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Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Announces Collaboration with Damiano Michieletto for Caracalla Festival 2025

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(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced that Damiano Michieletto will program the Caracalla Festival 2025, the year of the jubilee. The idea for the project was conceived in the last months with Michiletto who has worked with the opera house on productions of “Rigoletto” and “Giulio Cesare in Egitto.” In a statement, Superintendent Francesco Giambrone said, {…}

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Teatro Nuovo 2023 Review: Crispino e la Comare

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Photo credit: Steve Pisano Teatro Nuovo is an opera company solely dedicated to the discovery and rediscovery of Italian music specifically from the Bel Canto period. In fact, they are the only opera company in the world dedicated to doing this right now. And, they are doing it exceedingly well.  The Naples brothers Federico and Luigi Ricci’s “Crispino e la {…}

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Nadine Sierra Cancels Performances at Teatro Real and Carnegie Hall

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(Credit: Merri Cyer) Nadine Sierra has canceled her upcoming performances at the Teatro Real de Madrid and Carnegie Hall. The soprano took to Instagram and said that due to fatigue she was canceling her upcoming performances. As a result, Lisette Oropesa will sing the Brahms German Requiem alongside Quinn Kelsey and the Met Orchestra and Chorus at Carnegie Hall. Meanwhile, {…}

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Saioa Hernández, Piotr Beczala, Joyce DiDonato & Ailyn Pérez Lead Teatro Real’s 2023-24 Season

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2023-24 season featuring a wide array of repertoire. Opera Maria Agresta, Saioa Hernández, and Maria Pia Piscitelli star in Cherubini’s “Medea“ alongside Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Silvia Tro Santafé, Jongmin Park, Alexander Vinogradov, Sara Blanch, Marina Monzó, Enea Scala, and Francesco Demuro. Ivor Bolton conducts the production by Paco Azorín. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}

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Ángel Ódena Replaces Carlos Álvarez in Teatro de la Zarzuela’s ‘Entre Sevilla y Triana’

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(Credit: Ángel Ódena official website) The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced that baritone Carlos Álvarez will not be appearing in the role of Fernando in Pablo Sorozábal, Luis Fernández Sevilla, and Luis Tejedor Pérez’s “Entre Sevilla y Triana” for performances on Jan. 26, 28, 30, and Feb. 2, 4 and 6, 2022. As a result, Ángel Ódena will take {…}

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Christopher Maltman, Markus Brück, Benjamin Bernheim, Saimir Pirgu, Olga Peretyatko & Rinat Shaham Lead ‘Rigoletto’ at Gran Teatre del Liceu

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(Credit: Antoni Bofill) The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced the upcoming performances of Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The opera will star Benjamin Bernheim, Saimir Pirgu and Josep Bros in the role of Duca di Mantua; Olga Peretyatko and Aigul Khismatullina as Gilda; Grigory Shkarupa and Liang Li in the role of Sparafucile; Rinat Shaham and Nino Surguladze as Maddalena; and Christopher {…}

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Opera Hispánica & Teatro Grattacielo 2021-22 Review: Cuando el Fuego Abrasa

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(Credit; Gustavo Mirabile) Opera Hispánica and Teatro Grattacielo opened their respective 2021-22 seasons on Saturday evening with a unique double bill comprising works by Astor Piazzolla and Manuel de Falla jointly called “Cuando el Fuego Abrasa.” The production, the first collaboration between the two companies, was directed by Malena Dayen and conducted by Jorge Parodi, who led members of the {…}