Star-Studded Casts Open Four Italian Theater’s 2024-25 Seasons

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(Credit: Teatro Real, Royal Opera House/Bill Cooper/Salzburg Festival) With the year coming to an end, four major Italian opera houses are set to open their 2024-25 seasons. As customary the Italian opera calendar opens in late November or early December. So here is a look at what to expect from these four famed theaters. Teatro La Fenice The Venice Theater {…}

Interviews

Q & A: Vincenzo Costanzo on His Opera Career & Living a Creative Life

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(Photo: Michele Monasta) Vincenzo Costanzo is one of the most promising and highly regarded young tenors on the world opera scene. Born in 1991, he joined the children’s voice choir of the San Carlo Theater in Naples at the age of six, where he made his debut as a soloist at only 11-years-old in a contemporary opera. From a very {…}

News

European Commission Gives Historic Grant to Opera Europa

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The European Commission has renewed its commitment to Opera Europa, the leading network of professional opera and ballet companies, and its flagship streaming platform OperaVision. The European Commission has awarded Opera Europa with a 2,8 million euro grant for four years from 2025 to 2028. This represents the largest grant ever given to Opera Europa since it began its streaming {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Ekaterina Bakanova on ‘Manon’ and Her Favorite Roles to Perform

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(Photo credit: Enrico De Luigi) Soprano Ekaterina Bakanova is a Russian born opera and oratorio singer. Italian by adoption, she famously made her Royal Opera House debut in “La Traviata,” with just a few hours notice, after Sonya Yoncheva became ill in 2015. She has since performed in many of the renowned opera houses in the world. She is the {…}

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René Barbera Receives Prestigious French Award

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(Credit: Anna Barbera) René Barbera has been awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture. In a statement the tenor said, “Through this award, intended to reward those who have distinguished themselves by their creativity in the cultural spheres, or by their support for the distribution of knowledge and works {…}

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Carlo Vistoli Wins San Francisco Opera’s Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition

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San Francisco Opera has announced that Italian countertenor Carlo Vistoli has won the 2023–24 Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition for his American stage and role debut in Händel’s “Partenope.” Vistoli was named 2024 Emerging Star of the Year based on a popular vote conducted online at sfopera.com from July 11 to August 2, 2024. As the {…}

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Renato Bruson to Receive Premio Verga

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The 2024 Premio Verga has been awarded to Renato Bruson. Bruson was chosen by in collaboration with il Comune di Parma dall’Organizzazione Verga 100 and Festival Verghiano. The award is given to artists every year and the award ceremony will be held at the Teatro Regio di Parma, a theater where Bruson is well-known and where he had a relationship {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva & Carmen Giannattasio Lead Caracalla Festival’s ‘Tosca’

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to celebrate Giacomo Puccini with Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Caracalla Festival. The opera will be presented from July 5 through August 9 with set design by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas. Francesco Micheli will direct and Antonino Fogliani will conduct. The opera will star Carmen Giannattasio (July 5, 17, 26; August 3, 7 & {…}

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Anna Netrebko & Yusif Evyazov Separate After 10 Years

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(Credit: Julian Hargreaves) Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov’s marriage has ended. In a joint statement Netrebko and Eyvazov said, “After 10 happy years together, we have made the difficult but amicable decision to separate. We will remain wonderful friends, united in our love for Tiago, and look forward to our announced and future stage collaborations. We will not be commenting {…}

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Star-Studded Casts Open Four Italian Theater’s 2024-25 Seasons

Q & A: Vincenzo Costanzo on His Opera Career & Living a Creative Life

European Commission Gives Historic Grant to Opera Europa

Q & A: Ekaterina Bakanova on ‘Manon’ and Her Favorite Roles to Perform

René Barbera Receives Prestigious French Award

Carlo Vistoli Wins San Francisco Opera’s Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition

Renato Bruson to Receive Premio Verga

Sonya Yoncheva & Carmen Giannattasio Lead Caracalla Festival’s ‘Tosca’

Anna Netrebko & Yusif Evyazov Separate After 10 Years