Autunno Musicale Announces Fall 2021 Season

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The Autunno Musicale in Treviso, Italy has announced its fall 2021 season. The season begins with the inauguration gala at the Teatro Del Monaco starring Venezuelan soprano Inés Salazar. She will perform arias by Verdi and the verismo repertoire alongside the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta and maestro Gerardo Felisatti. There will also be the presentation of the book “Opera 150,” {…}

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Anna Prohaska, Magdalena Kožená, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Eva Zaïcik & Reinoud Van Mechelen Lead Staatsoper Berlin’s Barocktage 2021

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(Credit: Staatsoper Unter den Linden / Marcus Ebener) The Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin has announced its Barocktage. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal works only. Here is a look. Baritone Adam Kutny kicks off the festival with the children opera “Theseus’ Reise in die Unterwelt.” Carolina Nees is the moderator. Performance Dates: Nov. {…}

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Eleonora Buratto, Dmitry Korchak & Maria Agresta Lead Teatro Regio di Torino’s 2022 Season

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The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced its 2022 season. Grigorij Frid’s “Il diario di Anna Frank” will be performed by Shira Patchornik and conducted by Giulio Laguzzi. Anna Maria Bruzzese directs the production. Performance Dates: Jan. 27 & 28, 2022 Dinara Alieva and Maria Teresa Leva lead Puccini’s “La Bohème” with Valentin Dytiuk and Matteo Lippi as Rodolfo. The cast {…}

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Premiere Dates for Shorter & spalding’s ‘Iphigenia’ Announced

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Dates for composer Wayne Shorter and librettist / performer esperanza spalding’s “Iphigenia” have been announced. The opera, which will be directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz and conducted by Clark RUndell with set designs by Frank Gehry, costumes by Montana Levi Blanco, lighting by Jen Schriever, and sound by Mark Gray, will make its world premiere this November at ArtsEmerson in Boston {…}

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Vittorio Prato, Andrea Mastroni & Sonia Prina Headline Teatro Coccia’s 2021-22 Fall Season

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The Teatro Coccia in Novara, Italy has announced its 2021-22 fall season. The season opens with Mini Opere. The first work that will be presented is “Boccacio Delivery Ovvero la Vendetta di Cisti Fornaio” by Alberto Cara. The production will be directed by Salvatore Sito and conducted by Carlo Emilio Tortarolo. The opera will star Federica Vinci and Andrea Tabili. {…}

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Paul Anthony to Release Novella ‘Sorrow: the legacy of cio-cio-san’

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Author Paul Anthony is set to release his new novella “Sorrow: the legacy of cio-cio-san,” a follow-up to Puccini’s famed opera “Madama Butterfly.” The book starts during that tragic final scene of the famed opera with Pinkerton finding Cio-Cio San dead and taking their son Sorrow with him to the U.S. The book follows the story of the young boy {…}

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Spoleto Festival USA Appoints New General Director

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(Credit: Peter Adamik) The Spoleto Festival USA in South Carolina has appointed Mena Mark Hanna as its new General Director. The new Director brings more than a decade of experience working in the performing arts field, both in leadership roles and as an educator. He was previously at Berlin’s Barenboim-Said Akademie where he was the Founding Dean and Professor of {…}

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Kevin Simmonds to Release New Book ‘The Monster I Am Today: Leontyne Price and a Life in Verse’

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On July 15, 2021, musician and writer Kevin Simmonds’ will release his new book, “The Monster I Am Today: Leontyne Price and a Life in Verse.” Published through TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, the book will chronicle the life and art of the acclaimed opera singer, and its personal influence on Simmonds as a gay, Black artist. Utilizing a structure of {…}

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Obituary: Soprano Gianna Rolandi Passes at 68

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American soprano Gianna Rolandi died on Sunday, June 20, 2021 at age 68. Rolandi was born in New York City on August 16, 1952, and grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her mother Jane Frazier was also a lyrical singer and her father was an Italian-born obstetrician. Rolandi began her musical studies as a violinist, but opera, especially such works {…}

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Autunno Musicale Announces Fall 2021 Season

Anna Prohaska, Magdalena Kožená, Max Emanuel Cenčić, Eva Zaïcik & Reinoud Van Mechelen Lead Staatsoper Berlin’s Barocktage 2021

Eleonora Buratto, Dmitry Korchak & Maria Agresta Lead Teatro Regio di Torino’s 2022 Season

Premiere Dates for Shorter & spalding’s ‘Iphigenia’ Announced

Vittorio Prato, Andrea Mastroni & Sonia Prina Headline Teatro Coccia’s 2021-22 Fall Season

Paul Anthony to Release Novella ‘Sorrow: the legacy of cio-cio-san’

Spoleto Festival USA Appoints New General Director

Kevin Simmonds to Release New Book ‘The Monster I Am Today: Leontyne Price and a Life in Verse’

Obituary: Soprano Gianna Rolandi Passes at 68