Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza to Stream Verdi’s Requiem

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The Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza has announced that the Verdi Requiem scheduled for Nov. 24 will be held without an audience. As a result, the performance will be streamed on the new platform Opera Streaming. Plácido Domingo will conduct the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini and the chorus of the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza. Soloists will include Maria José Siri, Annalisa Stroppa, Antonio {…}

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Teatro Coccia Di Novara Announces 2019-20 Season

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The Fondazione Teatro Coccia has announced its 2019-20 season. Opera Verdi’s “Ernani” opens the season with Matteo Beltrami conducting a production Pier Francesco Maestrini. The cast is set to include Migran Agadzhanian, Courtney Mills, Enkhbat Amartuvshin, and Simon Orfila. Performance Dates: Oct. 18 & 20, 2019 A double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” is set to be conducted {…}

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Festival della Valle d’Itria Review 2017 – Margherita d’Anjou: Director Shifts Plot From 15th Century to Reality TV Setting… And It Works

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Martina Franca, situated in Puglia in south east Italy, is home to the annual Festival della Valle d’Itria, which is largely, although not exclusively, devoted to the presentation of obscure, neglected, and rarely-performed operas. Its stated mission is “dedicated to researching and deepening our knowledge of Italian bel canto,” and it is in this light that it selects operas and {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Cast Change for ‘La Gioconda’

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced a cast change for all performances of Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda.” The company said, “Angelo Villari will sing and play the role of Enzo instead of Joseph Calleja.” Villari has performed at the Arena di Verona, Teatro Filarmonico, Teatro Comunale di Modena, Teatro Bellini di Catania, Teatro Municipale di Piacenza, Teatro Regio di Torino, Festival {…}

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Ukrainian Conductor Sasha Yenkevych Appointed Conductor Fellow of NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

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The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra has announced the appointment of Ukrainian conductor Sasha Yankevych to the role of Conductor Fellow. In his new role, Yankevych will work under Chief Conductor Alan Gilbert, as well as lead projects with the NDR Youth Symphony Orchestra, and perform as part of the NDR Discover Music! program. Currently, studying to receive his Masters degree at {…}

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Best of 2021: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of 2021

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After a year and a half of limited performances and shut downs, 2021 marked the year during which performers were able to bring their artistry to the stage and to the audiences. And now 2021 is bringing down its curtain. There were so any memorable moments in the year and there were truly some historical performances. Like previous years, OperaWire {…}

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Marina Rebeka, Michael Fabiano, Sonya Yoncheva, Deborah Nansteel, Aleksandra Kurzak Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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There’s no doubt that it hasn’t been an easy week in the opera world. With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the world at alarming rates, companies across Europe have entered a second lockdown, ending what many hoped would be a continuation of performances throughout the 2020-21 season. But it has not quite worked out that way. As such, online broadcasts {…}

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Anna Pirozzi Steps into Gran Teatre del Liceu’s ‘La Forza del Destino’

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a new cast change for its production of “La Forza del Destino.” The company said that soprano Maria Agresta has withdrawn from her debut in the role of Donna Leonora in “La Forza del Destino’, as she does not yet feel ready to take it on. As a result, soprano Anna Pirozzi will {…}

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CD Review: Händel’s ‘Aci, Galatea e Polifemo’

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(Photo: Gianpaolo Parodi) In 1708 Händel wrote “Aci, Galatea and Polifemo,” a serenata for three voices, as part of the celebrations to mark the marriage of Beatrice Tocco di Montemiletto and Duke D’Alvito Tolomeo III. Its narrative, taken from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” relates how the love between the shepherd Aci and the nymph Galatea enrages the cyclops Polifemo, who in a {…}

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Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza to Stream Verdi’s Requiem

Teatro Coccia Di Novara Announces 2019-20 Season

Festival della Valle d’Itria Review 2017 – Margherita d’Anjou: Director Shifts Plot From 15th Century to Reality TV Setting… And It Works

Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Cast Change for ‘La Gioconda’

Ukrainian Conductor Sasha Yenkevych Appointed Conductor Fellow of NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

Best of 2021: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of 2021

Marina Rebeka, Michael Fabiano, Sonya Yoncheva, Deborah Nansteel, Aleksandra Kurzak Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

Anna Pirozzi Steps into Gran Teatre del Liceu’s ‘La Forza del Destino’

CD Review: Händel’s ‘Aci, Galatea e Polifemo’