Sonya Yoncheva, Leo Nucci, Ambrogio Maestri, Sydney Mancasola, Antonino Siragusa Headline Royal Opera Muscat’s 2023-24 Season

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The Royal Opera House Muscat has unveiled its 2023-24 season. Here is the rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. First up is “The Barber of Seville” with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI and the Intermezzo Choir under the musical direction of Antonino Fogliani. The opera stars Antonino Siragusa as Conte d’Almaviva, Carlo Lepore as Dr. Bartolo, Nicola {…}

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Cecilia Bartoli, Francesco Meli & María José Siri Lead Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s 2022-23 Season

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Tha Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2022-23 Season. Here is a look: Daniele Gatti conducts a revival of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Ruzil Gatin, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Nicola Alaimo, Fabio Capitanucci, Evgeny Stavinskiy, and Carmen Buendí. Performance Dates: Sept. 8-15, 2022 Zubin Mehta conducts Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” with Cesare Lievi directing. Amartushvin Enkhbat, María José Siri, Ekaterina Semenchuck, Fabio Sartori, and Riccardo Fassi directing. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. {…}

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Carmela Remigio, Gregory Kunde & Maria Teresa Leva Lead Teatro Regio di Parma’s 2022-23 Season

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The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced its 2022-23 season featuring five operas. Operas Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” is set to be presented in Mario Martone’s production as directed by Raffele Di Florio. Corrado Ravaris conducts a cast that includes Vito Priante (Don Giovanni), Mariangela Sicilia (Donna Anna), Marco Ciaponi (Don Ottavio), Giacomo Prestia (Il Commendatore), Carmela Remigio (Donna Elvira), Riccardo {…}

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Dorothea Röschmann, Enkeleda Kamani & Mario Rojas Lead Opera National de Lorraine’s 2022-23 Season

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The Opera National de Lorraine has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the opera productions. Opera Viktoriia Vitrenko stars in “Rendez-vous près du feu.” Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2022 Eldar’s “Like Flesh” will star Helena Rasker, William Dazeley, and Juliette Allen with Maxime Pascal conducting and Silvia Costa directing. Performance Dates: Sept, 28-Oct. 2, 2022 “L’Amour des {…}

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Teatro Real de Madrid 2021-22 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

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Originally, the Teatro Real de Madrid was supposed to present a new production of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro,” co-produced with the Festival D’Aix-en-Provence. But instead, the company presented the Claus Guth production from Salzburg. The German stage director is no stranger to Madrid’s opera house, having helmed “Don Giovanni” last season with the company. He is famous (or infamous?) {…}

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Saioa Hernández, Renée Fleming, Lisette Oropesa & Thomas Hampson Lead Ópera de Paris’ 2022-23 Season

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Ópera de París has announced its 2022-23 season featuring numerous new productions and international stars. Gustavo Dudamel and Paolo Bortolameolli lead a revival of Puccini’s “Tosca” with Saioa Hernández, Elena Stikhina, Joseph Calleja, Brian Jagde, Bryn Terfel, Gerald Finley, and Roman Burdenko. Performance Dates: Sept. 3-Nov. 26, 2022 Dmitry Korchak, Vito Priante, Carlo Lepore, Gaëlle Arquez, and Luca Pisaroni star in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” with Diego Matheuz conducting. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}

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Teatro Real Announces Production Change for ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Teatro Real in Madrid has changed its production of “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The company announced that the originally announced production by Lotte de Beer will be replaced by Claus Guth’s staging fromthe 2006 Salzburg Festival. The Guth production will mark the fourth staging from the director at the Teatro Real under Artistic Director Joan Matabosch. Guth has already directed {…}

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Bayerische Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Falstaff’

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(Credit: Patrik Hänggi) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of “Falstaff.” The company noted that Cristina Pasaroiu will sing the role of Alice Ford, replacing Eleonora Buratto who was forced to cancel her October performances due to a small heath issue. Pasaroiu is a Romanian soprano who has performed at some of the world’s {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau, Anja Harteros & Christian Gerhaher Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2021-22 Season

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(In collaboration with Dejan Vukosavljevic) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2021-22 season featuring new productions and revivals as well as concerts. Here is a look at the new season. Premieres Shostakovich’s “The Nose” will get a new production by Kirill Serebrennikow. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the cast that includes Boris Pinkhasovich, Sergei Leiferkus, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Andrey Popov, Sergey Skorokhodov, Anton Rositskiy, {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Leo Nucci, Ambrogio Maestri, Sydney Mancasola, Antonino Siragusa Headline Royal Opera Muscat’s 2023-24 Season

Cecilia Bartoli, Francesco Meli & María José Siri Lead Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s 2022-23 Season

Carmela Remigio, Gregory Kunde & Maria Teresa Leva Lead Teatro Regio di Parma’s 2022-23 Season

Dorothea Röschmann, Enkeleda Kamani & Mario Rojas Lead Opera National de Lorraine’s 2022-23 Season

Teatro Real de Madrid 2021-22 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

Saioa Hernández, Renée Fleming, Lisette Oropesa & Thomas Hampson Lead Ópera de Paris’ 2022-23 Season

Teatro Real Announces Production Change for ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

Bayerische Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Falstaff’

Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau, Anja Harteros & Christian Gerhaher Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2021-22 Season