Obituary: President of the Paolo Grassi Foundation Franco Punzi Passes Away

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A dedicated member and president of the Paolo Grassi Foundation, Franco Punzi, passed away on Feb. 17 from a pre-existing illness. The Paolo Grassi Foundation organizes the Valle d’Itria festival which is coming up on its 49th year. Last season they presented Forzano’s “Delitto e castigo,” Bellini’s ‘Beatrice di Tenda,” Opera italiana” by Nicola Campogrande, and “Il Xerse” by Francesco {…}

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Cal Performances 2022-23 Review: EDEN

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Joyce DiDonato is no ordinary opera singer. On the one hand, she is a dazzling performer with a remarkable mezzo-soprano voice. On the other, as an executive producer, she is a remarkable leader and spokeswoman for the arts. Both qualities were wonderfully evident in her 23rd performance of “EDEN.” Continuing her “EDEN” tour across Europe and the U.S., on this {…}

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Natalie Dessay, Erin Morley, Benjamin Bernheim & Varduhi Abrahamyan Lead Opéra National de Bordeaux’s 2022-23 Season

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The Opéra National de Bordeaux has announced its 2022-23 season featuring opera, ballet, concert, and great voices. Opera Paul Daniel conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Yoshi Oïda directing. Karah Son, Virginie Verrez, Riccardo Massi, and André Heyboer. Performance Dates: Nov. 10-21, 2022 Roberto González-Monjas conducts Mozart’s Requiem in a production by Stéphane Braunschweig. The cast includes Hélène Carpentier, Fleur Barron, {…}

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Regula Mühlemann, Diana Damrau, Karita Mattila, & Christian Gerhaher Lead Wigmore Hall’s 2022-23 Autumn Season

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Wigmore Hall has announced details for its Autumn 2022 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Regula Mühlemann soprano and La Folia Barockorchester open the season with Cleopatra featuring music by Hasse, Vivaldi, Legrenzi, Graun, and Händel. Performance Date: Sept. 8, 2022 Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper perform a program of music by Coleridge-Taylor, G Mahler and Strauss. {…}

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Gotham Early Music Scene to Present Open Gates Project Concert

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Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) will present “C3: Countertenors, a Consort, & Continuo” as part of its inaugural season of Open Gates Project. The concert will take place on Feb. 11, 2022 at 7 pm at Holt Trinity Lutheran Church in Manhattan. The performance will also be live-streamed. The program features countertenors Biraj Barkakaty, Wei En Chan, Patrick Dailey, Iván {…}

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Festival della Valle d’Itria Announces 2022 Operas

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The 48th edition of the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca has announced its 2022 season. The season, which will be held between July 19th and August 6, 2022 in Martina Franca, will be the first program under new artistic director, Sebastian F. Schwarz. The opening night of the season will be on July 19 in Martina Franca’s Palazzo {…}

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Teatro alla Scala 2020-21 Review: La Calisto

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(Credit: Brescia e Amisano, Teatro alla Scala) In the last few years, Teatro alla Scala has committed to reviving masterpieces of the early Italian repertoire. On Oct. 30, 2021, the company presented, for the first time in its 243-year history, Francesco Cavalli’s (1602-1676) “La Calisto” (1651). Of Cavalli’s 41 operas, “La Calisto” is the only one to have found a {…}

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Reviving San Cassiano – Paul Atkin Discusses his Plan to Rebuild the World’s First Public Opera House (Part 1)

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The year 1637 saw one of operatic history’s defining moments: Venice’s San Cassiano theatre, the world’s first public opera house, opened its doors to the paying public for the first time for a performance of “L’Andromeda” by Francesco Manelli to a text by Benedetto Ferrari. Anyone who could afford the price of a ticket could attend. Opera had escaped the {…}

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CD Review: Marco Angioloni ‘Il Canto Della Nutrice’

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(Photo: Benoit Auguste) Marco Angioloni is a young Italian tenor currently living in Paris. After graduating as an oboist from the Conservatorio Di Musica ‘Luigi Cherubini’ Firenze in Florence, Angioloni switched to singing and joined the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles in France. Since then he has performed on stages across Europe, tending to specialise in the baroque repertoire. {…}

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Obituary: President of the Paolo Grassi Foundation Franco Punzi Passes Away

Cal Performances 2022-23 Review: EDEN

Natalie Dessay, Erin Morley, Benjamin Bernheim & Varduhi Abrahamyan Lead Opéra National de Bordeaux’s 2022-23 Season

Regula Mühlemann, Diana Damrau, Karita Mattila, & Christian Gerhaher Lead Wigmore Hall’s 2022-23 Autumn Season

Gotham Early Music Scene to Present Open Gates Project Concert

Festival della Valle d’Itria Announces 2022 Operas

Teatro alla Scala 2020-21 Review: La Calisto

Reviving San Cassiano – Paul Atkin Discusses his Plan to Rebuild the World’s First Public Opera House (Part 1)

CD Review: Marco Angioloni ‘Il Canto Della Nutrice’