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Daniele Gatti to Commemorate Bombing of Dresden 80 Years Ago with Verdi’s Requiem

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(Credit: 2024_Copyright: Markenfotografie) On Feb. 12 and 13, 2025 the Semperoper Dresden is set to present Verdi’s “Requiem.” The evening will commemorate the Feb. 13 and 14, 1945 bombing of Dresden, the most destructive bombing of World War II which saw 1,500 tons of explosive bombs and 1,200 tons of firebombs dropped by more than 800 British airplanes, later joined {…}
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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces Production Change for ‘Norma’

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a change for its “Norma” production during the 2025 season. The company said, “The Teatro del Maggio informs the kind audience that the production of Vincenzo Bellini’s ‘Norma,’ scheduled for next March during the 2025 Season, will no longer be the announced revival of the play directed by Moshe Leisier and Patrice Caurier for {…}
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Jessica Pratt, Olga Peretyatko, Luca Salsi, Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena & Nombulelo Yende Lead Maggio Musicale FIorentino’s 2025 Season

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(Credit: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino) The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2025 season. Stefano Ranzani conducts a production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” by Davide Livermore. Celso Albelo, Daniel Luis de Vicente, Leon Kim, Olga Peretyatko, Alessio Cacciamani, and Eleonora Filipponi star. Performance Dates: Feb. 16-23, 2025 Michele Spotti conducts Bellini’s “Norma” in a production by Moshe Leisier and Patrice Caurier. Jessica Pratt, {…}
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Carolina López Moreno, Iván Ayón Rivas, Teresa Iervolino & Jessica Pratt Lead Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s 2024 Season

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its Fall 2024 season from September to December. Opera Teresa Iervolino leads Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” with Matteo D’Apolito, Patrick Kabongo, William Hernandez, and Marco Filippo Romano. Ginaluca Capuano conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 20-27, 2024 Daniele Gatti conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Carolina López Moreno, Piero Pretti, Vincenzo Costanzo, Marvic Monreal, and Nicola Alaimo headlining the cast. {…}
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Barno Ismatullaeva, Jacquelyn Wagner, Pumeza Matshikiza, Mario Rojas & Daniel Luis de Vicente Lead Staatsoper Hannover’s 2024-25 Season

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The Staatsoper Hannover has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Philip Glass’s “Satyagraha” will be conducted by Masaru Kumakura and directed by Daniel Kramer. The production will star Shanul Sharma, Meredith Wohlgemuth, Ketevan Chuntishvili, Beatriz Miranda, Lluís Calvet i Pey, Markus Suihkonen, Ruzana Grigorian, Darwin Prakash, and Markus Suihkonen. Performance Dates: Sept. 6-Oct. 31, 2024 Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” will receive a new {…}
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Opera San Jose Announces Cast Change for ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’

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Opera San Jose has announced a cast change for its production of Daniel Catan’s “Florencia en el Amazonas.” The company said that Elizabeth Caballero will replace the originally scheduled Marlen Nahhas. In a statement, Caballero also added, “Happy to announce that I will be returning to a magical river cruise down the Amazon April 20-May 5 when I will be {…}
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Opera San José Announces Free Community Events Ahead of ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’ Performances

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(Photo credit: Simon Pauly) Opera San José brings free music to the community, in celebration of the first Spanish language opera performed on its mainstage. Free community concerts with excerpts from “Florencia en el Amazonas” are offered on March 22 at the Mexican Heritage Plaza, March 24 at the Biblioteca Latinoamericana Library, and at the East San José Carnegie Library {…}
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Carolina López Moreno & Iván Ayón-Rivas Star in Festival Granda’s ‘La Bohème’

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For its 15th edition, the Festival Internacional de Ópera Alejandro Granda in Lima, Peru will present Puccini’s “La bohème.” The cast will be headlined by the Bolivian-Albanian soprano Carolina López Moreno as Mimì and Peruvian tenor Iván Ayón-Rivas as Rodolfo. Joining them are Spanish soprano Patricia Calvache as Musetta and baritones Francesco Samuele Venuti and Giuseppe Toia as Marcello and {…}
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Opera San José Awarded Grant From National Endowment for the Arts for ‘Florencia en el Amazonas’

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Opera San José has been awarded $22,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for Grants for Arts Projects. The grant will support diverse audience access and opportunities for the Bay Area premiere of “Florencia en el Amazonas” presented by Opera San José.  The company will put the funds from the grant towards the South Bay company’s community outreach {…}

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