Rolando Villazón, René Pape, Anja Harteros Highlight Semperoper Dresden’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Jiyang Chen / Marco Borggreve) The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2020-21 season featuring seven new operatic productions and a number of revivals. Here is a look at the operatic productions. Premieres The first new production of the season will be Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell,” written by de Jouy and Bis. The new production by Georg Schmiedleitner will star Christoph {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva & Plácido Domingo Highlight Arena di Verona’s 2020 Festival

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(Credit: Benno Kraehahn) The Arena di Verona has announced the 2020 casting featuring an all-star lineup. The opening of the season will showcase a new production by Gabriele Muccino of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci.” Mascagni’s work will showcase Ekaterina Semenchuk, Alexia Voulgaridou, Maria José Siri, and Sonia Ganassi alternating as Santuzza and Murat Karahan, Carlo Ventre, Yusif Eyvazov, and Marcelo {…}

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Anna Netrebko Cancels Last Two ‘Toscas’ At The Teatro Alla Scala

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Anna Netrebko has canceled her final two performances of Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Teatro alla Scala. The company announced that “due to a sudden illness, Anna Netrebko has to withdraw from Tosca’s performances on Dec. 19 and 22.” As a result, Saioa Hernández will replace Netrebko. Hernández was already scheduled for three performances of “Tosca” on Jan. 2, 5, and {…}

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Best Of 2019: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers Of The Year

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(Credit: Catherine Ashmore/Royal Opera – Antoni Bofill/Gran Teatre del Liceu – Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) As we end the year its time to look back at the past 365-ish days and the big moments that defined 2019. It was a great year for numerous singers who broke-out and for established performers who took their careers in new directions or made important {…}

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Teatro Alla Scala’s ‘Tosca’ Breaks Records

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(Credit: Teatro alla Scala / Brescia Amisano) The Teatro alla Scala’s opening night has broken records. The 2019-20’s “Tosca” broadcast was viewed by 2.8 million on Rai 1, the most viewers for an opera in the history of the broadcaster. Viewership was up from last season’s “Atilla” which was viewed by 1.9 million and from the previous record for “Madama {…}

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Teatro all Scala 2019-20 Opening Night Preview: Where Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli & Luca Salsi Have Performed ‘Tosca’

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(Credit: © Teatro alla Scala / Brescia-Amisano) On Dec. 7, 2019, the Teatro alla Scala will open its 2019-20 season with a new production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The cast includes Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, and Luca Salsi. All three have collaborated numerous times at La Scala, Salzburg, Verona and Vienna, but this will be the first time the three sing {…}

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Anna Netrebko’s ‘Teatro alla Scala ‘Tosca’ To Be Broadcast

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ARTE, ZDF and RAI are set to present Puccini’s “Tosca” from the Teatro alla Scala on Dec. 7, 2019. The broadcast, which will also be shown in movie theaters, will star Anna Netrebko in the title role, Francesco Meli as Cavaradossi, and Luca Salsi as Scarpia. Riccardo Chailly will conduct the performances with Davide Livermore directing a new production which {…}

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10 Must See Operas For The Fall Season 2019 [International Edition]

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The 2019-20 season is about to start with numerous new productions, revivals and world premieres. With a ton of selections throughout many of the world’s greatest houses, we whittled it down to the 10 Must-See productions that you cannot miss this fall. 10. Tosca – Teatro alla Scala, Italy Anna Netrebko returns to the legendary Milan theater to open the season {…}

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Francesco Meli To Open Teatro Alla Scala Season With Anna Netrebko

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Francesco Meli will open the Teatro alla Scala’s 2019-20 season. The Teatro alla Scala announced that the Italian tenor will join Anna Netrebko on Dec. 7 for a new production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The new production will mark the tenor’s return to the role of Mario Cavaradossi, which he debuted in 2016 at the Teatro Carlo Felice. It will also {…}

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Rolando Villazón, René Pape, Anja Harteros Highlight Semperoper Dresden’s 2020-21 Season

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva & Plácido Domingo Highlight Arena di Verona’s 2020 Festival

Anna Netrebko Cancels Last Two ‘Toscas’ At The Teatro Alla Scala

Best Of 2019: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers Of The Year

Teatro Alla Scala’s ‘Tosca’ Breaks Records

Teatro all Scala 2019-20 Opening Night Preview: Where Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli & Luca Salsi Have Performed ‘Tosca’

Anna Netrebko’s ‘Teatro alla Scala ‘Tosca’ To Be Broadcast

10 Must See Operas For The Fall Season 2019 [International Edition]

Francesco Meli To Open Teatro Alla Scala Season With Anna Netrebko