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Fabio Sartori, Salome Jicia & Serena Gamberoni Lead Teatro Carlo Felice’s Fall 2021-22 Season

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The Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, Italy has announced its fall 2021-22 season featuring three productions and several concerts. Here is a look at the fall season. The season will open with a double bill of Francesco Filidei’s “Sull’esser angeli” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” Claudia Catarzi will dance the opening work while Fabio Sartori and Sergio Escobar will headline Leoncavallo’s work {…}

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Kristine Opolais, Michael Volle, Angela Gheorghiu & Evelyn Herlitzius Lead Semperoper Dresden’s 2021-22 Season

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2021-22 season featuring new productions, revivals, jung oper, and Chamber works. Premieres Gaetano d’Espinosa conducts a new production of Peter Konwitschny Bellini’s “Norma” with Yolanda Auyanet in the title role. The cast will also include Dmytro Popov, Alexandros Stavrakakis, and Stepanka Pucalkova. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-31, 2021 Ivan Repušić conducts a new production of {…}

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Sarasota Opera Announces 2021-22 Season

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The Sarasota Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring five masterworks from the Italian and French repertoire. Fall Season  Rossini’s rarely performed gem “La Scala di Seta” will open the season. Performance Dates: Oct. 29-Nov. 13, 2021 Winter Season  The first production of the winter will be Puccini’s beloved “Tosca” in the company’s classic production. Ann Toomey and Ben Gulley {…}

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko Headline Next 2 Weeks of Met Opera Nightly Streams

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the next two weeks of its streaming slate. One week will be dedicated to iconic productions of director Franco Zeffirelli with the second week dedicated to baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky who passed away back in 2017, leaving behind a legacy of Met HD recordings. Week 49– Franco Zeffirelli Week Monday, February 15 – Puccini’s La Bohème Starring {…}

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Sarasota Opera Announces Casting for Winter & Spring 2021 Festivals

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Sarasota Opera has announced casting for its 2021 festival. “L’Inganno Felice” will feature soprano Hanna Brammer as Isabella and bass-baritone Alexander Charles Boyd as Tarabotto. Tenor Christopher Bozeka will make his company debut as Bertrando with bass Joshua DeVane as Ormondo. Joseph Beutel rounds out the cast, which will be conducted by Victor DeRenzi and directed by Martha Collins. “La {…}

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Francesco Meli, Desirèe Rancatore & Gianluca Terranova Lead Teatro Carlo Felice’s 2020-21 Season

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The Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa has announced the first part of the 2020-21 season. “Il Trespolo tutore” opens the season with Andrea De Carlo conducting a cast that includes Marco Bussi, Raffaella Milanesi, Carlo Vistoli, Juan Sancho, Silvia Frigato, and Paola Valentina Molinari. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2020 Léhar’s “The Merry Widow” is set to star Elisa Balbo and {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Erin Morley & Terence Blanchard Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2021-22 Season

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In collaboration with Dejan Vukosavljevic On the heels of its 2020-21 season cancelation, the Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2021-22 season. The company will present six new productions including three company premieres. Here is a look at the new season. New Productions  The season opens with “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” by Terence Blanchard. The opera will be conducted by {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros & Anna Netrebko Headline Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2020-21 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper announced its 2020-21 season which includes eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres The first new production of the year will be “Die Vögel” by Walter Braunfels, who also penned the libretto. Ingo Metzmacher conducts a production by Frank Castrof that will star Wolfgang Koch, Günter Papendell, Caroline Wettergreen, Emily Pogorelc, Eliza Bloom, and Yajie Zhang, among {…}