Marina Rebeka, Yusif Eyvazov, Anita Rachvelishvili Headline Arena di Verona Productions to Be Televised by Rai 3

Rai 3 has announced that three operas from the Arena di Verona will be broadcast on television. A June 25 performance of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” will be showcased on July 27. The opera stars Sonia Ganassi, Clarissa Leonardi, Murat Karahan, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, and Agostina Smimmero. That will be followed with an August 3 broadcast of a June 25 performance of  {…}

Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Sondra Radvanovsky, Roberto Alagna & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2021-22 Season

(Credits: Michael Cooper / Dario Acosta / Sonya Yoncheva official website / © Gregor Hohenberg / Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment) The Teatro alla Scala in Milan has announced its 2021-22 season, featuring some of the greatest performers in the world. Here is the full slate. Operas Anna Netrebko and Luca Salsi open the season in Verdi‘s “Macbeth” in {…}

Andreas Schager & Alexander Vinogradov Join New Year Gala Concert At Deutsche Oper

(Credits: Andreas Schager official website / Polina Plotnikova) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that heldentenor Andreas Schager and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov will take part in the New Year Gala concert on Jan. 2, 2021. Schager and Vinogradov will join a cast that includes Sara Jakubiak, Anna Pirozzi, Aigul Akhmetshina, and Amartuvshin Enkhbat. The Australian-born Kapellmeister of the Deutsche {…}

Amartuvshin Enkhbat Replaces Roman Burdenko in Deutsche Oper Berlin’s ‘Tosca’

(Credit: Deutsche Oper Berlin official website) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat will sing the role of Scarpia in the concert performance of Puccini’s “Tosca” on Oct. 23, 2020. Enkhbat will replace Roman Burdenko. Enkhbat is currently performing the role of Amonasro in a series of concert performances of Verdi’s “Aida” at the Teatro alla {…}

Hila Fahima Ruschin & Riccardo Frizza Join Concert at Deutsche Oper Berlin

(Credits:  Marco Borggreve / Riccardo Frizza official website) Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that Israeli coloratura soprano Hila Fahima Ruschin will take part in the Verdi – Wagner – Gala concert on December 18, 2020. Fahima Ruschin will join a cast that includes Sondra Radvanovsky, Annalisa Stroppa, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, and Günther Groissböck. The opera house has also announced that conductors {…}

Sondra Radvanovsky, Nina Stemme, Lise Davidsen, Brandon Jovanovich, Clémentine Margaine, Asmik Grigorian Lead Deutsche Oper Fall 2020 Performances

(Credits: Michael Cooper / ©Neda Navaee / Ray Burmiston/Decca Classics / Kristen Hoebermann / Clémentine Margaine official website / Algirdas Bakas) Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its November and December 2020 schedule, which will spotlight a number of international opera stars. Here is the full slate. Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will feature Philippe Talbot, Noel Bouley, Aigul Akhmetshina, Thomas {…}

Saioa Hernández, Sonya Yoncheva, Anna Netrebko, Ailyn Pérez & Plácido Domingo Lead Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s 2020-21 Season

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2020-21 season featuring concerts, opera productions, and a star-studded summer festival. For this article, we will only focus on the Italian theater’s operatic and vocal concerts. Season  Federico Maria Sardelli conducts a new production of Handel’s “Rinaldo” with Pierluigi Pizzi directing. The cast includes Raffaele Pe in the title role, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Carmela {…}