Anna Caterina Antonacci, Francesco Meli & Giuliana Gianfaldoni Highlight Teatro Grande di Brescia’s 2020 Fall Season

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The Teatro Grande di Brescia in Northern Italy has announced its 2020 fall season. The season opens with Handel’s “Messiah” in Mozart’s famed revision with Marigona Qerkezi, Chiara Tirotta, Didier Pieri, and Andrea Patucelli. Massimo Fiocchi Malaspina conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 29, 2020 The season will continue with #2021DESTINAZIONETAURIDE featuring music by Gluck with Anna Caterina Antonacci, Mert Süngü, and Bruno Taddia. The evening will feature {…}

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Fondazione Teatro Donizetti Announces 2019-20 Season

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The Fondazione Teatro Donizetti has announced its 2019-20 season featuring three operas and operettas. Opera Maria Teresa Leva sings the title role in Verdi’s “Aida” with a cast that includes Samuele Simoncini, Cristina Melis, Leon Kim, and Fabrizio Beggi. Francesco Cilluffo conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s historical production. Performance Dates: Dec. 13 & 15, 2019 Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” will be conducted by Leonardo Sini and is set {…}

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Rihab Chaieb, Samantha Hankey, Vanessa Vasquez Among Operalia 2018 Semifinalists

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The 2018 Operalia Competition has announced its semifinalists. Per the official website, the singers have been whittled down to 24 artists for the opera competition and 12 for the Zarzuela section. The semifinalists in the opera slate include soprano Zarina Abaeva, tenor Migran Agadzhanyan, soprano Cornelia Beskow, mezzo Rihab Chaieb, mezzo Emily D’Angelo, tenor Luis Gomes, mezzo Samantha Hankey, mezzo {…}

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Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Announces 40 Participants For 2018 Competition

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The Operalia Competition has announced the 40 singers that were selected to participate in the 2018 Showcase at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, Portugal. The competition founded by Plácido Domingo will see such singers as Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition winners Samantha Hankey and Vanessa Vasquez, Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists Rihab Chaieb and Petr Nekoranec, LA {…}

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Maria Agresta, Martin Muehle, Pretty Yende, & Angelo Villari Among Performers at 2025 Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund

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(Photo credits: Elisa Rinaldi, Simon Pauly, & Gregor Hohenberg) Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund announces its 2025 lineup. Soprano Maria Agresta and tenor Martin Muehle perform opera classics from Verdi to Puccini in the Italian opera gala. Carlo Montanaro conducts the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen. Performance Date: June 1, 2025 Works by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and those who inspired his writing {…}

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Amanda Forsythe & Holger Falk Lead Music Before 1800’s 50th Anniversary Season

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***Editor’s Note: This article has been modified. The original article stated that first performance of the season was La Chapelle Harmonique making its North American debut, with soprano Élodie Fonnard and baritone Cyril Costanzo as soloists. The company explained that the concert has been changed and this is now reflected in the article. Music Before 1800 has released the lineup {…}

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Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Zachary Wilder to Perform ‘A Room of Mirrors’ on North American Tour

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(Photo credit: Michal Novak & Orpheus Photography) Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Zachary Wilder with the I Gemelli ensemble have announced the North American tour for “A Room of Mirrors.” The tenor duo and ensemble will travel to New York City, Boston, and Montreal. The two U.S. performances take place in part with the Boston Early Music Festival at Morgan Library on {…}

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Anna Caterina Antonacci, Francesco Meli & Giuliana Gianfaldoni Highlight Teatro Grande di Brescia’s 2020 Fall Season

Fondazione Teatro Donizetti Announces 2019-20 Season

Rihab Chaieb, Samantha Hankey, Vanessa Vasquez Among Operalia 2018 Semifinalists

Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Announces 40 Participants For 2018 Competition

Maria Agresta, Martin Muehle, Pretty Yende, & Angelo Villari Among Performers at 2025 Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund

Amanda Forsythe & Holger Falk Lead Music Before 1800’s 50th Anniversary Season

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Zachary Wilder to Perform ‘A Room of Mirrors’ on North American Tour