Dragana Ranković/Semperoper Dresden official website/ NZ Opera official website/ Bayerische Staatsoper official website/Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The New Zealand Opera has announced its 2022 slate, featuring numerous international artists and productions. “Summer of Opera” will take place in Wellington, Auckland, and at Hamilton Garden Arts Festival. The event will spotlight music by Bizet, Bernstein, and other famous composers. Performance {…}

News, Streaming

Eleonora Buratto, Giorgio Berrugi & Simone Piazzola Lead Teatro Massimo’s ‘Ernani’ Livestream

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(Credits: Alessandro Moggi / Julian Hargreaves / Opéra National de Paris official website) Teatro Massimo di Palermo is set to live stream a production of Giuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave’s opera “Ernani” on Feb. 26, 2021 at 8 p.m. CET. The opera will star Eleonora Buratto in the role of Elvira, Simone Piazzola as Don Carlos, Michele Pertusi in {…}

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Enea Scala, Luca Salsi, Enki Kamani & Simone Piazzola Highlight Teatro Filarmonico’s New Year’s Eve Concert

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Enea Scala, Enki Kamani, Luca Salsi, and Simone Piazzola are set to headline the Teatro Filarmonico’s New Year’s Eve concert. The concert in Verona, which is set to be streamed on Dec. 31 at 21.15 local time on Telearena, Arena Web TV, and on the Fondazione Arena di Verona’s YouTube channel, will be conducted by Maestro Steven Mercurio, who will {…}

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Donizetti Opera Festival to Stream All Three 2024 Operas

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The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced that it will stream all three productions from the 2024 season. The streams will be on the company’s Donizetti OperaTube. The first stream of the season will be “Don Pasquale“ conducted by Iván López-Reynoso and directed by Amélie Niermeyer. The cast includes Roberto de Candia, Giulia Mazzola, Javier Camarena, and Dario Sogos. Streaming Date: Nov. 22, {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Donizetti Opera Festival 2024 Review: Roberto Devereux

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Raising a child is a complicated process. Raising a prodigious one is absolutely unforeseen and fraught with constant error, for no ordinary laws apply here. The Donizetti Festival in Bergamo, although still an officious event, always seemed to be this prodigy for me, every year somehow attempting to prove that Donizetti’s music might be the center of the opera world. {…}

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Donizetti Opera Festival to Present ‘Roberto Devereux’

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The Donizetti Opera Festival is set to present “Roberto Devereux.” Riccardo Frizza will conduct the iconic Donizetti work, which will be presented on Nov. 15, 23, and 28. Stephen Langridge is the director of the production. The opera will star Jessica Pratt, Simone Piazzola, Raffaella Lupinacci, John Osborn, David Astorga, Ignas Melnikas, and Fulvio Valentiust. In a statement, Frizza said, {…}