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Donizetti Opera Festival to Stream All Three Festival Works

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The Donizetti Opera Festival has relaunched Donizett Operatube in time for the 2023 festival. This season the festival the streaming platform will include full streams of the operas “Alfredo il Grande,” “Il diluvio universale” and “Lucie de Lammermoor.” Audiences will also have access to content from the 2020, 2021, and 2022 seasons which included such operas as “La Fille du {…}

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Donizetti Opera Festival, Lisette Oropesa & Andrew Staples Among Premio Abbiati Winners

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The prestigious Premio Abbiati has announced its 2023 winners.  The awards, which are decided by critics, saw  “La favorite” from the Donizetti Opera Festival win Best Production. Riccardo Frizza conducted and Valentina Carrasco directed. The Special award went to “Le Sonate per pianoforte di Salvatore Sciarrino alla Fabbrica del Vapore,” while the Premio “Roberto Masotti” went to Festival Aperto di {…}

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Donizetti Opera Festival Announces 2023 Season

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The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced the titles for the 2023 season. The festival noted that it will present its annual “LUOpeRave” which will use Donizetti’s music in electronic form. The festival will present “Il diluvio universal” with Music Director Riccardo Frizza conducting the rarely performed work. The cast will include Nahuel Di Pierro, Nicolò Donini, Davide Zaccherini, Eduardo Martínez, Sabrina Gárdez, {…}

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Q & A: Annalisa Stroppa on ‘La Favorite,’ Bergamo & the Donizetti Opera Festival

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(Credit: Michele Monasta) On Nov. 18, the Donizetti Opera Festival will open its 2022 festival with “La Favorite.” The opera is rarely performed but has been a showcase for many mezzo-sopranos in the history of opera. For this new production, Annalisa Stroppa will return to Bergamo and make her role debut as Léonor. The mezzo, who first sang with the {…}

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Annalisa Stroppa & Javier Camarena Lead Donizetti Opera Festival’s ‘La Favorite’

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The Donizetti Opera Festival is set to present “La Favorite.” The festival will present a critical edition edited by Rebecca Harris-Warrick, which reinstates the original French version as conceived by Donizetti for its first performance at the Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique in Paris in 1840. Riccardo Frizza will conduct the work with a cast that includes Annalisa Stroppa {…}

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Donizetti Opera Festival to Present ‘Chiara e Serafina’

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The Donizetti Opera Festival is set to present the rarely performed “Chiara e Serafina.” The work, which will receive performances on Nov. 19, 25, and Dec. 4, will be conducted by Sesto Quatrini and will star Pietro Spagnoli alongside soloists of the Academy of specialization for opera singers of Teatro alla Scala. These singers include Matías Moncada, Nicole Wacker, Greta {…}

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American Friends of the Donizetti Opera Festival Holds First Luncheon

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(Credit: © 2022 Tina Boyadjieva) On May 3, 2022, the American Friends of the Donizetti Opera Festival held its first luncheon at the Lotos Club in New York City. The event marked the first for the organization, which supports artists in their studies on the Donizetti legacy and bel canto and the festival held in November. The event opened with {…}

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Annalisa Stroppa, Javier Camarena & Alex Esposito Lead Donizetti Opera Festival’s 2022 Season

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The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced its 2022 edition. The festival will present a new critical edition of “La favorite,” by Rebecca Harris Warrick from Ricordi. Music Director Riccardo Frizza will direct the operatic masterpiece. The production – newly co-produced with the Opéra National de Bordeaux – is directed by Valentina Carrasco with her team composed of Carles Berga and Peter van Praet for set {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Donizetti Opera Festival 2021 Review: L’Elisir d’Amore

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The Donizetti Opera Festival opened its opera performances with a new production of “L’Elisir d’Amore” under the baton of Music Director Riccardo Frizza. The production was a new, critical edition that included a new aria and cabaletta for Adina in Act two as well as additional music, and was played on period instruments in order to reproduce the sound of {…}