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Nicola Alaimo has won the Ettore Bastianini Award. The biennial accolade was given to the baritone for his achievements on the international opera stage and as one of the few baritones in the world who continues in the line of Bastianini. The award will be handed out by the Ettore Bastianini Association on Feb. 22 in Bergamo at the Domus {…}
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The Rossini Opera Festival has announced its 2017 summer season, featuring a mix of rare works by the famed Bel Canto composer. The season opens on August 10 with “Le Siège de Corinthe” starring Nino Machaidze, Alex Esposito and John Irwin. Robert Abbado will conduct a new production by La Fura dels Baus. The opera, which Beverly Sills is recognized for {…}
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(Photo: Paris Opera) Opera lovers who came to Paris this mid-September were able to enjoy the return of Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” this time under the baton of Italian conductor Jader Bignamini. It’s not the first time Damiano Michieletto’s staging of this opera has taken place in the Opera Bastille; indeed, it closed out last season. So, does it {…}
https://operawire.com/ludovic-tezier-wins-2026-premio-bastianini/
The Associazione Internazionale Culturale Musicale “Ettore Bastianini” has announced that Ludovic Tézier will receive the 2026 Premio Bastianini. Tézier will receive the prize on Sept. 26, 2026 at the Foyer “Ettore Bastianini” del Teatro dei Rinnovati di Siena, in the city where Ettore Bastianini was born. The award will be presented to Tézier in recognition of his distinguished international career {…}
https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-lisette-oropesa-juan-diego-florez-sondra-radvanovsky-lead-new-cd-dvd-releases/
Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week the Teatro alla Scala releases two major productions from two different seasons featuring some of the biggest stars. Lucia di Lammermoor C Major Entertainment releases Donizetti’s masterpiece from spring 2023. Recorded at the Teatro alla Scala, the opera features Lisette Oropesa, Juan {…}
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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera The season opens with Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” with Michele Mariotti conducting a new production byRafael R. Villalobos.The cast includes Lawrence Brownlee, Jennifer Larmore,Daniela Barcellona, Alex Esposito, Rosalia Cid, Simone Alberghini, and Ya-Chung Huang. Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 5, 2026 Two cast will perform Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier.” Sonya Yoncheva, {…}
https://operawire.com/opera-de-paris-2025-26-review-la-cenerentola/
(Photo Credit: Julien Benhamou) “La Cenerentola,” which premiered in Rome in 1817, was famously composed by Gioachino Rossini in record time — legend has it in just three weeks — and remains one of the finest examples of opera buffa in his oeuvre. Alongside its comic situations and eccentric characters, the score contains an undercurrent of melancholy and pathos that {…}
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The Grand Théâtre de Genève has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Stéphane Degout, Catherine Trottmann, Julien Dran, Nicolas Cavallier, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Léo Vermot-Desroches, Christian Immler, Glen Cunningham, Alex Rosen, François Rougier, Christophe Gay, Georgiy Derbas-Richter, and Joseph Chosson star in Frank Martin’s “The Tempest.” Thierry Fischer conducts the production by Netia Jones. Performance Dates: Sept. 16-26, 2026 Loïc Suberville, Jasmine Roy, {…}
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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Sondra Radvanovsky and Saioa Hernández lead Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Lucas Meachem, Szymon Mechliński, Brian Jagde,, Michael Fabiano and Jorge de Leon. Nicola Luisotti conducts Carlos Wagner’s production. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 11, 2026 Paul Agnew conducts Handel’s “Riccardo Primo, rè d’Inghilterra” with Jakub Józef Orliński, Melissa Petit, Alex Rosen, {…}