Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Lisette Oropesa & Plácido Domingo Lead Arena di Verona’s Revised Summer 2020 Edition

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The Arena di Verona has announced its alternative 2020 Summer Festival entitled “In the Heart of Music.” The season opens with a concert entitled “Il cuore italiano della Musica” featuring soloists Eleonora Buratto, Donata D’Annunzio Lombardi, Rosa Feola, Barbara Frittoli, Maria José Siri, Daniela Barcellona, Annamaria Chiuri, Veronica Simeoni, Annalisa Stroppa, Fabio Armiliato, Roberto Aronica, Francesco Meli, Saimir Pirgu, Fabio {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Michael Fabiano, Lead Teatro Real’s 2020-21 Season

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced the 2020-21 season featuring premieres, new productions and some of the greatest stars in the world. Opera Nicola Luisotti and Lorenzo Passerini conduct a production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera“ directed by Gianmaria Aliverta. The production stars Michael Fabiano and Ramón Vargas as Riccardo, Anna Pirozzi and Tatiana Serjan as Amelia, Artur {…}

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Anna Netrebko & Jonas Kaufmann Headline Teatro San Carlo di Napoli’s 2020 Summer Edition

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(Credit: Vladimir Shirokov/© Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical) The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has announced a summer season featuring two operas and a concert. The season will be performed at the Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, Italy and live streamed. The season opens with Puccini’s “Tosca” with Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, and Ludovic Tézier. The concert performances will be {…}

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Jessica Pratt, Davinia Rodriguez Headline Coccia Theatre’s ‘Alienati’ On June 2

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(Image Source: Davinia Rodriguez Official Website / Jessica Pratt Facebook) Starting on June 2, 2020, Coccia Theatre in Novara, Italy will be streaming “Alienati,” the first Smart Working Opera. The new work will feature music by Federico Biscione, Alberto Cara, Cristian Carrara, Federico Gon and Marco Taralli, with a libretto by Vincenzo De Vivo. Roberto Recchia directs a cast that {…}

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Kristine Opolais, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs & Artur Ruciński Highlight Week 3 of Palau de Les Arts’ Streaming

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The Palau de les Arts in Valencia continues streaming platform for the third straight week with a new set of operas. The week begins on April 14 with Manuel de Falla’s “La vida breve“ conducted by Lorin Maazel, the company’s first music director. The recording marks the only video recording with Maazel and showcases a production by Giancarlo del Monaco {…}

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René Pape, Olga Peretyatko, & Sonya Yoncheva Highlight Staatsoper Unter Den Linden’s 2020-21 Season

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The Staatsoper Unter Den Linden has announced its 2020-21 season, which features eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres Barbara Wysocka directs Francesconi’s “Quartett” with Daniel Barenboim conducting Mojca Erdmann and Thomas Oliemanns. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-18, 2020 Mozart’s “Mitridate, Re di Ponto” is set to be conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Satoshi Miyagi. Pene Pati, Julie Fuchs, {…}

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CD Review: Opera Rara’s ‘Semiramide’

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An Opera Rara is a love letter to Bel Canto fans. Not only does the company research, rediscover, restore, record, and perform the forgotten operatic heritage of the 19th century, but they offer it up to collectors in a vibrant and potent packaging that includes a generous booklet with a extended article about the opera, photos and lithographs from the {…}

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Teatro alla Scala & RAI to Stream Opera Daily

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The Teatro alla Scala is teaming up with La RAI to stream operas starting March 23 through April 21. The company announced that RaiPlay will showcase 30 productions including four ballets, that were presented from 2008 through 2019. The productions will remain available for one month On April 6, Rai5 will broadcast an opera from Monday to Friday. On Wednesdays there {…}

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Davinia Rodriguez, Sabine Devieilhe, Simon Keenlyside Headline La Monnaie’s 2020-21 Season

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La Monnaie / De Munt in Brussels, Belgium has unveiled its 2020-21 season which features a number of unique operas, concerts, and recitals. Opera The opera season kicks off with the world premiere of Kris Defoort and Peter van Kraaij’s “The Time of our Singing.” The opera stars Claron McFadden, Mark. S. Doss, Peter Coleman-Wright, Levy Sekgapane, Peter Brathwaite, Abigail {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Lisette Oropesa & Plácido Domingo Lead Arena di Verona’s Revised Summer 2020 Edition

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Michael Fabiano, Lead Teatro Real’s 2020-21 Season

Anna Netrebko & Jonas Kaufmann Headline Teatro San Carlo di Napoli’s 2020 Summer Edition

Jessica Pratt, Davinia Rodriguez Headline Coccia Theatre’s ‘Alienati’ On June 2

Kristine Opolais, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs & Artur Ruciński Highlight Week 3 of Palau de Les Arts’ Streaming

René Pape, Olga Peretyatko, & Sonya Yoncheva Highlight Staatsoper Unter Den Linden’s 2020-21 Season

CD Review: Opera Rara’s ‘Semiramide’

Teatro alla Scala & RAI to Stream Opera Daily

Davinia Rodriguez, Sabine Devieilhe, Simon Keenlyside Headline La Monnaie’s 2020-21 Season