Speranza Scappucci Takes Over ‘I Capuleti e i Montecchi’ at Teatro alla Scala

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(Credit: Speranza Scappucci official website) The Teatro alla Scala has announced that conductor Evelino Pidò has withdrawn from the production of Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” due to a health emergency. As a result, Speranza Scappucci, the Music Director of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, will take over in the pit. Scappucci will lead a cast that includes Marianne {…}

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Speranza Scappucci Declines Extension at Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège

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(Credit: Speranza Scappucci official website) Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège has officially announced that Speranza Scappucci will not renew her term as the Music Director of the house, which is set to expire at the end of the 2021-22 season. Per an official statement, Scappucci declined the offer made by ORW’s General Director Stefano Pace to extend her term as the {…}

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Speranza Scappucci Withdraws From Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ Due to Surgery

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(Credit: Speranza Scappucci official website) The Music Director of Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Speranza Scappucci has canceled her upcoming performances of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” in November 2021 due to surgery. Scappucci took to Facebook with the following statement: “Dear Friends and Fans! After a very successful production of Eugene Onegin, I am unfortunately forced to cancel my next project {…}

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Speranza Scappucci Receives First Edition of De Sanctis Europa Prize

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(Credit: Speranza Scappucci official website) The Musical Director of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Speranza Scappucci has received the first edition of the De Sanctis Europa Prize, at the residence of the Italian Ambassador in Brussels. The De Sanctis Prize is an important Italian distinction, conferred by the De Sanctis Foundation in collaboration with the Council of Ministers and the {…}

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Speranza Scappucci Named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

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Speranza Scappucci ⁦has been named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic. In a statement via social media Scapucci said, “It is with immense joy and deep honor that I announce today that the French Minister of Culture, Roselyne BACHELOT-NARQUIN, whom I thank from the bottom of my heart, has bestowed on me the honor of Chevalier {…}

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Speranza Scapucci Named Principal Guest Conductor of Royal Opera House

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Speranza Scappucci ⁦is set to become the principal guest conductor at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ⁦in 2025. The Italian conductor will be the first principal guest conductor in over a quarter of a century. Scappucci will assume the role in September 2025, when the Royal Opera House’s incoming music director, the Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša, will also start {…}

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Speranza Scapucci, Renee Fleming & David Daniels Headline Music Academy Of The West Festival

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The Music Academy of the West will celebrate its 70th Anniversary with a full slate of performances and masterclasses. For its sole operatic production, the company will present Donizetti’s “L’Elisir D’Amore.” The opera will be helmed by world-renowned conductor and Academy alumna Speranza Scappucci in collaboration with Los Angeles-based director James Darrah, known for creating “once-in-a-lifetime experiences.” Overseen by Voice Program {…}

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Speranza Scapucci Replaces Semyon Bychov At The Vienna Opera Ball

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Speranza Scapucci will conduct the Vienna Opera Ball on Feb. 23. The Italian conductor will fill in for the originally scheduled Semyon Bychkov, who is ill. The Italian conductor Scappucci gave her acclaimed debut to the Viennese Staatsoper last autumn and had been a solokorrepetitor at the Vienna State Opera for several years before she started her international career as a conductor. The {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sabine Devieilhe, Piotr Beczała, Nicole Car, Saioa Hernández, Freddie De Tommaso, Thomas Hampson, Pretty Yende & Renée Fleming Lead Opéra National de Paris 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra National de Paris has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème,” featuring Nicole Car, Yaritza Véliz, Charles Castronovo, Joshua Guerrero, Andrea Carroll, Étienne Dupuis, Xiaomeng Zhang, and Alexandros Stavrakakis. Domingo Hindoyan conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 12-Oct. 14, 2025 Cecilia Molinari leads Handel’s “Ariodante” alongside Luca Tittoto, Jacquelyn Stucker, Sabine Devieilhe, Rupert Charlesworth, Christophe Dumaux, {…}

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Speranza Scappucci Takes Over ‘I Capuleti e i Montecchi’ at Teatro alla Scala

Speranza Scappucci Declines Extension at Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège

Speranza Scappucci Withdraws From Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ Due to Surgery

Speranza Scappucci Receives First Edition of De Sanctis Europa Prize

Speranza Scappucci Named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

Speranza Scapucci Named Principal Guest Conductor of Royal Opera House

Speranza Scapucci, Renee Fleming & David Daniels Headline Music Academy Of The West Festival

Speranza Scapucci Replaces Semyon Bychov At The Vienna Opera Ball

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sabine Devieilhe, Piotr Beczała, Nicole Car, Saioa Hernández, Freddie De Tommaso, Thomas Hampson, Pretty Yende & Renée Fleming Lead Opéra National de Paris 2025-26 Season