Yolanda Auyanet, Marigona Qerkezi, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Arturo Chacón-Cruz & Berna Perles Lead Ópera de Oviedo’s 2026-27 Season

The Ópera de Oviedo has announced its 2026-27 season. The season opens with Mahler’s “Sorrow” and Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” in a double bill.The productions stars Ana Ibarra, Anna Tobella, María Heres, Marina Pardo, Montserrat Serós, Ana Cabrera, and Andrea Jiménez. Diego Martin-Etxebarria conducts the production by Joan Anton Rechi. Performance Dates: Sept. 11-16, 2026 Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” will star Yolanda {…}

Sep 1, 2025

Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Review: L’Italiana In Algeri

(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) This summer’s Rossini Opera Festival’s imaginative and fast-moving production of the composer’s 1813 comic opera, “L’Italiana in Algeri,” hit the mark in so many ways: it was funny, colorful and energetic; the cast were fully engaged with their characters, which they hammed up brilliantly for laughs; the underlying dynamics of the narrative were expertly handled by the {…}

Aug 25, 2025

Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Review: Soirées musicales / La cambiale di matrimonio

(Photo: Amati Bacciardi / ROF 2025) Soirées musicales After the triumph of his last opera, “Guillaume Tell,” Gioachino Rossini decided to abandon theatrical composition and retire to his home in Paris to recover from nervous exhaustion. Even so, he never stopped writing music: he composed for himself, for Olympe Pélissier–whom he married in 1846 after the death of Isabella Colbran–and {…}

Aug 20, 2022

Rossini Opera Festival 2022 Review: La Gazzetta

(Photo: ROF/Amati Bacciardi) There are many operas that rarely see the light of day. Even some works by the great composers are lucky to receive more than an occasional staging; one need only think of Wagner’s or Verdi’s early works. Often, this neglect is unjustified, but sometimes, it’s simply because the opera is not very good. Second Rate Rossini Unfortunately, {…}

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Yolanda Auyanet, Marigona Qerkezi, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Arturo Chacón-Cruz & Berna Perles Lead Ópera de Oviedo’s 2026-27 Season

Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Review: L’Italiana In Algeri

Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Review: Soirées musicales / La cambiale di matrimonio

Rossini Opera Festival 2022 Review: La Gazzetta