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Teatro Cervantes de Malaga Announces 2022-23 Season

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The Teatro Cervantes de Malaga has announced its 2022-23 season which will celebrate its 34th anniversary. The season opens with the double bill of Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana.” The cast of “Pagliacci” includes Andeka Gorrotxategi (Canio), Carmen Solís (Nedda), Dalibor Jenis (Tonio), César San Martín (Silvio), and Leonardo Sánchez. Meanwhile Leoncavallo’s opus will star Solís (Santuzza), Andeka Gorrotxategi {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Marina Rebeka, Juan Diego Flórez & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2022-23 Season

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(Credit: Brescia Amisano / Teatro alla Scala) The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2022-23 Season featuring opera, recitals, and symphony concerts. Opera  The season opens with Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov.” The production will be directed by Kasper Holten and conducted by Riccardo Chailly. The work will star Ildar Abdrazakov, Lilly Jørstad, Anna Denisova, Agnieszka Rehlis, Norbert Ernst, Alexey Markov, Ain {…}

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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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Dario Di Vietri Leads Teatro Verdi di Pisa’s ‘Tosca’

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Tenor Dario Di Vietri is set to return to the Teatro Verdi di Pisa in Puccini’s “Tosca.” The tenor will reopen the Tuscan theater in a production by Artistic Director Enrico Stinchelli. The production will be conducted by Hirofumi Yoshida and will also star Tea Purtseladze in the title role and Giuseppe Altomare as the villainous Scarpia. Adriano Gramigni (Cesare Angelotti), {…}

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Lidia Fridman & Antonio Corianò Headline Verdi ‘Aroldo’ at Teatro Galli; Opera to be Streamed

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Teatro Galli in Rimini in Italy will present Verdi’s rarely performed work “Aroldo.” The opera will be presented on August 27 and 29 and will mark the return of the work to Rimini where it world premiere in 1857. The new production is a co-production with the Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna, Teatro Luciano Pavarotti di Modena, and Teatro Municipale di {…}

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María José Siri, Ruth Iniesta & Devid Cecconi Lead Teatro Verdi Trieste’s 2022 Season

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Italy’s Teatro Verdi Trieste has announced its 2022 season featuring modern and classic works and only Italian operas. The season opens with Chiara Muti’s production of Nicola Piovani’s “Amorosa presenza.” The opera, which will be conducted by the composer, will star Maria Rita Combattelli, Giusepe Tommaso, Aliosa Aisemberg, William Hernandez, and Adriano Gramigni. Performance Dates: Jan. 21-29, 2022  María José {…}

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Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2017-18 Review – Alceste: Nino Surguladze Has Solid Night in Sweet Revival of Gluck Opera

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It was in 1951 that the Italian director Pier Luigi Pizzi began working in the theatre, and now, incredibly, at the age of 87, and over 65 years later, he is still going strong. Returning to Florence’s Teatro Maggio Musicale for a reprise of a production of Gluck’s “Alceste,” which he originally staged in 2015 at Venice’s La Fenice, Pizzi {…}