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Operafest Lisboa Announces 2024 Season

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Details of Operafest Lisboa’s fifth season have been released. The article only contains opera-centered events. Throughout the festival “Maratona Ópera XXI: New Dynamics for Today’s Opera” workshops take place. The New Libretto Awards are also presented during this time. Mainstage  Opening the festival is a double bill performance of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The casts include Rodrigo Porras Garulo, {…}

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Teatro São Luiz 2024: Felizmente Há Luar

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(Photo credit: ©EGEAC, José Frade – photographer ) An extraordinary new opera premiered last week at Lisbon’s historic Teatro São Luiz, called “Felizmente Há Luar!” (loosely translatable as “fortunately the moonlight still shines”) by the prolific Portuguese composer Alexandre Delgado. Commissioned by the Orquestra Filarmónica Portuguesa, this was the most significant national opera premiere in recent years, and perhaps the {…}

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OPERAFEST Lisboa Announces 2022 Festival Season ‘Destiny in Vertigo’

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OPERAFEST Lisboa has unveiled its third edition, under the theme of “Destiny in Vertigo.” The festival opens with Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The work, which will be conducted by Jan Wierzba and directed by Sandra Faleiro, will star Carlos Cardoso, Catarina Molder, and Christian Luján. Performance Dates: August 19 -26, 2022 Next up is “American Evening: ‘Labirynth’ and ‘A {…}

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OperaFest Lisboa Announces 2021 Season

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OperaFest Lisboa has announced its 2021 season, which will feature a wide range of opera programming. It all kicks off with “Madama Butterfly” at the Garden Museum Nacional de Arte Antiga. The work will star Catarina Molder, Mads Wighus, Ana Ferro, and Christian Luján. Jan Wierzba conducts with Olga Roriz directing. Performance Dates: August 20-27, 2021 Sandra Faleiro will direct {…}