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Wexford Festival Opera Announces Closing Night Cast Change

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The Wexford Festival Opera has announced a cast change for its closing night performance. The festival announced that Claudia Boyle⁩ and Pietro Adaíni will replace Lisette Oropesa, who will be unable to travel due to COVID-19 restrictions. Boyle is a well known Irish soprano who has performed at the Semperoper Dresden, Irish National Opera, English National Opera, and Teatro dell’Opera di {…}

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Francesco Meli, Desirèe Rancatore & Gianluca Terranova Lead Teatro Carlo Felice’s 2020-21 Season

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The Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa has announced the first part of the 2020-21 season. “Il Trespolo tutore” opens the season with Andrea De Carlo conducting a cast that includes Marco Bussi, Raffaella Milanesi, Carlo Vistoli, Juan Sancho, Silvia Frigato, and Paola Valentina Molinari. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2020 Léhar’s “The Merry Widow” is set to star Elisa Balbo and {…}

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TVPeru to Broadcast Festival Granda’s ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’

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TVPeru is set to stream a performance of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” from the Festival Granda in May 2019. The comedic masterpiece will star Gurgen Baveyan as Figaro, Pietro Adaìni as the Count Almaviva, Chiara Amarù as Rosina, Marco Mimica as Don Basilio, Pablo Ruiz as Don Bartolo, Dorian Lefebre as Berta, Paolo Campos as Fiorello, and Alfonso Orbegoso as {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez, Lisette Oropesa, Ermonela Jaho Headline Wexford Festival’s Revised 2020 Schedule

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The Wexford Festival has announced that it will be rescheduling its 2020 season to October 2021. However, the company will move forward with plans to present a reimagined event that takes place solely online. This showcase will be called “Waiting for Shakespeare… The Festival in the Air” and will take place over the course of eight days between Oct. 11-18. {…}

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Maria José Siri, Saimir Pirgu & Enea Scala Headline Teatro Filarmonico’s 2020 Season

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The Teatro Filarmonico has announced its 2020 season. This article will only go through the operatic repertoire for 2020. Here is a look: The season kicks off with Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” starring Ruth Iniesta and Enkeleda Kamani in the title role. Enea Scala and Pietro Adaini star as Edgardo while Simon Lim sings the role of Raimondo and Biagio Pizzuti {…}

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Top 6 Operas to See This Weekend – International (3/8-10)

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This week’s picks feature a mixture of classics, a world premiere, and two rarely performed works. There are some role debuts and other stars performing signature roles. Frankenstein – La Monnaie du Mont, Belgium Mary Grey’s new opera makes its world premiere at the prestigious Belgium theater in a new production by Alex Ollé. Scott Hendricks takes on the title role {…}

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Jessica Pratt, Anastasia Bartoli, Juan Diego Flórez & Dmitry Korchak Lead Rossini Opera Festival’s 2024 Season

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The Rossini Opera Festival has announced its 2024 season which will be held in Pesaro from August 7 to 23, 2024. The Festival will be inaugurated at the PalaScavolini, a new theatre space reopened within the already famous PalaFestival, by “Bianca and Falliero.” Roberto Abbado will conduct the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and the Coro Teatro Ventidio Basso. The {…}