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Anna Caterina Antonacci & Rebeka Lokar Headline Teatro Grande di Brescia’s 2021 Fall Season

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The Teatro Grande di Brescia, Italy has announced its fall 2021 season featuring four operatic productions. The season opens with Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” starring Rebeka Lokar as Minnie, Angelo Villari as Dick Johnson, and Devid Cecconi as Jack Rance. Valerio Galli conducts the Andrea Cigni production which also stars Andrea Concetti, Didier Pieri, Valdis Jansons, Marco Miglietta, Federico {…}

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Euro Cup Final Forces Teatro Regio di Parma to Change ‘Don Pasquale’ Performance Time

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The Teatro Regio di Parma has changed the time for the July 11 performance of “Don Pasquale.” The company announced the opera will now start at 20:00 instead of the original 21.30 in order for audiences to be able to see the final of the UEFA EURO Cup in which Italy will play against England. The new production by Pier Francesco {…}

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Elina Garanča, Piero Pretti & Lisette Oropesa Lead Festival Verdi’s 2021 Season

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The Festival Verdi has announced its 2021 season and will take place in both Parma and Busetto. Here is a look at the operaic performances planned for this season. Operas & Concerts  The season kicks off with “Un ballo in maschera“ at Teatro Regio di Parma in a new staging by Graham Vick. Roberto Abbado conducts the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini {…}

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Teatro Regio di Parma to Open New ‘Don Pasquale’ Production

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Donizetti’s ‘Don Pasquale’ will inaugurate the Teatro Regio di Parma’s Estate al Parco della Musica on Thursday, June 30, 2021. The work will return to Parma after a 28-year absence and will be directed by Pier Francesco Maestrini in a co-production with l’Ente Luglio Musicale Trapanese. The stage design and videos will be by Guillermo Nova with costumes by Luca {…}

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Teatro Regio di Parma Announces Summer Festival

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The Teatro Regio di Parma in Italy has announced its Estate al Parco della Musica festival. Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” will highlight the season with Laura Giordano, Antonio Mandrillo, Federico Longhi, and Pablo Galvez. Ferdinando Sulla conducts Pier Francesco Maestrini’s production. Performance Dates: June 30-July 11, 2021 Orff’s “Carmina Burana” will feature Hasmik Torosyan, David Astorga, and Alberto Bonifazio. Giulio Zappa {…}

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Wexford Festival Opera 2018 Review: Don Pasquale

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The venue for Wexford Opera Festival “Opera Shorts” programme of piano accompanied, well-known operas in reduced form, is undoubtedly better suited to some works than others. Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” is probably a perfect fit for the small stage erected especially for the festival in White’s Hotel, in which the audience are all relatively close to the stage, and therefore able {…}