Eleonora Buratto & Ivan Ayon Rivas Win ‘Premio Abbiati’

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The Premio “Abbiati” has announced its 41st annual awards. The jury made up by Alessandro Cammarano, Sandro Cappelletto, Paola De Simone, Andrea Estero, Carlo Fiore, Angelo Foletto, Susanna Franchi, Gianluigi Mattietti, Gregorio Moppi, Carla Moreni, Stefano Nardelli, Paolo Petazzi, Alessandro Rigolli, and Lorenzo Tozzi, met at a distance to choose the 2021 winners. The Best Production went to “Il Ritorno {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Thomas Hampson, Christian Gerhaher & Florian Sempey Lead CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences get to experience new albums from great baritones and some rising stars. Here is a look at the releases. Così fan tutte The Maggio Musicale releases Mozart’s masterpiece on Naxos. Conductor Zubin Mehta leads the production by Sven-Eric Bechtolf. The recording from March 2021 stars Thomas Hampson, Valentina Nafornita, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swenson, Mattia Olivieri, and Benedetta Torre. L’Orfeo Opus Arte {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Contralto Alessandra Visentin On Her Blossoming Career and Her Forthcoming Recording Of Respighi Rarities

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(Photo: Brescia/Amisano) Italian contralto Alessandra Visentin is a singer who tends to operate below the radar. Athough rarely in the headlines, she is a singer who is forging a very successful career. She performs in major opera houses, and has just recently released her first solo recording “Per la Signora Geltruda,” a CD of works by Vivaldi. Anyone who has {…}

News

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Season: Five Major Debuts Coming Next Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2022-23 season and with it, there are major debuts coming. For the purposes of this article, we have selected five exciting singers who have been acclaimed around the world and who will no doubt leave a mark on the Met stage next year. Xabier Anduaga The Spanish-born tenor won the First Prize at the {…}

Artist of the Week, Special Features

Artist of the Week: Damiano Michieletto

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Damiano Michieletto is well known for his operatic productions throughout Europe. He has directed almost every major work in the repertoire and has collaborated with every major theater in the world including the Royal Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Salzburg Festival, Rossini Opera Festival, Wiener Staatsoper. This week Michieletto returns to his home city of Venice for the world premiere of {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Comunale di Ferrara 2021-22 Review: Farnace

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(Photo: Marco Caselli) In 1739 Vivaldi complained in a letter to his patron Marquis Guido Bentivoglio about the treatment he had suffered from the directors of Ferrara’s Teatro Bonacossi: “My reputation has been scourged…to the extent they are refusing as a second opera ‘Farnace,’ which I have prepared afresh especially for the company according to written agreements… I will not {…}

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Peter Seiffert Withdraws From Deutsche Oper Berlin’s ‘Tannhäuser’

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(Credit: © Studioline Photography) Legendary heldentenor Peter Seiffert has withdrawn from the performances of Wagner’s romantic opera “Tannhäuser” at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on Feb. 12 and 20, 2022. As a result, Stephen Gould and Klaus Florian Vogt will take over the title role. Gould and Vogt join a cast that includes Camilla Nylund as Elisabeth and Venus, and Tobias {…}

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Paolo Pinamonti Appointed New Artistic Director of Macerata Opera Festival

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(Credit: Macerata Opera Festival) The Macerata Opera Festival has announced the appointment of Paolo Pinamonti as its new Artistic Director. In a meeting held on Dec. 23, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Arena Sferisterio Association, chaired by the Mayor of Macerata Sandro Parcaroli, unanimously decided after an extensive and detailed discussion to entrust the artistic direction of the {…}

Artist of the Week, Special Features

Artist of the Week: Francesca Aspromonte

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On Dec. 23, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino will open a new production of “Fidelio” with an all-star cast. The production will feature some of the best interpreters of the work and some new to his repertoire, none perhaps moreso than Italian soprano Francesca Aspromonte. Following years of singing baroque music, Aspromonte take on Marzelline in Beethoven’s only opera. The role {…}

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Eleonora Buratto & Ivan Ayon Rivas Win ‘Premio Abbiati’

Thomas Hampson, Christian Gerhaher & Florian Sempey Lead CD/DVD Releases

Q & A: Contralto Alessandra Visentin On Her Blossoming Career and Her Forthcoming Recording Of Respighi Rarities

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Season: Five Major Debuts Coming Next Season

Artist of the Week: Damiano Michieletto

Teatro Comunale di Ferrara 2021-22 Review: Farnace

Peter Seiffert Withdraws From Deutsche Oper Berlin’s ‘Tannhäuser’

Paolo Pinamonti Appointed New Artistic Director of Macerata Opera Festival

Artist of the Week: Francesca Aspromonte