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Luca Salsi, Eleonora Buratto & Davinia Rodriguez Highlight Festival Verdi 2020

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The Festival Verdi has announced its 2020 program featuring three new productions and one concert performance. Here is a look: Verdi and Solera’s “I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata” will feature Marco Ciaponi, Michele Pertusi, Yolanda Auyanet, and Jean-Francois Borras. Daniele Callegari will conduct the production by Hugo de Ana. Performance Dates: Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2020 Verdi and Piave’s “Rigoletto” will be interpreted in collaboration {…}

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Teatro all Scala 2019-20 Opening Night Preview: Where Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli & Luca Salsi Have Performed ‘Tosca’

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(Credit: © Teatro alla Scala / Brescia-Amisano) On Dec. 7, 2019, the Teatro alla Scala will open its 2019-20 season with a new production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The cast includes Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, and Luca Salsi. All three have collaborated numerous times at La Scala, Salzburg, Verona and Vienna, but this will be the first time the three sing {…}

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Carmela Remigio, Roberta Mantegna & Luca Salsi Headline Teatro La Fenice’s 2019-20 Season

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The Teatro La Fenice has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of productions and concerts. Opera  Alex Esposito, Piero Pretti, Julian Kim, and Maria Agresta star in Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” Myung-Whun Chung conducts a production by Robert Carsen. Performance Dates: Nov. 24-Dec. 7, 2019 Enrico Calesso conducts a new production of Carlo Collodi’s “Pinocchio.” Gianmaria Aliverta directs the production in a new version with Silvia Frigato {…}

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Carmela Remigio & Luca Salsi Highlight Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia’s 2019-20 Season

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The Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia has announced its 2019-20 season. Francesca Dotto takes on the title role in Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia” in a production by Andrea Bernard from the Donizetti Opera Festival. The cast will also include Marko Mimica, Francesco Castoro, and Varduhi Abrahamyan. Carla Delfrate conducts the production. Performance Dates: Dec. 6 & 8, 2019 The second production of the {…}

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Vladimir Stoyanov to Replace Luca Salsi in Baden-Baden Festpielhaus’ “Otello”

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It has been announced that Vladimir Stoyanov will be replacing Luca Salsi in the Baden-Baden Festpielhaus’ Easter Festival production of Verdi’s “Otello.” The Bulgarian baritone will star as Iago in Robert Wilson’s new production, alongside Stuart Skelton in the title role, and Sonya Yoncheva as Desdemona. The production, which begins its run on April 13, will have its orchestration provided {…}

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Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2017-18 Review – Don Carlo: Maria José Siri & Luca Salsi Dominate Verdi’s Masterpiece

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Verdi made two distinct versions of “Don Carlos” plus a number of smaller-scale revisions. The original 1866 version written in French, was altered before its premiere, mainly for logistical reasons, as it was considered to be too long. The Italian version, written in 1884, with its Italian title “Don Carlo” contained extensive changes, most notably its reduction from five to {…}

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Viva Verdi – Baritone Luca Salsi on His Undying Love For Italy’s Greatest Composer

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For Luca Salsi, there is no composer better than Verdi. No one. Salsi, the Italian baritone, who is slated to sing the role of Amonasro at the Salzburg Festival starting in early August, has repeatedly professed that no composer in the history of Italian opera was able to fuse music and text with the same level of conviction and depth. {…}

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Nino Machaidze, Gregory Kunde, Saioa Hernández & Davide Lucano Lead Teatro Regio di Parma’s 2025 Season

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The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced its 2025 season. Verdi’s “Giovanna d’Arco” opens the season with Luciano Ganci, Nino Machaidze, and George Petean. Michele Gamba conducts the production by Emma Dante. Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 1, 2025 Pier Luigi Pizzi’s production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” returns with Davide Luciano, Maria Kataeva, Ruzil Gatin, Roberto de Candia, and {…}

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Francesco Meli, Luca Salis & Diego Fasolis Lead Teatro la Fenice’s Reopening Concerts

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The Teatro la Fenice has announced that it will reopen to the public in July. The theater will open with chamber concerts, symphonic concerts, and an opera production, all following health regulations implemented by the government. The first concert will be held on July 5 at 7 p.m. with the brass players of the Orchestra and choral artists from La {…}