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Teatro alla Scala 2024-25 Review: Rigoletto

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(Credit: Ph. Brescia e Amisano) After the recurrent “Rigoletto” production by Gilbert Deflo, which has been revived more than ten times since its debut in 1994, the Teatro alla Scala commissioned Mario Martone in 2022 to create a new staging of Verdi’s classic. The result was a contemporary and technologically rich interpretation of the opera, and the theater decided to {…}
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Teatro Nuovo 2025 Review: Macbeth

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Verdi’s “Macbeth” is a pillar of the standard repertory, beloved for the composer’s ability to capture the spirit of one of the bard’s great plays. If “Macbeth” never captures the raw power of “Otello” or the immaculate precision and robustness of “Falstaff,” it is merely because of his three Shakespeare adaptations, this is the earliest in his oeuvre. And yet, {…}
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Teatro alla Scala 2024-25 Review: Falstaff

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(Photo: Brescia – Amisano © Teatro alla Scala) There is no other title in operatic history that was created with as little expectation as “Falstaff.” Giuseppe Verdi concluded that he had composed everything he was meant to in life and stopped writing for several years. It wasn’t until 1880 that his wife, Giuseppina Strepponi, pointed out that to close his {…}
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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Rigoletto (Cast B)

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(Credit: Jennifer Taylor / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is reviving “Rigoletto” for the second time this season. Following a run in the fall, the Met has enlisted a new star cast featuring a promising young tenor and one of the best baritones in the world. The result was a solid evening of music and drama. Hyperactive turntable But before {…}
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Olga Peretyatko Releases Statement Regarding Cancelation at Teatro Carlo Felice

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Following the cast change in Genoa’s Teatro Carlo Felice for “La Traviata,” Olga Peretyatko has taken to social media to explain that she has been going through medical treatment. The soprano said, “I’ve been quiet for a while, but I successfully underwent surgery to remove a polyp the size of a small apricot from my maxillary sinus. It turns out {…}
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Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘Rigoletto’

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(Credit: Emil Matveev / Askonas Holt Official Website) The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its Dec. 22 performance of “Rigoletto.” The company said that Kristina Mkhitaryan will sing the role of Gilda stepping in for an ill Rosa Feola. In a statement via social media Feola said, “Dear all, unfortunately, I had to cancel my performance {…}
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Teatro Real de Madrid 2024-25 Review: Adriana Lecouvreur (Cast A)

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(Credit: Javier del Real) The Spanish opera coliseum opened its 2024-25 season with the worldwide recognized production of Francesco Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” by David McVicar and two excellent casts, streaming a live performance on Live Screens all over Spain (on the 28th of September) and on a wide screen in the back facade of Teatro Real. David McVicar’s Production Perspective {…}

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