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Corinne Winters, Angela Meade, Luca Salsi, Anna Pirozzi, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya & Iván Ayón Rivas Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2027 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its 2027 season. The season opens with Bellini’s “La straniera” featuring Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Iván Ayón Rivas, Vito Priante, and Raffaella Lupinacci. Antonino Fogliani conducts the concert performance. Performance Dates: Jan. 22 & 24, 2027 Fabio Biondi conducts Monteverdi “Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria.” Daniele Abbado directs the production and Stefan Astakhov stars. Performance {…}
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Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2026 Review: Olympia

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(Photo: Andrea Ranzi) Nicola Campogrande’s “Olympia” world premiere at the Teatro Comunale Nouveau di Bologna joins a small category of operas that attempt to absorb the psychic weather of the digital age without collapsing into either technophilia or dystopian cliché. The work takes its cue from E.T.A. Hoffmann’s famous automaton tale, but it relocates the uncanny into a world of {…}
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Antonio Poli Headlines Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s ‘Idomeneo’

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(Credit: Michele Monasta) The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is set to open its 2026 season with a production of Mozart’s “Idomeneo.” The opera will open the first season curated by Superintendent Elisabetta Riva and Artistic Director Pierangelo Conte an will open on Jan. 24, 2026 and will run through Feb. 1, 2026. The opening night performance will be live broadcast {…}
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Antonio Poli, Adela Zaharia, Saioa Hernandez, Roberta Mantegna & Gregory Kunde Headline Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2026 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has anounced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the operatic performances. Roberto Abbado conducts Mozart’s “Idomeneo” in a production by Mariano Bauduin. Antonio Poli, Francesca Di Sauro, Mariangela Sicilia, Salome Jicia, and  Leonardo Cortellazzi star.  Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 1, 2026 Adela Zaharia and Julia Muzychenko star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with  Liparit {…}
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Teatro Comunale di Bologna News New Superintendent

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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has named Elisabetta Riva as its new Superintendent. Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli appointed Riva following the unanimous proposal expressed by the Board of Directors of the Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Bologna, chaired by the Mayor and President Matteo Lepore. In a statement, Riva said, “I welcome with sincere emotion and deep gratitude the nomination as {…}
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Angela Schisano Joins Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s ‘Così fan tutte’

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The Teatro Comunale Bologna has announced a cast change for its production of “Così fan tutte.” The company said that Angela Schisano will make her house debut as Dorabella on May 27 and 30, 2025. Schisano is well-known for her interpretations of Rossini and Mozart’s works and has performed at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. This season she is set {…}
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Riccardo Frizza Conducts Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s ‘La Faniculla del West’

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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is set to present “La Fanciulla del West.” The opera will be conducted by Riccardo Frizza in a production by Paul Curran. The cast will include Carmen Giannattasio and Ann Petersen as Minnie, Angelo Villari and Amadi Lagha as Dick Johnson, and Claudio Sgura and Gustavo Castillo as Jack Rance. In a statement, Frizza noted, “For the first time, I’m conducting ‘La {…}
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Luca Salsi Cancels ‘Pagliacci’ at Teatro Comunale di Bologna

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Luca Salsi has canceled his engagement at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. In a statement, Salsi said, “Dear Friends, alas, seasonal illnesses have forced me to cancel ‘Pagliacci’ rehearsals at Teatro Comunale di Bologna and therefore I don’t feel like facing such a challenging debut without having ever tried. I thank my friend Claudio Sgura and I wish him the {…}
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Jessica Pratt, Carmen Giannattasio, Anastasia Bartoli & Juliana Grigoryan Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2025 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its 2025 season. Opera  The season opens with Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” with Riccardo Frizza conducting a cast that includes Carmen Giannattasio, Angelo Villari, and Claudio Sgura. Paul Curran directs. Another cast includes Ann Petersen, Amadi Lagha, and Gustavo Castillo. Performance Dates: Jan. 24-30, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Giovanni Sala, Marko Mimica, and Lucas Meachem lead Donizetti’s {…}

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