Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires Announces New Music Director

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The Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires has appointed Jan Latham-Koenig as its Music Director. Latham-Koenig is the founding Artistic Director of the Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra and has been Chief Conductor of the Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and started his career as a pianist. He has conducted at the Wiener {…}

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Teatro San Carlo Announces Cast Change for ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

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The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has announced a cast change for its performance of “Lucia di Lammermoor” on Jan. 21. The company noted that Nadine Sierra will be replaced in the role of Lucia by Jessica Pratt for the performance. Pratt is one of the most acclaimed Lucias of her generation having sung the role more than 100 times at {…}

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Michelle Bradley & Arturo Chacón-Cruz Highlight Concert Fall Performances at San Diego Opera

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(Credits: Dario Acosta/Lena Kern) Soprano Michelle Bradley and tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz will perform in concert at the San Diego Opera during November and December 2021. Bradley will sing a program that is comprised of opera, art songs, and spirituals by American composers. She will be accompanied on piano by Brian Zeger. Performance dates: Nov. 20 & 21, 2021 “I find {…}

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Teatro Comunale di Bologna Names First Female Music Director in Italy

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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna will make history by naming Oksana Lyniv as the first Female Music Director for an Italian Opera company. The conductor will assume the new position in January 2022 for the next three years. She will conduct at least two operas and two concerts per season. Lyniv made her debut with the Orchestra del Comunale in {…}

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Teatro de la Maestranza Announces Cast Change for ‘Madama Butterfly

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(Credit: Javier del Real) The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Spain has announced a cast change for Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” The company noted that Jorge de León will replace Amadi Lagha in the role of Pinkerton on Oct. 3, 6, and 9, 2021. De León is a well-known Spanish tenor who has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Gran Teatre {…}

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Obituary: Italian Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti Dies 75

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(Credit: Athole Still Artists) On August 11, Gianluigi Gelmetti died at the age of 75 in Monte Carlo. The celebrated conductor was born on Sept. 11, 1945 in Rome, Italy where his father was a pianist and his mother was a poet. Gelmetti went on to study at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia where he became interested in music, {…}

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Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces New Choral Director

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced that Pablo Assante will be the company’s new choral director. Assante, who hails from Argentina, studied choral and orchestral conducting at the Universidad Católica Argentina, followed by studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg under Denis Rossell, Jorge Rotter, and karl Kamper. He has been the Choral Director at the Semperoper in Dresden and {…}

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Daniele Gatti Named Music Director of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

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Daniele Gatti has been named Music Director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Alexander Pereira announced the news during a press conference which also announced the 2021-22 season. Gatti will succeed Zubin Mehta who will continue with the Maggio Musicale as Music Director Emeritus. Pereira noted that both Mehta and Gatti will conduct the same number of productions and that a {…}

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Ivan Ayon Rivas & Carmela Remigio Headline Teatro La Fenice’s ‘Faust’

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On June 25, the Teatro La Fenice will open a production of Gounod’s “Faust.” The production will be directed by Joan Anton Rechi and will see Ivan Ayon Rivas singing the title role. Frédéric Chaslin conducts with a cast that also includes Alex Esposito as Méphistophélès, Carmela Remigio as Marguerite, Armando Noguera as Valentin, and Paola Gardina as Siébel. Rivas is a {…}

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Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires Announces New Music Director

Teatro San Carlo Announces Cast Change for ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’

Michelle Bradley & Arturo Chacón-Cruz Highlight Concert Fall Performances at San Diego Opera

Teatro Comunale di Bologna Names First Female Music Director in Italy

Teatro de la Maestranza Announces Cast Change for ‘Madama Butterfly

Obituary: Italian Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti Dies 75

Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces New Choral Director

Daniele Gatti Named Music Director of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Ivan Ayon Rivas & Carmela Remigio Headline Teatro La Fenice’s ‘Faust’