Teatro Comunale di Ferrara Announces 2022 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Ferrara has announced its 2022 season. Here is a look at the productions that will be presented. Giovanni Sala stars in Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” alongside Vittoria Magnarello, Alice Grasso, Massimo Altieri, Luca Cervoni, Enrico Torre, Delphine Galou, Margherita Maria Sala, Mirco Palazzi, Federico Sacchi, Eleonora Pace, and Chiara Nicastro. Ottavio Dantone conducts the production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Performance Dates: Jan. 22-23, {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Ludovic Tézier & Elīna Garanča Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences get to hear a new version of a Verdi classic, a new release of a beloved Wagner song cycle, a lot of baroque music, and some Christmas albums. Macbeth Dynamic will release the world premiere recording of the 1865 French version of Verdi’s early masterpiece. Conducted by Roberto Abbado, the concert performance starred Ludovic Tézier (Macbeth), Silvia {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Dante Alighieri, Ravenna 2021 Review: L’Orfeo

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(Photo: Zani-Casadio) In the space of three days, Ravenna’s Teatro Tradizione Dante Alighieri performed two operas, both of which involved trips into the afterlife. The first, “Il Viaggio di G.Mastorna” was a contemporary opera by Matteo D’Amico in which the hero Mastorna is killed in an airplane crash and condemned to journey through a modern-day purgatory in search of peace. {…}

News, Streaming

OperaStreaming Unveils Fall 2021 Slate

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OperaStreaming has announced its fall 2021 programming. Things kicked off with a presentation of Haydn’s “L’isola Disabitata” from the Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna. The production starred Giuseppina Bridelli, Anna Maria Sarra, Kristian Adam, and Christian Senn. Nicola Valentini conducted. Streaming Date: Oct. 23 & 24, 2021 Next up is a performance of Monteverdi’s “Orfeo” from Ravenna starring Giovanni Sala, Vittoria {…}

News

Rai5 to Present Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s ‘Zaide’

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Rai5 is set to present the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s production of Mozart’s “Zaide” on March 24. The TV premiere will showcase the Graham Vick production which was performed in October 2020 and was conducted by Daniele Gatti. The production starred Chen Reiss in the title role of Zaide, Paul Nilon as Soliman, and Juan Francisco Gatell as Gomatz. Markus {…}

News, Streaming

Watch Teatro La Fenice’s ‘Il Sogno di Scipione’ on OperaVision

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(Credit: Michele Crosera) OperaVision will showcase Mozart’s “Il Sogno di Scipione” from Teatro La Fenice starting on March 31, 2020. The opera stars Giuseppe Valentino Buzza, Francesca Boncompagni, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Bernarda Bobro, Luca Cervoni, and Rui Hoshina. Federico Maria Sardelli conducts the opera in a production by Elena Barbalich. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. CET. That’s around 2 {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro La Fenice 2018-19 Review: Il Sogno di Scipione

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Originally “Il Sogno di Scipione” was written as a celebratory work for the Archbishop Schrattenbach of Salzburg in 1771, who was unfortunate enough to die before its first performance. Mozart, therefore, took the opportunity to add a new extended final aria and rededicate the work to his successor, Hieronymus Colloredo, which was then performed at his investiture the following year. {…}

Special Features

Best of 2019 – OperaWire’s Staff on the Best Performances of the Year

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(Credit: Marty Sohl/Karen Almond-Metropolitan Opera/Ken Howard-Santa Fe Opera/ Gianfranco Rota-Donizetti Opera) We hope that the end of your 2019 is a prosperous one and that the start of 2020 is even better. As we look forward to the next calendar year, we are taking some time to reflect on the opera performances that defined 2019 for many of us. As {…}

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