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Valerio Borgioni & Francesca Sassu Lead Teatro Lirico di Cagliari’s Fall 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Priamo Tolu) The Teatro Lirico di Cagliari has announced its fall 2021-22 season. Here are the vocal and operatic performances of the year. Luciano Acocella conduct the Orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari in music by Helios, Brahms, and Schumann. Performance Dates: Oct. 1 & 2, 2021 Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” is set to star Victória {…}
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Jessica Pratt, Gabriela Scherer, Dmitry Korchak, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Anna Pirozzi & Antonino Siragusa Lead teatro Verdi di Trieste’s 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro Verdi di Trieste has announced its 2026-27 season. Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will open the season in a production by Andrea Bernard and Enrico Calesso. Evgeny Stravinsky, Dmitry Korchak, David Danholt, Gabriela Scherer, Nina Beau, Martin Gandner, Lars Fosser, and Elena Batoukova-Kerl. Performance Dates: Nov. 12-33, 2026 Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will be conducted by Enrico Calesso and directed by Pier Luigi {…}
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Brian Jagde, Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Luca Salsi, Francisco Meli, Juan Diego Flórez, Adela Zaharia, Eleonora Buratto, Anastasia Bartoli & Diana Damrau Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2026-27 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Myung–Whun Chung conducts Verdi’s “Otello” for opening night in a production by Damiano Michieletto. The cast will include Brian Jagde, Luca Salsi, and Eleonora Buratto accompanied by Juan Francisco Gatell and Szilvia Vörös. A second cast will star Arsen Soghomonyan, Roberto Frontali and Roberta Mantegna. Performance Dates: Dec. 7, 2026-Jan. 5, 2027 Bizet’s {…}
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OperaLombardia 2025 Cremona Review: I Puritani

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(Photo: Andrea Butti / OperaLombardia) Although “I Puritani” is an Italian opera through and through, it was conceived in Paris, at the height of the grand opéra tradition. Bellini studied Meyerbeer and Halévy in great detail, noting in his personal papers certain orchestral “effects” he wished to emulate and others he intended to avoid. As a result, the score, especially {…}
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Matteo Roma, Maria Mudryak, José Maria Lo Monaco, Giacomo Medici Star in Teatro Pergolesi’s 2025 Season

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(Photo credit: Roberto Catani) Teatro Pergolesi announces its 2025 season. This article only features operatic performances. The season opens with Paul-Émile Fourny’s new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Christian Federici, Maria Mudryak, Louise Guenter, Valerio Borgioni, Stefano Marchisio, Gianluca Failla, Eleonora Boaretto, and Luca Dall’Amico make up the cast. They are joined by the Ventidio Basso Choir from Ascoli Piceno. {…}
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Jessica Pratt, Oksana Dyka, Fabio Sartori, & Mihaela Marcu Lead Teatro Massimo Bellini’s 2025-26 season

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The Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts Verid’s “Aida” in a production by Marco Vinco. The production will star Oksana Dyka and Valentina Boi in the title role alongside Jorge de León, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Nino Surguladze, Irene Savignano, Franco Vassallo, Alberto Gazale, Insung Sim, and Simón Orfila. Performance Dates: Jan. 20-28, {…}
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Macerata Opera Festival 2025: ‘La Vedova Allegra’ (The Merry Widow)

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(Photo: Alia Simoncini) “The Merry Widow,” an operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár with libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein, is based on Henri Meilhac’s comedy play “L’Attaché d’ambassade” (1861). The first performance took place in Vienna, Theater an der Wien, on December 30, 1905. The operetta’s newest Italian version production was featured at this season’s Macerata Opera {…}
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Luca Salsi, Nino Machaidze, Dmitry Korchak, Ermonela Jaho, Nadine Sierra, Vittorio Grigolo & Carlo Vistoli Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s 2025-26 Season

https://operawire.com/luca-salsi-nino-machaidze-dmitry-korchak-ermonela-jaho-nadine-sierra-vittorio-grigolo-carlo-vistoli-lead-teatro-dellopera-di-romas-2025-26-season/

The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2025-26 Season. Opera The season opens with Wagner’s “Lohengrin” with Michele Mariotti conducting a production by Damiano Michieletto. The cast includes Dmitry Korchak, Clive Bayley, Tómas Tómasson, Ekaterina Gubanova, Andrei Bondarenko, and Jennifer Holloway. Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 7, 2025, 2025 Davide Livermore’s production of Puccini’s “La bohème” returns with Carolina López {…}
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Emanuela Pascu, Angelo Veccia, Maria Laura Iacobellis & Nicola Ulivieri Lead Teatro Ponchielli’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona has announced its 2025-26 season. Emanuela Pascu and Emilia Rukavina alternated in the title role of Bizet’s “Carmen.” They are joined by Roberto Aronica, Ragaa El Din, Rocio Faus, Alessia Merepez, and Pablo Ruiz. Performance Dates: Oct. 3 & 5, 2025 Sabrina Sanza, Nico Franchini, Giovanni Accardi, and Giacomo Nanni star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.” Enrico Lombardi conducts the {…}

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