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The Senate budget of Bergamo has approved that Donizetti Opera Festival will be awarded one million euros for the next three years. Antonio Misiani, the secretary of economy announced that the festival will receive a yearly amount for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 festivals. The bill was past in order for the festival to grow in size and in its {…}
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(Credit: Gianfranco Rota) “Lucrezia Borgia” is perhaps one of Donizetti’s most dramatic operas with arguably some of the most unlikeable characters in the artform. However, it ranks as one of his most inventive and one of his most compelling. The music which brings audiences a step closer to early Verdi, sees Donizetti in experimental mode with some of the traditional {…}
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The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced its 2020 season. Artistic director Francesco Micheli and music director Riccardo Frizza announced that the 2020 festival will include “Marino Faliero” in an edition by Maria Chiara Bertieri and “La Fille du Régiment” in a new edition by Claudio Toscani in collaboration with Casa Ricordi. Micheli announced the news during the 2019 festival which {…}
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Last year Opera Rara, in co-production with the Royal Opera House, presented the world premiere of Donizetti’s “L’Ange de Nisida,” a work that was written in 1839 for the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris. However, when the theatre went bankrupt, the opera was left unperformed and Donizetti used the music that was written for “La Favorite,” one of his {…}
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(Credit: Credit: Ph. Rota) In 1819 Donizetti wrote the opera “Pietro il Grande.” The opera was his fourth in what would become a legendary output with some major repertory staples. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opera’s premiere, the Donizetti Festival Opera performed the work in a new production by Ondadurto Teatro – Marco Paciotti and Lorenzo Pasquali. The {…}
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The American Friends of the Donizetti Opera Festival has been formed to support the efforts of the Donizetti Opera Festival, an international celebration held each November in Bergamo, Italy, the birthplace of the famed composer that bears the festival’s name. The AFDOF is will be charged with encouraging the collaboration of scholars, artists, and Donizetti devotees in the United States {…}
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On Nov 15. 2019, the Italian theatre company ONDADURTO TEATRO will debut in the world of Opera with the production of Donizetti’s “Pietro il Grande” at the Donizetti Opera Festival. The company ONDADURTO TEATRO is defined by its interdisciplinary approach to the creation of its shows, which range from nouveau cirque to physical theatre, from dance to gesture. For the {…}
https://operawire.com/q-a-tenor-xabier-anduaga-on-winning-operalia-his-return-to-the-donizetti-opera-festival/
On July 26, 2019, Spanish tenor Xabier Anduaga (along with fellow competitor Adriana Gonzalez) achieved one of opera’s most coveted distinctions as he joined the circle of Operalia 1st Prize winners. The Operalia competition has been transforming talented young singers into stars of the opera scene since 1993, with winners frequently becoming headliners at top venues across the globe. This {…}
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Riccardo Frizza is one of today’s foremost Italian conductors specializing in the Italian repertoire. He has appeared at all the great opera houses in the world and has interpreted many of the great works by Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini, and Bellini. Recently, he was appointed the music director of the Donizetti Opera Festival and for his first assignment, he took on {…}