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Donizetti Opera Festival 2018 Review: Enrico Di Borgogna

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Is it possible to create a first-rate theatrical experience when staging an opera in which the composer has not yet found his feet? The question is asked in response to the Donizetti Opera Festival’s decision to mount a production of “Enrico di Borgogna,” the composer’s second complete opera and the first of his works to be given a staging premiered {…}
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Donizetti Opera Festival 2018 Review: Il Castello di Kenilworth

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Donizetti certainly had an intimate relationship with England’s Queen Elizabeth I, and with the Tudors in general, who provided him with a rich source of characters and themes for his operas. Three works have substantial roles for Elizabeth, herself; “Maria Stuarda” and “Roberto Devereux” are well-known and receive regular performances, whereas the third, “Il Castello di Kenilworth,” rarely receives a {…}
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Riccardo Frizza Gets Major Position At Donizetti Opera Festival

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Conductor Riccardo Frizza has been named the first and new music director of the Donizetti Opera Festival in Bergamo. The festival is the only one dedicated to the research and dissemination of the Bergamo born composer´s wide repertoire, a cornerstone of the Romantic bel-canto style. The new appointment was announced by Bergamo´s councillor for culture, Nadia Ghisalberti, and by the director of the {…}
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Longborough Festival Opera Reveals 2020 Season, Featuring Operas by Wagner, Donizetti, & More

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The Longborough Festival Opera announced its 2020 season, which will feature four operas from a wide range of periods and cultures in the artform’s history. After a season with three of four operas in Italian, this season will feature a work by a baroque composer, a bel canto composer, a Czech master, and finally, Wagner. “Die Walküre” will be presented {…}
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Wagner, Donizetti, And Mozart Operas Headline Longborough Festival Opera 2019

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The Longborough Festival Opera has announced its 2019 slate. Everything kicks off with “Das Rheingold,” which will kick off the company’s four-year plan to mount the Ring.  The production will feature Mark Stone, Darren Jeffery, Mark Le Brocq, Madeleine Shaw, and Simon Wilding among others. Amy Lane directors and Anthony Negus conducts. Performance Dates: June 5-11, 2019 Wagner’s epic will {…}
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Berkshire Opera Festival Announces Production Of Donizetti’s ‘Don Pasquale’

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The Berkshire Opera Festival has announced it’s upcoming production of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” for it’s fourth season. As with it’s first three seasons, this production  will also be accompanying recitals and other outreach events around the local Berkshire community, including an exciting new collaboration with Hancock Shaker Village entitled “Ain’t it a Pretty Night: Excerpts from American Opera,” as well as {…}
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Buxton International Festival Announces 2027 Opera Season

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The Buxton International Festival has announced its 2027 season, which will run between July 7 and 25, 2027. The line-up will include Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffmann,” in a production in collaboration with Norwich Theatre Royal, Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” and “Salome: Dance Toward Ruin” in an OperaUpClose production, in partnership with Opera North and artsdepot as well as Rossini’s “La gazzetta.” Donizetti’s {…}
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Festival Verdi 2026 Review: Aida

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(Photo: Roberto Ricci) Experiencing Verdi in Busseto, the composer’s birthplace, remains a stirring prospect for any devotee of Italian opera. The Festival Verdi has wisely extended its activities beyond Parma’s Teatro Regio, bringing opera and concerts to venues throughout the city and its environs. Having previously attended a performance of “Il trovatore” in a seldom-used opera house in nearby Fidenza, {…}
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Berkshire Opera Festival to Screen ‘Zémire et Azor’

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Berkshire Opera Festival (BOF) will present a free screening of its 2026 Resident Artist Program production of Grétry’s “Zémire et Azor” on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. at The Adams Theater in Adams, Massachusetts. The screening is intended to bring the production to Northern Berkshire residents who may face barriers related to transportation, distance, or the cost of attending {…}

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