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News, Season Announcement

Franco Vassallo, Maria Kataeva & Ruzil Gatin Lead Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna has announced its 2025-26 season. Franco Vassallo, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Marily Santoro, and Matteo Falcier star in Verdi’s “Macbeth.” Giuseppe Finzi conducts. Performance Dates: Jan. 30 & Feb. 1, 2026 Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” will star Giorgio Caoduro, Gloria Tronel, Barbara Skora, Giuseppe De Luca, Ruzil Gatin, Laura Verrecchia, and Vincenzo Taormina. Alessandro Cadario conducts the {…}

News, Season Announcement

OperaLombardia Announces 2025-26 Season

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OperaLombardia has announced its 2025-26 season. The season, which is shared by five theaters including Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, Teatro Grande di Brescia, Teatro Sociale di Como / AsLiCo, Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona, and Teatro Fraschini di Pavia, will showcase the same operas. Here are the works with dates to each theater: Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” will be presented in a {…}

News, Season Announcement

Teatro Comunale di Modena Anounces 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Modena has announced its 2025-26 season. Puccini’s “La bohème” will be performed at the Modena Belcanto Festival. Performance Dates: Sept. 26 & 28, 2025 Verdi’s “Nabucco” opens the season with Massimo Zanetti conducting and  Federico Grazzini directing. Performance Dates: Oct. 24-26, 2025 Puccini’s “Tosca” will be directed by Luca Orsini and conducted by Stefano Ranzani. Performance {…}

News, Season Announcement

Lidia Fridman, Carmela Remigio, Gregory Kunde, Dmitry Korchav & Claudia Pavone Lead Teatro Municipale di Piacenza’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Stiffelio” featuring Gregory Kunde, Lidia Fridman, Vladimir Stoyanov, and Riccardo Rados. Leonardo Sini conducts the production by Pier Luigi Pizzi.  Performance Dates: Dec. 19 & 21, 2025 Markus Werba leads Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Renzo Ran, Claudia Pavone, Marco Ciaponi, Carmela Remigio, Tommaso Barea, Alberto Petricca, and Greta Doveri. Enrico Pagano conducts the production by Andrea Bernard. Performance {…}

News, Season Announcement

Camilla Nylund, Olga Jelínková, Xavier Moreno, Maximilian Schmitt, Cristiana Oliveira & Kiandra Howarth Lead Staatstheater Hannover’s 2025-26 Season

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The Staatstheater Hannover has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres  Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will star Shavleg Armasi, Maximilian Schmitt, Viktorija Kaminskaite, Grga Peroš, Ewa Vesin, and Peter Schöne. Stephan Zilias  and Mario Hartmuth conduct the new production by Richard Brunel. Performance Dates: Sept. 14-Nov. 30 2025 Bastian Kraft directs a new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Matteo Guerzé, Daniel Eggert, Olga Jelínková, {…}

News, Season Announcement

Nombulelo Yende, Kiandra Howarth, Jonathan McGovern, Caterina Marchesini & Marcela Rahal Lead Bühnen Bern’s 2025-26 Season

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The Bühnen Bern has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Andrea Sanguineti conducts Bellini’s “Norma” with Joseph Dahdah, Nombulelo Yende, William Meinert, and Simone McIntosh. Performance Date: August 30, 2025 Kiandra Howarth sings the title role of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Jonathan McGovern, Andeka Gorrotxategi, William Meinert, and Christian Valle. Alevtina Ioffe conducts the production by Anna Bergmann. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Frederica Von Stade, Philippe Jaroussky, Franco Corelli, Asmik Grigorian & Nicole Car Lead Cyber Monday New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. It’s about the holidays so this week there is a new Christmas album as well as a final recording by one of the great mezzos of her time, a re-release of a classic recording, a new recording of Massenet’s work, and many baroque {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Municipale di Piacenza 2023-24 Review: La Vestale

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(Photo: Stefano Binci) Maiolati, a small Italian municipality of just six thousand inhabitants located in the province of Ancona, at the heart of Italy, preserves an important cultural legacy. In this serene village, Gaspare Spontini was born in 1774, a composer who, during his time, achieved extraordinary fame and recognition. However, over the years, his name and works have gradually {…}

News

Carmela Remigio, Bruno Taddia, Raffaele Pe & Vincenzo Costanzo Lead Teatro Alighieri’s 2025 Season

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The Teatro Alighieri in Ravenna has announced its 2025 season featuring three opera productions. The season opens with Händel’s “Giulio Cesare“ conducted by Ottavio Dantone and directed by Chiara Muti. Raffaele Pe, Marie Lys, Delphine Galou, Filippo Mineccia, Federico Fiorio, Andrea Gavagnin, Clemente Antonio Daliotti, and Davide Giangregorio. Performance Dates: Jan. 17 & 19, 2025 Gaspare Spontini’s “La Vestale” will be conducted {…}