The Cavarzere Opera Festival – Tullio Serafin has announced its second edition. The festival, which is set to take place between Oct. 16 and 30, is organized by “Concetto Armonico. ”Additionally it is supported by Comune di Cavarzere, Ministero della Cultura, and Regione del Veneto. The festival opens with “Scambiamoci di vista, da Plauto a Mozart passando per Shakespeare.” The {…}
Italy’s Teatro Comunale di Sassari has announced its 2022 season. The season opens with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Sergio Alapont conducts a cast that includes Vincenzo Nizzardo (Don Giovanni), Francesca Pusceddu (Zerlina), Karen Gardeazabal (Donna Anna), Santiago Sanchez (Don Ottavio), Carmen Buendìa (Donna Elvira), Davide Giangregorio (Leporello), Alberto Petricca (Masetto), and Mariano Buccino. Paolo Gavazzeni and Piero Maranghi directs. Performance Dates: {…}
The Washington Opera Society has announced its 2022 fall program. The season will open with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” with world-class artists performing. The work will be performed at the Embassy of Austria. Performance Date: Sept. 23, 2022 The second performance of the season is Operetta Around the World at the Embassy of the Republic of Egypt. The evening will highlight {…}
The CortinAteatro has announced its 2022 season featuring music, opera, comedy, and theater. Our focus will be on opera and vocal performance for this article. The festival will present Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” at the Alexander Girardi Hall di Cortina d’Ampezzo, Belluno. The opera will star Bruno Taddia, Leonardo Galeazzi, Leonardo Cortellazzi, and Rosalia Cid. The Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta will {…}
The Barcelona Festival of Song has announced its 2022 season. It all kicks off with “Memoria de la Llum” featuring soprano Patricia Caicedo and pianist Josep Burforn i Galan. The showcase will feature music by Nico Gutierrez, Dana Kaufman, Brian Field, Anna Cazurra, and Patricia Caicedo. Performance Date: July 8, 2022 “Nuestros Días, poemas de amor hechos canción” will feature music {…}
The Opera Festival of the Stone Theaters is set to launch its 2022 edition, entitled “Il Risveglio.” The organization announced that Bizet’s “Carmen” will take centerstage at the ancient theaters of Syracuse on August 6, Taormina on August 9, and Tindari on August 12. There will also be a performance of “Cavalleria Rusticana” in the first-ever national performance of the {…}
Italy’s Teatro Coccia di Novara has announced its summer and fall season. Here is a look at the operatic productions. Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” will be conducted by Roberto Gianola and directed by Salvatore Sito. Performance Dates: July 22 & 23, 2022 “I Nuovi Corti del Coccia” will be performed with Giuseppe Guerrera, Claudio Scannavini, and Paola Magnanin with a libretto {…}
The Essex Summer Opera Festival, presented by Wild Arts charity, is set to open its doors starting on July 7, 2022. The festival opens with a production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” starring Ella Taylor, Marta Jones, Juana Songi, Richard Dowling, Gareth Brynmor John and Eddie Wade. The singers will be joined by seven chamber musicians playing an arrangement and {…}
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 {…}
***This article has been updated from its original version to include the casts for each opera. The Longborough Festival Opera has announced its 2022 season featuring four productions. The season opens with Wagner’s “Siegfried” in a production created especially for Longborough by Amy Lane, Artistic Director of Copenhagen Opera Festival, and Longborough Music Director and eminent Wagnerian Anthony Negus. “Siegfried” will {…}
The Festival Vicenza in Lirica has announced its 2022 season, which will be themed “la Musica unisce.” The season opens with “Ballo delle ingrate – Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda” with Gennaro Di Filippo, Antonia Salzano, Isabella De Massis, Marta Pacifci, Roberto Manuel Zagari, Jesus Hernandez, and Marta Pacifci. Performance Date: June 17, 2022 The Concerto lirico Benefco will include {…}