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Yusif Eyvazov, Anna Pirozzi, Ambrogio Maestri, Annalisa Stroppa & Simone Alberghini Lead Teatro Verdi Trieste’s 2025-26 Season

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The Teatro Verdi Trieste has announced its 2025-26 season. Alessandro Luongo, Annalisa Stroppa, Marco Ciaponi, and Marco Filippo Romano star in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” Enrico Calesso conducts the production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Performance Dates: Nov. 28-Dec. 13, 2025 Pier Luigi Pizzi directs Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro“ featuring Simone Alberghini, Carolina Lippo, Giorgio Caoduro, and Ekaterina Bakanova. {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Pentatone’s ‘Duke Bluebeard’s Castle’

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“Bluebeard,” or Barbe bleue, may very well rank among the most disturbing of Perrault’s fairy tales. Its notoriety is such that bluebeard, in everyday language, is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a man who marries and kills one wife after another.” The storyline is precisely that—though it has a happy ending, if slaying the murderous protagonist is the type of justice {…}

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Mario Chang, Lauren Fagan, Gwyn Hughes Jones, Annemarie Kremer & Lea Shaw Lead Scottish Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Scottish Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with a double bill of Ravel’s “L’heure espagnole” and Walton’s “The Bear.” Alexandra Cravero conducts the production by Jacopo Spirei. Lea Shaw, Jamie MacDougall, Daniel Barrett, Edward Jowle, and Luvo Maranti star in Ravel’s production, and Chloe Harris, Daniel Barrett, and Edward Jowle star in Walton’s opera. Performance Dates: {…}

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Fondazione Haydn in Bolzano and Trento Announces 2025-26 Season

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The Fondazione Haydn in Bolzano and Trento has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the opera and vocal performances. Opera Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” is set to be directed by Roberto Catalano and conducted by Alessandro Bonato. Performance Dates: Nov. 7 & 9, 2025 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s “Il Segreto di Susanna” will be directed by Stefano Vizioli and conducted {…}

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Polish National Opera Postpones Performance Out of Respect for Pope Francis’ Funeral

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The Polish National Opera has postponed its opening performance of “Ghost of the Governor” on April 26, 2025 following the death of Pope Francis. The company said, “In connection with the announcement by the President of the Republic of Poland of a national mourning scheduled for April 26, 2025, as a tribute on the day of the funeral of Pope {…}

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American Lyric Theater to Showcase ‘Opera in Eden – Three One Act Operas’

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American Lyric Theater is presenting “Opera in Eden – Three One Act Operas” on June 14, 2025 at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater in New York City. The trio of operas includes “Fourth Wave Beauty Queens,” “Giovanni/a,” and The Shadow.” “Fourth Wave Beauty Queens,” created by composer Kathleen Tagg and librettist Laura Barati, centers on the relationship between Délia, a {…}

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Baritone Boris Pinkhasovich Joins Ariosi Management

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Boris Pinkhasovich has joined Ariosi Management for General Management. Pinkhasovich took to social media and said, “I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that I am now officially an Ariosi Management Artist! Excited for new horizons, challenges, and everything the future holds!” The Russian-Austrian baritone has performed at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House, {…}

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Obituary: Bass-Baritone Peter Strummer Dies at 76

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Bass-baritone Peter Strummer has died at 76. Praised for his “warm, firm, agile” voice, Strummer had an international career where he sang over 120 major roles, including eight world premieres. For 15 years, the bass-baritone performed in German and Austrian opera houses, where, in addition to opera roles, he sang many performances of German and Viennese operetta. He also spent {…}