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Teatro Real & Gran Teatre del Liceu Launch Daily Streams on My Opera Player

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The Teatro Real and the Gran Teatre del Liceu are joining forces to showcase operas on the streaming platform MyOperaPlayer.com The company will offer free streams starting on March 19 with programming already set through March 25. It all begins with “Aida” followed by “Madama Butterfly,” “Romeo et Juliette,” “Un Ballo in Maschera,” “La Traviata,” “La Bohème,” and “Macbeth.” The {…}

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Teatro dell’Opera di Roma 2019-20 Review: Les Vepres Siciliennes

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(Photo: Yasuko Kageyama) Opera Roma rolled out the red carpet for the opening evening of its 2019-20 season, with a rare performance of Verdi’s grand opera “Les Vêpres Siciliennes” in its original French version. Overshadowed by his three preceding middle period operas, “Rigoletto,” “Il Trovatore” and “La Traviata,” and by the mature works which followed, it has struggled to gain {…}

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Federico Longhi Headlines A New ‘Rigoletto’ In Würzburg

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Federico Longhi is set to open his 2019-20 season in a new production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” at Mainfranken Theater Würzburg. The new production will be directed by Markus Trabusch with stage and costume designs by Susanne Hiller. The production will be conducted by Enrico Calesso, the general music director of Würzburg Theatre. The production will also star Roberto Ortiz as {…}

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Leo Nucci Cancels ‘Rigoletto’ In Tenerife

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Leo Nucci has canceled performances of “Rigoletto” at the Ópera de Tenerife. The company announced that Nucci had canceled performances of his signature role due to personal reasons. As a result, Luis Cansino will take over the run, scheduled for November 19 through 23, 2019. Cansino is a recognized baritone who has performed at the Teatro Maestranza, Teatro Cervantes, Welsh {…}

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Teatro Real De Madrid 2018-19 Review: Il Trovatore

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The opera “Il Trovatore,” along with “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto,” makes up what is often called the “Verdi trilogy,” the trio of operas that mark the breakout for the composer and a shift toward operas where he looked for a communion between the drama and the music through new musical language and deep characterization of the roles. “Il Trovatore” has {…}