Lisette Oropesa, Philippe Jaroussky, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & Ce Suarez Paz Lead New CD/DVD Recordings

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. Happy Halloween! It’s a week of solo recitals, including numerous showcases of baroque music and rarely performed works from Armenia and Argentina. There is also a perfect Halloween recording featuring one of the most famous mad scenes in opera. Lucia di Lammermoor Euroarts {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

EuroArts to Release Lisette Oropesa’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

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EuroArts has announced a recording of “Lucia di Lammermoor’ featuring Lisette Oropesa. The recording features the soprano alongside Stefan Pop as Edgardo, Mattia Olivieri, and Riccardo Zanellato. They are joined by the Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania and Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania. Fabrizio Maria Carminati conducts. Oropesa has been celebrated for her interpretation of Lucia which {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Review: Soirées musicales / La cambiale di matrimonio

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(Photo: Amati Bacciardi / ROF 2025) Soirées musicales After the triumph of his last opera, “Guillaume Tell,” Gioachino Rossini decided to abandon theatrical composition and retire to his home in Paris to recover from nervous exhaustion. Even so, he never stopped writing music: he composed for himself, for Olympe Pélissier–whom he married in 1846 after the death of Isabella Colbran–and {…}

News, Streaming

Rai3 to Present Teatro La Fenice’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ from Piazza San Marco

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Rai3 is set to broadcast Teatro La Fenice’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” from Piazza San Marco on July 16, 2025. The production, which will be semistaged in concert form, will be conducted by Rico Saccani and will feature Oksana Dyka as Santuzza, Mikheil Sheshaberidze as Turiddu, Franco Vassallo as Alfio, and Valeria Girardello as Lola. Annunziata Vestri rounds out the cast as Lucia. {…}

News

Aigul Akhmetshina Cancels All Paris Opera Performances of ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’ Due to Visa Issues

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Aigul Akhmetshina has canceled her remaining performances of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” at the Paris Opera due to visa issues. The mezzo took to social media and said, “I’m sad to announce that my visa situation is still not resolved. Because of this, I’ve missed rehearsal and the first performance, and unfortunately, I will also miss the second show. Together {…}

News

Aigul Akhmetshina Cancels First ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’ in Paris Due to Visa

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Aigul Akhmetshina has been forced to cancel her first performance of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” at the Opéra de Paris on June 28, 2025. The mezzo took to social media and said, “Dear friends, I’m really sad to announce that I won’t be able to sing the first night of ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’ at the Opera Bastille this Saturday {…}

News, Season Announcement

Corinne Winter, Federica Lombardi, Alex Esposito, Freddie De Tommaso, Gregory Kunde, Angel Blue & Serena Sáenz Lead Palau de Les Arts’ 2025-26 Season

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The Palau de les Arts has announced its 2025-26 season. Lorenzo Viotti conducts Gounod’s “Faust” in a production by Johannes Erath. Iván Ayón-Rivas, Alex Esposito, Ruth Iniesta, Florian Sempey, and Ekaterine Buachidze. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-15, 2025 Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s “La descente d’Orphée aux enfers” will star Josipa Bilić, Camille Chopin, Sarah Fleiss, Tanaquil Ollivier, Sydney Frodsham, Richard Pittsinger, Bastien Rimondi, Attila {…}

News, Season Announcement

Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Sondra Radvanovsky, Ludovic Tézier, Aigul Akhmetshina, Marina Rebeka, Pretty Yende, Anita Rachvelishvili & Elīna Garanča Lead Teatro San Carlo’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro San Carlo has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Riccardo Frizza conducting Cherubini’s “Medea” in a production by Mario Martone. Sondra Radvanovsky stars in the title role alongside Francesco Meli, Giorgi Manoshvili, Désirée Giove, and Anita Rachvelishvili. Performance Dates: Dec. 3-16, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Maria Agresta, Désirée Giove, Francesco Demuro, and Mimmo Borrelli star in Ennio {…}