Aleksandra Kurzak, Anna Netrebko, Nino Machaidze, Roberto Alagna & Anna Pirozzi Lead Festival Puccini’s 2025 Season

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The Festival Puccini has announced its 2025 season featuring five of the composer’s most famous works. “Tosca” will open the festival with a star-studded cast. Aleksandra Kurzak, Carmen Giannattasio, Eleonora Buratto, and Valentina Boi will alternate the title role alongside Roberto Alagna, Michael Fabiano, Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi, Mikolaj Zalasinski, and Ivan Inverardi. Giorgio Croci conducts Alfonso Signorini’s production. Performance {…}

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Teatro San Carlo Announces Cast Change for ‘Tosca’

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The Teatro San Carlo has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The company said, “We regret to inform our audience that Jonas Kaufmann has been forced to cancel his participation in the role of Cavaradossi in the opera ‘Tosca’ for an occurred date change, with the result of an unsolvable calendar incompatibility.” As a result, {…}

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Barbara Hannigan Joins Tiroler Festspiele Erl’s Upcoming Double Bill

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The Tiroler Festspiele Erl has announced that Barbara Hannigan has been added to its upcoming double bill of “Bluebeard’s Castle” and “La Voix Humaine.” “We are extremely pleased that we have been able to sign another world-class soprano, Barbara Hannigan. The Canadian is an exceptional artist and one of the leading interpreters of contemporary music. This summer she will take {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces New Cast Change for ‘Rigoletto’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its Jan. 16 performance of “Rigoletto.” The company said, “For tonight’s performance of Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto,’ the role of the Duke of Mantua will sung by Zach Borichevsky.” He replaces the originally scheduled Pene Pati. Borichevsky made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Edmondo in “Manon Lescaut” in 2016 and then reprised the {…}

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Philharmonie Luxembourg Announces New Music Director

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The Philharmonie Luxembourg has announced that Martin Rajna will be the new Music Director starting in September of 2026. The 29-year-old conductor has been the principal conductor of the Györ Philharmonic Orchestra since 2021 and Chief Conductor of the Hungarian State Opera since 2023. The conductor recently led performances of “Der Fliegende Holländer” this past fall and is in the {…}

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Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Announces Cast Changes for ‘Tosca’

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced a cast change for its production of “Tosca.” The company revealed that Gevorg Hakobyan will take on the role in rotation with Daniel Luis de Vicente. Haboykan will take on the role on Jan. 14-16, and 18 while de Vicente will get the showcases the showcase 19th. Haboykan appears alongside Saioa Hernández and {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Rigoletto (Cast B)

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(Credit: Jennifer Taylor / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is reviving “Rigoletto” for the second time this season. Following a run in the fall, the Met has enlisted a new star cast featuring a promising young tenor and one of the best baritones in the world. The result was a solid evening of music and drama. Hyperactive turntable But before {…}

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Tiroler Festspiele Erl’s Winter Season Succeeds Under Jonas Kaufmann’s Leadership

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Jonas Kaufmann has succeeded in his first winter season as Artistic Director of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl. According to reports, the theater obtained 7,600 visitors and sold 94 percent of its theater. The theater said, “Record compared to previous winter festivals. Most performances were sold out.” The tenor’s first winter season included a highly successful new production of “La Bohème” {…}

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Accademia Verdiana del Teatro Regio di Parma Announces New York Program

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The Accademia Verdiana del Teatro Regio di Parma is set to hold a course in New York from Jan. 13 to 17, 2025. The course is supported by International Friends of Festival Verdi, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, and Fondazione Prof. Roberto Massini ETS and will allow 10 young singers who were selected to take intensive courses with a scholarship of $500. The {…}

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Aleksandra Kurzak, Anna Netrebko, Nino Machaidze, Roberto Alagna & Anna Pirozzi Lead Festival Puccini’s 2025 Season

Teatro San Carlo Announces Cast Change for ‘Tosca’

Barbara Hannigan Joins Tiroler Festspiele Erl’s Upcoming Double Bill

Metropolitan Opera Announces New Cast Change for ‘Rigoletto’

Philharmonie Luxembourg Announces New Music Director

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Announces Cast Changes for ‘Tosca’

Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Rigoletto (Cast B)

Tiroler Festspiele Erl’s Winter Season Succeeds Under Jonas Kaufmann’s Leadership

Accademia Verdiana del Teatro Regio di Parma Announces New York Program