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Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Stefano Vizioli On The Modernity Of Cesti’s ‘La Dori’ At This Summer’s Innsbruck Early Music Festival

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This year’s schedule for Innsbruck’s Early Music Festival includes three operas from the baroque period: “La Dori” by Antonio Cesti; “Merope” by Farinelli’s brother, Riccardo Broschi, and “Ottone” by Handel. Over the next few weeks Operawire will be interviewing the three directors responsible for the staging of the operas. Cesti’s “La Dori” was written in 1657, for the Court in {…}

News, Season Announcement

Franco Vassallo, Maria Kataeva & Ruzil Gatin Lead Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna has announced its 2025-26 season. Franco Vassallo, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Marily Santoro, and Matteo Falcier star in Verdi’s “Macbeth.” Giuseppe Finzi conducts. Performance Dates: Jan. 30 & Feb. 1, 2026 Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” will star Giorgio Caoduro, Gloria Tronel, Barbara Skora, Giuseppe De Luca, Ruzil Gatin, Laura Verrecchia, and Vincenzo Taormina. Alessandro Cadario conducts the {…}

News, Season Announcement

OperaLombardia Announces 2025-26 Season

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OperaLombardia has announced its 2025-26 season. The season, which is shared by five theaters including Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Sociale di Como / AsLiCo, Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona, and Teatro Fraschini di Pavia, will showcase the same operas. Here are the works with dates to each theater: Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” will be presented in a {…}

News, Season Announcement

Francesca Dotto, Irina Lungu, Caterina Piva & Markus Werba Lead Teatro Sociale di Rovigo’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Sociale di Rovigo has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Mozart’s “Così fan tutte,” featuring a production by Stefano Vizioli and Jordi Bernàcer conducting. The cast includes Irina Lungu, Francesca Di Sauro, Biagio Pizzuti, Andrew Kim, Paola Gardina, and Maurizio Muraro. Performance Dates: Oct. 17 & 19, 2025 The second work of the season will be {…}

News, Season Announcement

Teatro Comunale di Modena Anounces 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Modena has announced its 2025-26 season. Puccini’s “La bohème” will be performed at the Modena Belcanto Festival. Performance Dates: Sept. 26 & 28, 2025 Verdi’s “Nabucco” opens the season with Massimo Zanetti conducting and  Federico Grazzini directing. Performance Dates: Oct. 24-26, 2025 Puccini’s “Tosca” will be directed by Luca Orsini and conducted by Stefano Ranzani. Performance {…}

News, Season Announcement

Lidia Fridman, Carmela Remigio, Gregory Kunde, Dmitry Korchav & Claudia Pavone Lead Teatro Municipale di Piacenza’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Stiffelio” featuring Gregory Kunde, Lidia Fridman, Vladimir Stoyanov, and Riccardo Rados. Leonardo Sini conducts the production by Pier Luigi Pizzi.  Performance Dates: Dec. 19 & 21, 2025 Markus Werba leads Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Renzo Ran, Claudia Pavone, Marco Ciaponi, Carmela Remigio, Tommaso Barea, Alberto Petricca, and Greta Doveri. Enrico Pagano conducts the production by Andrea Bernard. Performance {…}

News

Fondazione Haydn in Bolzano and Trento Announces 2025-26 Season

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The Fondazione Haydn in Bolzano and Trento has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the opera and vocal performances. Opera Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” is set to be directed by Roberto Catalano and conducted by Alessandro Bonato. Performance Dates: Nov. 7 & 9, 2025 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s “Il Segreto di Susanna” will be directed by Stefano Vizioli and conducted {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro La Fenice 2024-25 Review: Il trionfo dell’onore

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(Photo: Michele Crosera) Although the Sicilian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725) is famed for his prolific output of operas–he claimed to have written well over 100–which were significant in laying the foundations for the development of 18th century opera seria, he rarely strayed into the field of comic opera. The single major exception was his 1718 work, “Il trionfo dell’onore,” written {…}

News

Teatro La Fenice to Present Alessandro Scarlatti’s ‘Il trionfo dell’onore’

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The Teatro La Fenice is set to celebrate the 300 years of the death of Alessandro Scarlatti with is work “Il trionfo dell’onore.” The work has never been performed in Venice and will be showcased in a new production by Stefano Vizioli with costumes and set design by Ugo Nespolo. Additionally, the piece will be shown with a new version {…}