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Teatro Comunale Di Modena 2025-26 Review: La Carnaval

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(Photo: Roland Paolo Guerzoni) Although Lully was a Florentine by birth, his entire professional career was spent in France in the employ of Louis XIV, where he rose to become the Superintendent of the King’s M usic and the leading figure in the development of French opera. In Italy, however, his theatrical works, including his operas, have never taken root and {…}
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 {…}
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Maria Teresa Leva, Simon Lim & Vittoria Yeo Lead Teatro Comunale di Modena’s 2022-23 Season

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The Teatro Comunale di Modena has announced its 2022-23 season. Arrigo Boito’s “Mefistofele” opens the season with a cast that includes Simon Lim, Antonio Poli, Marta Mari, and Eleonora Filipponi. Francesco Pasqualetti conducts the production by Enrico Stinchelli. Performance Dates: Oct. 7 & 9, 2022 Vittoria Yeo, Daniela Schillaci, Diego Cavazzini, Nozomi Kato, and Sergio Vitale star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with {…}
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Annalisa Stroppa Headlines ‘Carmen’ in Piacenza, Modena & Ravenna

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(Credit: © Rolando Paolo Guerzoni) Annalisa Stroppa is set to perform the title roel of Bizet’s “Carmen” at three of Italy’s Regional theaters. The mezzo-soprano will first perform the work at the Teatro Comunale di Modena April 10 and 12 April followed by the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza on April 17 and 19 and last at the Teatro Alighieri di {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Joyce DiDonato, Louise Alder, Nadine Koutcher & Nicholas Phan Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week, audiences are in for a world premiere recording from one of the great mezzos, a Strauss album from a rising star soprano, a contemporary album of rediscovered works, and a lot of baroque music. Here is a look at some of the {…}
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Teatro Municipale di Piacenza 2025-2026 Review: Stiffelio

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(Photo : ©Gianni Cravedi) When “Stiffelio” premiered in 1850, Giuseppe Verdi was going through a period of transition: he had left behind his so-called “galley years” yet had not fully reached artistic maturity. It is precisely in this phase that “Stiffelio” emerged, revealing itself as a bold experiment: deeply modern in its approach to human conflict and, at the same {…}
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 {…}
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Marina Shakhdinarova Joins TACT Artist Management

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Soprano Marina Shakhdinarova has joined the roster of TACT Artist Management. She will be managed by Samuel Levine Shakhdinarova is a winner of numerous competitions and prizes First Prize at the Magda Olivero International Competition (2023), Second Prizes at the Ottavio Ziino Competition (Rome, 2024), Voci Verdiani (Parma, 2023), and the Ghena Dimitrova Competition (2025), along with the Mirella Freni {…}
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Teatro Municipale di Piacenza 2025 Review: ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ & ‘Pagliacci’

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(Photos: ©Fondazione Teatri di Piancenza) As the 19th century came to a close, during a period of artistic transition, young composers sought to innovate and redefine the operatic language. It was in this context that, almost fortuitously, the most emblematic diptych of Italian musical theater and the ultimate prototype of verismo opera emerged: Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s {…}

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