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Teatro Filharmonico Verona 2017-18 Review – Manon Lescaut: Soprano Amarilli Nizza Overcomes Illness in Graham Vick’s Insightful Reading of Puccini Classic

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Graham Vick having already produced “Manon Lescaut” in a traditional manner, a production with which he admitted to being less than pleased with, decided to take a fundamentally different approach for this production at the Teatro Filharmonico, Verona. Instead of presenting it as a simple narrative, Vick represented the work as a “morality lesson,” in a modern day setting, but {…}

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Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend (2/2-4): Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann & Sonya Yoncheva Headline Concert Tours

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This weekend offers a variety of different options from the around the world. Among the choices will be concert tours as well as new productions and premieres. Lulu – Hamburg State Opera, Germany  Grammy winner Barbara Hannigan continues her run in the title role of “Lulu,” Berg’s masterpiece. The production by Christoph Marthaler also stars Angela Denoke, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, and Sergei Leiferkus. {…}

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Francesca Sassu, Jessica Pratt, Roman Burdenko & Clay Hilley Lead Teatro Verdi di Trieste’s 2024-25 Season

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The Teatro Trieste di Verdi has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “La Traviata“ featuring Maria Grazia Schiavo, Francesca Sassu, Antonio Poli, Klodjan Kaçani, Roberto Frontali, and Federico Longhi. Arnaud Bernard directs and Enrico Calesso conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 8-Dec. 19, 2024 Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” is set to be conducted by Beatrice Venezi {…}

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Weekend Preview – International (1/20-1/22): Juan Diego Florez and Aida Garifullina Team Up while Jonas Kaufmann Perform’s ‘Lohengrin’

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Do you have any plans this weekend? If not the world’s greatest singers are currently on stage all over Europe and you may have a chance to catch them singing a great opera. Austria  The weekend kicks off at the Vienna state Opera  with Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt” with Klaus Florian Vogt, Camilla Nylund and Adrian Erod. Mikko Franck conducts the {…}