Sara Blanch, Maria José Siri & Lise Lindstrom Lead Teatro Filarmonico’s 2025 Season

The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona has announced its 2025 season featuring rarely performed works and concerts. Opera Salieri’s “Falstaff” opens the season with Francesco Ommassini conducting a production by Paolo Valerio. The cast includes Giulio Mastrototaro, Gilda Fiume, Marco Ciaponi, Michele Patti, Laura Verrecchia, Romano Dal Zovo, and Eleonora Bellocci. Performance Dates: Jan. 19-26, 2025 Catalani’s “La Wally” will be {…}

Jul 9, 2024

Teatro di Pisa Announces 2024-25 Season

Teatro di Pisa has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” with Andrea Cigni directing and Francesco Pasqualetti at the podium. Angelo Villari sings the title role alongside Maria Teresa Leva and Angelo Veccia. Michael Spadaccini, Francesca Vitali, and Kim Gangsoonalso star. Performance Dates: Oct. 25 & 27, 2024 Ruth Iniesta and Paolo Lardizzone lead Verdi’s {…}

Jul 6, 2024

Juliana Grigoryan, Jessica Pratt, Carmen Giannattasio & Anastasia Bartoli Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2025 Season

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2025 season has been announced. Riccardo Frizza conducts Puccini’s “La Faniculla del West” with Paul Curran directing. Carmen Giannattasio, Angelo Villari, and Claudio Sgura star. Performance Dates: Jan. 24-30, 2025 Jessica Pratt, Giovanni Sala, and Lucas Meachem headline Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Daniel Oren conducting a production by Jacopo Spirei. Performance Dates: Feb. 20-25, {…}

Jun 11, 2024

Claudia Pavone, Luca Salsi, Teresa Romano & Angelo Villari Lead Teatro Municipale di Piacenza’s 2024-25 Season

The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Claudia Pavone stars in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” alongside Irene Savignano, Angelo Villari, and Alessandro Luongo. Leo Nucci directs the production and Matteo Beltrami conducts. Performance Dates: Dec. 15-22, 2024 Raffaele Pe, Marie Lys, Davide Giangregorio, Delphine Galou, Filippo Mineccia, Federico Fiorio, Enrico Torre, and Clemente Antonio Daliotti star in Händel’s “Giulio {…}

May 23, 2024

Maria Teresa Leva, Annalisa Stroppa & Angelo Villari Lead Teatro Grande di Brescia’s 2024 Season

The Teatro Grande di Brescia has announced its 2024 season. Sebastiano Rolli conducts Bellini’s “I Capuleti e I Montecchi” with Annalisa Stroppa, Caterina Sala, and Matteo Falcier. Andrea De Rosa directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 27 & 29, 2024 Do Yeon Kim, Junhyeok Park, Gabriele Valsecchi, and Matteo Torcaso star in Puccini’s “La Boheme” with Riccardo Bisatti conducting. Maria Luisa Bafunno {…}

May 15, 2024

Erika Grimaldi, John Osborn, Sara Blanch & Gregory Kunde Lead Teatro Regio di Torino’s 2024-25 Season

The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced its 2024-25 season. “Manon” Renato Palumbo conducts Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Arnaud Bernard directing. The cast will include Erika Grimaldi, Dinara Alieva, Andeka Gorrotxategui, Carlo Ventre, Carlo Lepore, and Alessandro Luongo. Performance Dates: Oct. 1-26, 2024 Massenet’s “Manon” wil star Ekaterina Bakanova, Martina Russomanno, Bjorn Burger Maxim Lisiin, Atalla Ayan, Andrei Danilov, Roberto {…}

Jan 26, 2024

Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Cast Change for ‘La Gioconda’

The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced a cast change for all performances of Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda.” The company said, “Angelo Villari will sing and play the role of Enzo instead of Joseph Calleja.” Villari has performed at the Arena di Verona, Teatro Filarmonico, Teatro Comunale di Modena, Teatro Bellini di Catania, Teatro Municipale di Piacenza, Teatro Regio di Torino, Festival {…}

Oct 23, 2023

Mariangela Sicilia, Luciano Ganci & Mojca Erdmann Lead Teatro Filarmonico’s 2024 Season

Verona’s Teatro Filarmonico has announced its 2024 season. Opera Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” will be conducted by Gianna Fratta and directed by Ivan Stefanutti. The opera will star Alexander Vinogradov, Matteo Mezzaro, Anna Siminska, Gilda Fiume, Giulia Bolcato, Michele Patti, and Matteo Macchioni. Performance Dates: Jan. 21-Jan. 28, 2024 Puccini’s “La Rondine” will be conducted by Alvise Casellati and directed by {…}

May 30, 2023

Carmela Remigio, Gregory Kunde, Marina Rebeka & Luca Salsi Lead Teatro Municipale di Piacenza’s 2023-24 Season

The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza has announced its 2023-24 season. The season opens with Verdi’s “Otello” starring Gregory Kunde, Luca Micheletti, Antonio Mandrillo, and Francesca Dotto. Leonardo Sini conducts the production by Italo Nunziata. Performance Dates: Dec. 11-17, 2023 Carmela Remigio sings the title role of Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” alongside Arianna Vendittelli, Luigi De Donato, Ruzil Gatin, and Paola Gardina. Diego Fasolis conducts the {…}

Oct 24, 2022

Maria José Siri, Marina Rebeka, Francesca Dotto & Olga Peretyatko Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2023 Season

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its 2023 season. The Anteprima to the season will be “Mirandolina” by Bohuslav Martinů. Oksana Lyniv conducts the production by Gianmaria Aliverta. Performance Dates: Jan 14 & 15, 2023 The season opens with Oksana Lyniv conducting Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer“ in a new production by Paul Curran. The opera will star Peter Rose, {…}

May 23, 2022

Lidia Fridman, Angelo Villari & Teresa Romano Lead Teatro Grande di Brescia’s 2022 Season

The Teatro Grande di Brescia has announced its fall 2022 season. Here is a look at the four operatic productions. Lidia Fridman sings the title role of Bellini’s “Norma” with Asude Karayavuz, Antonio Corianò, and Alessandro Spina. Alessandro Bonato conducts the production by Elena Barbalich Performance Dates: Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2022 Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” is set to star Guido Dazzini, Didier {…}