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 {…}

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Teatro Grande di Brescia 2024 Review: Andrea Chénier

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(Photo: Andrea Butti) The year 1896 marked a pivotal moment in the history of Italian opera with the debut of two titles that would come to define the global operatic repertoire. On February 1, the Teatro Regio di Torino hosted the premiere of Puccini’s “La Bohème,” while just weeks later, on March 28, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan was {…}

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OperaLombardia Announces 2024-25 Season

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OperaLombardia has announced its 2024-25 season. The season will open with Puccini’s “La Bohème” with conductor Riccardo Bisatti. Performance Dates: Como, Teatro Sociale – Sept. 26 & 28, 2024 Cremona, Teatro Ponchielli – Oct. 4 & 6, 2024 Brescia, Teatro Grande – Oct. 11 & 13, 2024 Pavia, Teatro Fraschini – Oct. 18 & 20, 2024 Parma, Teatro Regio – Spring {…}

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Obituary: Italian Baritone Carlo Meliciani Dies at 92

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On Jan. 6, 2022, Italian baritone Carlo Meliciani died at the age of 92. The baritone died at his home in Empoli, Italy Born on Jan. 27, 1929, in Arezzo, Italy, and Meliciani began his career in the mid-1950s performing with a touring Italian opera company in Great Britain. During the 1958–1959 season, he performed with the Teatro Nuovo di {…}

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Roberta Mantegna, Monica Zanettin & Giovanni Sala Lead Teatro Alighieri’s 2021-22 Season

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The Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna in Itay has announced its 2021-22 season featuring Dance and Opera. For the purposes of this article, we will focus solely on the operatic performances. The season opens with Haydn’s “L’isola disabitata” with Ensemble Dolce Concento, led by Nicola Valentini with Jacopo Raffaele at the fortepiano performing. The cast will include Giuseppina Bridelli, Anna Maria {…}

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Fabio Sartori & Paola Giardina Lead CortinAteatro’s 2021 Edition

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The CortinATeatro in the Comune di Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy has announced its 2021 season which will open on July 17 and run through Sept. 10. The festival will see the participation of the Teatro Stabile del Veneto, Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta, Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, and OPV – Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto. For the purposes of this article, {…}

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Opera Mundus APS ETS Unveils International Opera Singing Competition Opera Mundus – Vox Futuri

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Opera Mundus APS ETS has announced the first edition of the International Opera Singing Competition Opera Mundus – Vox Futuri, scheduled for Feb. 20–21, 2026, in Padua, Italy. The competition will take place at the Teatro Polivalente San Carlo Borromeo and conclude with a public final round at the historic Sala dei Giganti. Founded by opera singer and Artistic Director {…}

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Obituary: Tenor Francesco Piccoli Passes Away

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Tenor Francesco Piccoli has died. Born in 1959 in San Martino Buon Albergo in a province of Verona, Piccoli went on to make his debut at the Teatro Sociale di Rovigo in Donizetti’s “Rita” in 1986. Following that debut he went on to have sing for more than 30 years and performed a wide repertoire from baroque music to romantic {…}

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Caterina Marchesini Joins TACT Artists Management

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Soprano Caterina Marchesini has joined the TACT Artists Management roster. Marchesini will be represented by Sofia Rukin. A graduate of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, the soprano has won numerous awards, including the Parma Lirica Prize and the Young Talent Prize at the “Giulio Neri” Competition. She has performed Leonora in a new production of “La Forza del Destino” {…}

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

Teatro Grande di Brescia 2024 Review: Andrea Chénier

OperaLombardia Announces 2024-25 Season

Obituary: Italian Baritone Carlo Meliciani Dies at 92

Roberta Mantegna, Monica Zanettin & Giovanni Sala Lead Teatro Alighieri’s 2021-22 Season

Fabio Sartori & Paola Giardina Lead CortinAteatro’s 2021 Edition

Opera Mundus APS ETS Unveils International Opera Singing Competition Opera Mundus – Vox Futuri

Obituary: Tenor Francesco Piccoli Passes Away

Caterina Marchesini Joins TACT Artists Management