Maria Teresa Leva, Simon Lim & Vittoria Yeo Lead Teatro Comunale di Modena’s 2022-23 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Modena has announced its 2022-23 season. Arrigo Boito’s “Mefistofele” opens the season with a cast that includes Simon Lim, Antonio Poli, Marta Mari, and Eleonora Filipponi. Francesco Pasqualetti conducts the production by Enrico Stinchelli. Performance Dates: Oct. 7 & 9, 2022 Vittoria Yeo, Daniela Schillaci, Diego Cavazzini, Nozomi Kato, and Sergio Vitale star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with {…}

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Teatro Comunale di Piacenza 2024 Review: Mosè in Egitto

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(Photo: Rolando Paolo Guerzoni) Composed by Gioachino Rossini in 1818, “Mosè in Egitto” is an opera that deserves close attention for its historical and musical significance. Created during a transitional phase in his career, Rossini crafted a masterpiece that merges sacred drama with opera seria. Based on the biblical tale of Exodus, Moses in Egypt marks a turning point in {…}

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Teatro alla Scala Opens 2023-24 Season with Star-Studded ‘Don Carlo’

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The Teatro alla Scala is set to open its 2023-24 season with Verdi’s “Don Carlo,” a work associated with the company’s history. The opera has been performed by such conductors as Tullio Serafin, Arturo Toscanini, Claudio Abbado, and Riccardo Muti. Now Riccardo Chailly is conducting a new production by Lluís Pasqual, a director who has made a reflection on the {…}

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Teatro Regio di Parma Selects Students for Corso di Alta Sartoria ‘Dal segno alla nascita di un sogno’

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The Teatro Regio di Parma has selected the 15 students who will participate in the third edition of Corso di Alta Sartoria “Dal segno alla nascita di un sogno.” The workshop which is directed by Lorena Marin, will see students from ages 19 to 35 that come from Veneto, Liguria, Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Campania, and Abruzzo. The selected students are Emma {…}

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Gregory Kunde, Carmela Remigio, Ernesto Petti Lead Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni’s 2023-24 Season

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Modena’s Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera The season opens with Giordano’s “Fedora” in a new production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Aldo Sisillo conducts a cast that includes Teresa Romano, Yuliya Tkachenko, Luciano Ganci, and Simone Piazzola. Performance Dates: Oct. 13 & 15, 2023 Verdi’s “Don Carlo” will be performed in four acts in a production by {…}

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Obituary: Italian Pianist and Vocal Coach Nicoletta Olivieri Dies

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Italian pianist, coach, and director Nicoletta Olivieri has passed away following an extended illness. She is remembered for her decades of service to the arts, serving as accompanist for luminaries such as Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, Daniele Gatti, Nello Santi, Luciano Pavarotti, Monserrat Caballe, Mirella Freni, Ruggero Raimondi, and more. A graduate of the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini {…}

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Maria Teresa Leva Leads Teatro Regio di Parma’s ‘Adriana Lecouvreur’

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The Teatro Regio di Parma is set to perform Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” for the first time in 42 years. The verismo opera, which is set to be presented between March 24 and April 2, will be presented in a co-production with the Teatro Comunale di Modena and Teatro Municipale di Piacenza. Italo Nunziata directs the opera with set design by {…}

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Angela Meade & Carmela Remigio Lead Teatro Regio di Parma’s ‘Norma’

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The Teatro Regio di Parma is set to present Bellini’s “Norma.” The opera, which returns for the first time in 20 years, will be conducted by Sesto Quatrini and will star an international cast led by Angela Meade in the title role. Alongside her, Stefan Pop will sing Pollione, Michele Pertusi will take on Oroveso, and Carmela Remigio will interpret {…}

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Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni Modena 2021 – 2022 Review: ‘Sogno,’ ‘Fuga In Egitto’ & ‘E Tu, Che Sai Tu Del Futuro?’

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(Photo: Rolando Paolo Guerzoni) Agitprop is a miserable form of theatre. The creators approach a potential work with a rigid set of ideas they believe it is their duty to convey to a welcoming and grateful public that will reinforce those said values or, even more excitingly, to an audience that is in need of education and enlightenment. Unfortunately, the {…}

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Maria Teresa Leva, Simon Lim & Vittoria Yeo Lead Teatro Comunale di Modena’s 2022-23 Season

Teatro Comunale di Piacenza 2024 Review: Mosè in Egitto

Teatro alla Scala Opens 2023-24 Season with Star-Studded ‘Don Carlo’

Teatro Regio di Parma Selects Students for Corso di Alta Sartoria ‘Dal segno alla nascita di un sogno’

Gregory Kunde, Carmela Remigio, Ernesto Petti Lead Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni’s 2023-24 Season

Obituary: Italian Pianist and Vocal Coach Nicoletta Olivieri Dies

Maria Teresa Leva Leads Teatro Regio di Parma’s ‘Adriana Lecouvreur’

Angela Meade & Carmela Remigio Lead Teatro Regio di Parma’s ‘Norma’

Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni Modena 2021 – 2022 Review: ‘Sogno,’ ‘Fuga In Egitto’ & ‘E Tu, Che Sai Tu Del Futuro?’