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Giuseppina Bridelli & Antonio Poli Lead Teatro la Fenice’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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On Sept. 4 the Teatro la Fenice will begin its fall season with Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” The opera is set to star Giuseppina Bridelli as Dido and Antonio Poli as Aeneas alongside Michela Antenucci, Martina Licari, Valeria Girardello, Lara Lagni, Chiara Brunello, and Matteo Roma with conductor Tito Ceccherini leading the work. Giovanni Di Cicco will direct the production. {…}

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Maria Mudryak, Antonio Poli To Headline Opera Italiana Is In the Air Concert In NYC

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(Credit: Maria Mudryak’s Official Instagram) Opera Italiana is in the Air has announced that it will be returning to Naumburg Bandshell in Central Pak on July 1, 2019. The free outdoor concert will feature the music of Rossini, Verdi, and Puccini with such artists as tenor Antonio Poli and soprano Maria Mudryak. Moreover, 11-year-old composer and singer Paloma Dineli Chesky {…}

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Antonio Pappano & Lise Davidsen Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’ Revival

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(Credit: Richard Termine/Metropolitan Opera) On Oct. 26, the Metropolitan Opera will revive Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” The legendary production by Otto Schenk will see the highly anticipated return of Antonio Pappano to the Met after 25 years. Pappano, who is the Music Director of London’s Royal Opera, last conducted at the Met in 1997. The new revival will also {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Polish Baritone Artur Ruciński on Count di Luna & How Opera is a Bridge to Humanity

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(Photo: Karpati & Zarewicz) Polish baritone Artur Ruciński is one of those artists for whom opera has never been merely a display of vocal mastery. For more than 25 years, he has built an extensive Verdi repertoire, returning to its great roles with fresh eyes each time. In Madrid, where Ruciński is performing Count di Luna in Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il {…}

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Ginger Costa-Jackson, Elisabet Strid, Louise Alder, Aleksandra Kurzak, Metropolitan Opera Headline Royal Ballet & Opera’s 2026-27 Cinema Season

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The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced its 2026-27 Cinema Season. Here are the opera performances, including a collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera. Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen lead Verdi’s “Macbeth” in a new Metropolitan Opera production directed by Louisa Proske and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, with Freddie De Tommaso and Ryan Speedo Green. (UK only) Cinema Date: Oct. 20, {…}

Reviews

Opernhaus Zürich 2025-26 Review: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo

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(Photo: Toni Suter) Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” written in the first century A.D., profoundly influenced Baroque art in all its forms: literature, the visual arts, and music. It is an epic-style compilation of over 250 Greek and Roman myths centered on transformation, spanning from the creation of the world to the deification of Julius Caesar, all linked by the overarching theme of {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: Tristan und Isolde

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(Credit: Karen Almond) In his book, “A New Philosophy of Opera,” director Yuval Sharon notes that “Tristan und Isolde,” alongside “Pelléas et Mélisande” are not only two of the most difficult operas to stage, but “seem like a losing proposition” for any director to take on. He reflects on how oftentimes, director’s attempt to “find physical form for what the {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Puerto Rican Soprano Kresley Figueroa on Her Upcoming Metropolitan Opera Debut, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra & Performing with Regional Orchestras

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(Credit: Soloman Howard) Puerto Rican soprano Kresley Figueroa is a graduate of the Cafritz Young Artist with Washington National Opera where she has performed in numerous productions including “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,” “Partenope,” “La Périchole,” and “The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me.” She has also appeared alongside Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, and Denyce Graves in WNO’s annual gala. Figueroa {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro (Cast A)

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The Metropolitan Opera revived “Le Nozze di Figaro” for the 2024-25 season. I’ve seen this Richard Eyre production countless times and it’s always a breath of air to see how different casts can take the same directions, but breathe new life into them. And this cast was no different. When I reviewed the opera in 2021-22, I remarked how different {…}