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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced a cast change for its production of Rufus Wainwright’s “Hadrian.” The company noted that Ainhoa Arteta will no longer sing the role of Plotina and will be replaced by Alexandra Urquiola. The news comes days after the soprano posted a video on Instagram studying the score of the opera and noting that it {…}
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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced a cast change for its production of “Hadrian.” The company noted that Santiago Ballerini will sing the role of Antinous replacing Xabier Anduaga. Ballerini has performed with the Atlanta Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Opera San Antonio, Teatro Colon, Caramoor, and Teatro de la Zarzuela. His repertoire includes the music of Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, {…}
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The Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña has announced its 2022 season featuring recitals, operas and concerts. Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniusas perform at the Teatro Rosalía de Castro. Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2022 Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” will be performed in concert by Angela Meade, Alejandro Roy, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Luiz-Ottavio Faria, Luis Cansino, and Borja Quiza. Guiseppe {…}
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The Bilbao Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring Jessica Pratt, Xabier Anduaga, Andrzej Filończyk, and Manuel Fuentes star in Bellini’s “I Puritani” in a production by Emilio Sagi and Giacomo Sagripanti conducts the Euskadiko Orkestra. Performance Dates: Oct. 15-24, 2022 Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” is set to star Joyce El-Khoury, Silvia Tro Santafé, Marko Mimica, and Celso Albelo. The production {…}
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Spain’s Ópera de Oviedo has announced its 2022-23 season celebrating its 75th anniversary The season opens with the world premiere of “La dama del alba” by Luis Vázquez del Fresno. Rubén Díaz conducts a production by Emilio Sagi. The work stars Beatriz Díaz, Berna Perles, Sandra Ferrández, Maite Alberola, Carmen Solís, María Zapata, Luis López Navarro, David Lagares, Alessandra Volpe, {…}
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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2022-23 season featuring two world premieres and classic works with international stars. Here is a look at the new season. Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” will star Carlos Chausson, Alessandro Corbelli, Andrzej Filonczyk, Carles Pachón, Xabier Anduaga, Iván Ayón-Rivas, Sara Blanch, and Serena Sáenz. Josep Pons conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 9, 2022 “La {…}
https://operawire.com/thomas-hampson-leads-teatro-reals-hadrian-cast/
The Teatro Real has announced the cast for Rufus Wainwright’s “Hadrian.” The work, which will be presented on July 27, will be conducted by Scott Dunn and showcase visuals by Robert Mapplethorpe. The cast will be led by Thomas Hampson, who sang the world premiere of the opera at the Canadian Opera Company in the title role, Ainhoa Arteta as {…}
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The Semperoper Dresden has announced a cast change for its production of “Don Giovanni.” The company noted that Riccardo Fassi will step in for Peter Mattei as Don Giovanni on Sunday, March 6, 2022. Fassi is an Italian bass who has performed at the Teatro Sociale di Como, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di {…}
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The Semperoper Dresden has announced a cast change for its Feb. 27 performance of “Don Giovanni.” The company noted that Iurii Samoilov will replace Peter Mattei in the title role. The Ukrainian baritone has performed at the Bolshoi Theatre, Salzburg Festival, Rossini Opera Festival, and Oper Frankfurt, among others. He is well known for his interpretations of Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Rossini, and {…}