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Ravenna Festival 2025 Review: Orlando

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(Photo: Zani-Casadi) For the November installment of the Ravenna Festival, it was decided to present a Händel trilogy, comprising two fully staged operas, “Orlando” and “Alcina,” and a concert performance of his oratorio “The Messiah.” First up was the composer’s 1733 composition, “Orlando,” written to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece, which premiered at London’s King’s Theatre and ran for {…}

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Ravenna Festival 2025 Review: Rut, Raccolti di Speranza

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(Photo: Luca Casadio) The Ravenna Festival, which takes place each year during the months of June and July, stages a wide variety of events ranging from opera to concerts, theatre and dance. It is also active in commissioning new works, which this year included a sacred oratorio for chorus, soloists and a small instrumental ensemble, composed by Mariana Acito to {…}

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Ravenna Festival Announces 2025 Season

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The Ravenna Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here are the vocal performances for the season. Summer Season  Riccardo Muti conducts selections from Verdi’s Nabucco, Macbeth, and I “I Lombardi alla prima crociata.” Davide Cavalli is the soloist. Performance Dates: June 1 & 2, 2025 The Tallis Scholars under Peter Phillips perform Palestrina and Arvo Pärt. Performance Date: June 1, {…}

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Ravenna Festival Announces 2024 Season

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Italy’s Ravenna Festival has announced its 2024 season. Here are the vocal performances. The season will include the summer program which runs from May 11 through July 9 and the opera trilogy which runs from Nov. 15 to 21. Ottavio Dantone conducts the Accademia Bizantina and the Philharmonia Chor Wien in Haydn’s “The Creation.”Soloists include Charlotte Bowden, Martin Vanberg, and Andre Morsch. {…}

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Ildar Abdrazakov Will Sing at the Ravenna Festival’s Verdi Gala

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(Update) Ildar Abdrazakov will perform on Dec. 22, 2023. OperaWire was misinformed and Ravenna Festival has confirmed the participation of Abdrazakov in the gala tongiht. We apologize for the misinformation. Ildar Abdrazakov will be performing on Dec. 22 in the Ravenna Festival’s Verdi Gala conducted by Riccardo Muti. He will join a cast that includes Elisa Balbo, Isabel De Paoli, {…}

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Ravenna Festival to Present Riccardo Muti & Verdi

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The Ravenna Festival is set to present “a trilogy according to Riccardo Muti.” From Dec. 16 to 22, Muti will lead his Cherubini Orchestra in the semi-staged performances of “Norma” and “Nabucco” and in an all-Verdi gala at the 19th-century Alighieri Theatre. On Dec. 16 and 19, Muti will conduct Bellini’s “Norma” with Klodjan Kaçani, Vittorio De Campo, Monica Conesa, {…}