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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Another Cast Change for ‘Simon Boccanegra’

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced another cast change for its performance of “Simon Boccanegra” on April 11. The company announced that Daniel Luis de Vicente will sing the title role replacing Luca Salsi. De Vicente is making his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in the title role of Verdi’s work. He has performed at the Oper Frankfurt, Staatsoper Hannover, Volksoper {…}
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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Simon Boccanegra’

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its performance of “Simon Boccanegra” on April 8. The company announced that George Petean will sing the title role replacing Luca Salsi. Petean has already performed the opening performance on April 6, also taking over for Salsi. He is a well-known baritone who has performed at the Royal Opera House, Hamburg {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Sondra Radvanovsky, Julia Bullock, Juan Diego Flórez, & Ermonela Jaho Lead Teatro Real’s 2024-25 Season

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Nicola Luisotti and Andrés Salado conduct Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” in David McVicar’s production. The production will star Ermonela Jaho, Maria Agresta, Brian Jagde, Matthew Polenzani, Elīna Garanča, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Nicola Alaimo, and Manel Esteve. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 11, 2024 Charpentier’s “David et Jonathas” will be performed in concert with Petr Nekoranec, Gwendoline Blondeel, Jean-Christophe {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Maria José Siri, Pretty Yende, Vittorio Grigòlo & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Arena di Verona’s 2024 Season

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The Arena di Verona has announced its 2024 season which will be dedicated to Puccini. The season will open with Puccini’s “Turandot” in Franco Zeffirelli’s production. Ekaterina Semenchuk, Yeajin Jeon, Anna Pirozzi, and Olga Maslova sing the title role alongside Piero Giuliacci, Yusif Eyvazov, Angelo Villari, Gregory Kunde, Riccardo Fassi, Mariangela Sicilia, Maria Agresta, and Daria Rybak. Michele Spotti conducts. Performance Dates: June 8-29, 2024 Verdi’s “Aida“ will be {…}
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Salzburg Easter Festival’s ‘La Gioconda’ to Receive Radio Broadcast

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(Credit: Bernd Uhlig) The Salzburg Easter Festival will broadcast a recording of Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda” on Oe1. The recording from opening night on March 23, will be broadcast on April 6, 2024, at 7:30 pm. The recording will feature Anna Netrebko in the title role of La Gioconda, Jonas Kaufmann as Enzo Grimaldo, Tareq Nazmi as Alvise Badoero, Eve-Maud Hubeaux as {…}
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Chef Giancarlo Perbellini’s Restaurant Casa Perbellini 12 Apostoli Presents ‘Preludio: Casa Perbellini before the Arena’

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Giancarlo Perbellini, chef of the two-Michelin-starred restaurant Casa Perbellini 12 Apostoli presents “Preludio: Casa Perbellini before the Arena,” a menu specially designed for attendees of the 2024 Summer Season of the Verona Arena’s Lyric Festival. Dining takes place 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday, during the festival, which runs June 7 – Sept. (except for Aug. 15 – {…}
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Amartuvshin Enkhbat to Receive Premio Bastianini

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The Associazione Ettore Bastianini has announced Amartuvshin Enkhbat as the 2024 Premio Bastianini. The Mongolian baritone will be given the award at a ceremony on May 3, 2024 at the Piazza Scalette Rubiani 1 in Verona. The award is given every two years and has already seen such recipients as Simone Piazzola, Nicola Alaimo, Dmitry Hvorostovsky posthumously, and Luca Salsi. Enkhbat {…}
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Teatro San Carlo to Celebrate Anna Netrebko’s 30th Anniversary with ‘La Gioconda’

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(Credit: Olga Rubio Dalmau) The Teatro San Carlo will celebrate Anna Netrebko with an added performance of Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda.” The new performance will be held on April 7 and will celebrate Netrebko’s 30th anniversary of her stage debut. The performance will star the Russian soprano alongside Jonas Kaufmann, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Alexander Köpeczi, Kseniia Nikolaieva, and Ludovic Tézier. Pinchas Steinberg {…}
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Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczała, Angel Blue, Lise Davidsen & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. New Productions  Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s “Aida” in a new production by Michael Mayer. Angel Blue, Judit Kutasi, Piotr Beczała, Quinn Kelsey, Dmitry Belosselskiy, and Morris Robbinson. Alexander Soddy conducts the second cast with Christina Nilsson, Elīna Garanča, Brian Jagde, Eri Owens, Michael Chioldi, Amartüvshin Enkhbatyn, Alexander Vinogradov, and Krzysztof Bączyk. John {…}

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