https://operawire.com/obiutary-legendary-soprano-renata-scotto-dies-at-89/
Legendary soprano Renata Scotto has passed away at the age of 89. The soprano went on to become one of the most revered sopranos of her generation for her sense of style, her musicality, and as a great singing actress. Born on Feb. 24, 1934, in Savona Italy, Scotto made her operatic debut in her hometown on Christmas Eve of {…}
https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-anastasia-bartoli/
This week the Rossini Opera Festival is set to open with a rarely performed work, “Eduardo e Cristina.” It will be the first time the work is produced by the festival. In this premiere, the Fondazione Rossini will perform a new critical edition, edited by Alice Tavilla and Andrea Malnati. The production will bring some of the best Rossini singers {…}
https://operawire.com/opera-australia-2023-review-the-tales-of-hoffmann/
Photo credit: Keith Saunders Opera Australia more than made-up for a recent spate of revivals with the world premiere at Sydney Opera House on July 11th of Damiano Michieletto’s production of Offenbach’s “Tales of Hoffman,” a co-production with Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra National de Lyon, and Venice’s Teatro La Fenice. Michieletto’s arresting production of Rossini’s “Il viaggio a {…}
https://operawire.com/eleonora-buratto-cancels-july-august-performances/
(Credit: Dario Acosta) Eleonora Buratto has canceled her upcoming July and August performances. The soprano took to social media and said, “Dearest friends, I’m sorry to announce that I’ve canceled all my engagements for July and August. The decision wasn’t easy, but necessary in view of my extremely busy calendar of consecutive commitments from the end of August 2023 until {…}
https://operawire.com/maggio-musicale-fiorentino-announces-conductor-change-for-carmina-burana/
The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a conductor change for its upcoming performance of “Carmina Burana.” The company said, “We would like to inform the kind audience that the ‘Carmina Burana’ performance, scheduled for July 13, 2023, in the Zubin Mehta Hall, will be conducted by maestro Andrea Battistoni, replacing maestro Paolo Carignani.” Battistoni has conducted at the Bayerische Staatsoper, {…}
https://operawire.com/tenor-vincenzo-constanzo-signs-with-aart-music/
AART MUSIC has announced that tenor Vincenzo Constanzo has joined its roster for worldwide management. Costanzo made his professional debut in Macbeth at the Teatro Carlo Felice under Andrea Battistoni and subsequently appeared at such houses as the Teatro Comunale di Piacenza, Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Teatro Dante Alighieri in Ravenna, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Real in Madrid, San Francisco {…}
https://operawire.com/q-a-andrea-marcon-on-baroque-opera-the-rebuilding-of-venices-teatro-san-cassiano/
With the proposal to reconstruct the world’s first public opera house, Venice’s Teatro San Cassiano, developing apace, OperaWire took the opportunity to meet up with its artistic director, Andrea Marcon, to discuss his aims, justifications, expectations, and hopes for the project. Marcon is one of the world’s leading exponents of baroque repertoire and has conducted performances across the globe, from {…}
https://operawire.com/bbc-cardiff-singer-of-world-2023-winners-announced/
The BBC Cardiff Singer of the 2023 Competition has announced the winners of its three main competition. Taking home the Main Prize was bass Adolfo Corrado from Italy. Born in Apulia, he has performed at La Scala, Teatro Petruzzelli, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro la Fenice, Arena di Verona, and Teatro Regio di Torino, among others. He performed arias {…}
https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-mark-s-doss/
(Credit Fabrizio Sansoni) This week the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to open a new production of Janáček’s “From the House of the Dead” which will also mark the company premiere of the famed work. For this momentous occasion, the company has lined up a cast of veterans and rising stars including Mark S. Doss. Doss will return to the {…}