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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Jessica Pratt & Andreas Schager Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s 3rd & 4th Week of Streaming

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced the third and fourth week of streaming after a successful first two weeks. Week three will begin with Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” from the 2016-17 season. The production by Pierre Audi was conducted by Daniele Gatti and starred Andreas Schager and Rachel Nicholls. Streaming Date: March 31, 2020 The ballet “Carmen” from Jiří {…}

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Luca Salsi, Eleonora Buratto & Davinia Rodriguez Highlight Festival Verdi 2020

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The Festival Verdi has announced its 2020 program featuring three new productions and one concert performance. Here is a look: Verdi and Solera’s “I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata” will feature Marco Ciaponi, Michele Pertusi, Yolanda Auyanet, and Jean-Francois Borras. Daniele Callegari will conduct the production by Hugo de Ana. Performance Dates: Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2020 Verdi and Piave’s “Rigoletto” will be interpreted in collaboration {…}

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Linda Watson To Be Honored As Kammersängerin In Vienna

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On Jan. 19, 2020, soprano Linda Watson will be honored with the title of Kammersängerin at the Wiener Staatsoper. The soprano will be performing in a production of “Lohengrin” as Ortrud on that evening. Watson, was originally brought to Vienna as mezzo-soprano by Leonard Bernstein to sing in his opera “A Quiet Place.” From there she would become an ensemble {…}

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Saimir Pirgu, Anna Pirozzi & Roberta Mantegna Highlight Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma’s 2019-20 Season

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2019-20 season featuring numerous new productions and two special concerts. Daniele Gatti conducts a new production of Verdi’s “Les Vêpres Siciliennes” by Valentina Carrasco. The production stars Roberto Frontali, John Osborn, Michele Pertusi, and Roberta Mantegna. Performance Dates: Dec. 10-22, 2019 Lyudmila Monastyrska and Monica Zanettin share the title role in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Giorgio Berrugi {…}

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Ermonela Jaho, Olga Peretyatko, Cecila Bartoli Headline Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s 2019-20 Season

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The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has announced its slate for the 2019-20 season. It will kick off with a concert by the young artists from the Académie de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Performance Date: Oct. 30, 2019 The first production of the season will be “Lucia di Lammermoor” which will star Olga Peretyatko in the title role. Ismael Jordi will be Edgardo {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča & Philippe Jaroussky Headline Théâtre Champs-Élysée’s 2019-20 Season

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The Théâtre Champs-Élysée has announced its 2019-20 season featuring five opera productions, numerous concert performances, operas in concerts, a Beethoven celebration and a number of recitals. For this season announcement we have narrowed it down to only vocal or operatic performances. Here is a look at the massive season. Deborah Cohen directs a new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with {…}

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The Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma Announces Starry 2017-18 Season

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The Rome Opera has announced its 2017-18 season showcasing a number of new productions. New Productions The season opens on Dec. 6, 2017, with Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust.” Conducted by Daniele Gatti, the opera will get a new production by Damiano Michieletto, who recently directed a highly acclaimed “Il viaggio a Reims” for the company. The opera will star {…}

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The Rossini Opera Festival Suffers Major Losses

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The Teatro Communale di Bologna has cut ties with the Rossini Opera Festival after 30 years. The company announced the news noting that the ROF has refused to credit Bologna as co-producer. That means that it is not entitled to state subsidy from the Cultural Ministry. It added that since it did not have credit the Bologna Opera will be {…}

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

Jessica Pratt & Andreas Schager Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s 3rd & 4th Week of Streaming

Luca Salsi, Eleonora Buratto & Davinia Rodriguez Highlight Festival Verdi 2020

Linda Watson To Be Honored As Kammersängerin In Vienna

Saimir Pirgu, Anna Pirozzi & Roberta Mantegna Highlight Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma’s 2019-20 Season

Ermonela Jaho, Olga Peretyatko, Cecila Bartoli Headline Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s 2019-20 Season

Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča & Philippe Jaroussky Headline Théâtre Champs-Élysée’s 2019-20 Season

The Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma Announces Starry 2017-18 Season

The Rossini Opera Festival Suffers Major Losses