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Carmela Remigio & Ruth Iniesta Lead Teatro Pergolesi Spontini’s 2024 Season

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The Teatro Pergolesi Spontini has announced its 2024 operatic season. The season opens with Spontini’s “La Vestale“ conducted by Alessandro Benigni and directed by Gianluca Falaschi. Carmela Remigio sings the title role alongside Bruno Taddia, Joseph Dahdah, Daniela Pini, Adriano Gramigni, and Kilo Patrick Sullivan. Performance Dates: Oct. 18 & 20, 2024 Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” will be conducted by Hossein Pishkar {…}

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Lighting Designer Denounces Teatro Colón for Contract Breach

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Brazilian stage director and lighting designer Caetano Vilela has taken to social media to speak out against the Teatro Colón’s lack of payment.  Vilela took to social media where he wrote, “August 14th, one year ago I arrived in Buenos Aires to work for the first time at @teatrocolon (Teatro Colón), replacing an Argentine lighting designer at the last minute {…}

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Teatro di Pisa Announces 2024-25 Season

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Teatro di Pisa has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” with Andrea Cigni directing and Francesco Pasqualetti at the podium. Angelo Villari sings the title role alongside Maria Teresa Leva and Angelo Veccia. Michael Spadaccini, Francesca Vitali, and Kim Gangsoonalso star. Performance Dates: Oct. 25 & 27, 2024 Ruth Iniesta and Paolo Lardizzone lead Verdi’s {…}

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Elisa Verzier, Fabio Capitanucci, Christian Federici, Nina Demenkova Headline Glyndebourne’s Autumn 2024 Season

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Glyndebourne has unveiled its Autumn season. “La Traviata” will star Elisa Verzier as Violetta. Joining her are Matteo Desole and Sehoon Moon as Alfredo, and Christian Federici as Giorgio Germont. Adam Hickox conducts a revival of a production by Tom Cairnes. Performance Dates: Oct. 10 – Nov. 2, 2024 Olivia Clarke conducts Mariame Clément’s production of “Il Turco in Italia.” Ian {…}

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Teatro Alighieri Announces 2024 Season

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The Teatro Alighieri has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the four operas that will be presented. Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” will be performed in a new production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Antonio Greco conducts the Orchestra Monteverdi Festival – Cremona Antiqua with a cast that includes Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Enrico Torre, Federico Domenico Eraldo Sacchi, {…}

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International Opera Awards 2023 Announces Shortlist of Nominees

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The International Opera Awards has unveiled its shortlist of nominees for the 2023 edition. Winners will revealed on Nov. 9 when the event will take place at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, Poland. “This year’s International Opera Awards shortlist once again celebrates talent from around the world and proves that opera is truly the most international of artforms. Huge congratulations {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Marko Mimica on ‘Les Contes d’Hofmann,’ Opera Australia & French Music

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(Credit: ©Gemma Escribano) After having performed all over the world at the Teatro Regio di Parma, Donizetti Opera Festival, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro San Carlo, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Teatro Regio di Torino, and Royal Opera Muscat, among many others, there can be no doubt that Marko Mimica is one of opera’s rising stars. And this month, the bass-baritone will {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Olga Peretyatko, Marina Rebeka & Reginald Mobley Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to see a Rossini work, a debut album and a rarely performed work. Boulder Bach Festival  Sono Luminus releases Boulder Bach Festival which includes works by J.S. Bach and his admired older contemporary Johann Christoph Bach that were recorded immediately following the festival week at the conclusion of the Boulder Bach Festival’s 41st year. The {…}