Maria Teresa Leva, Martina Serafin, Roberto Frontali, Ekaterina Bakanova & Tiziana Caruso Headline Teatro Lirico di Cagliari’s 2022 Season

(Credit: Teatro Lirico di Cagliari official website) The Teatro Lirico di Cagliari has announced its 2022 season, featuring five operas. Here is a full slate. Operas Martina Serafin, Marta Mari, Elena Schirru, Antonello Palombi, Mickael Spadaccini, Roberto Frontali, Leon Kim, Giuseppina Piunti, Alessandro Spina, Christian Collia, and Patrizio La Placa star in the Leo Muscato’s production of Licinio Refice’s “Cecilia.” {…}

Dec 13, 2021

Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli Announces 2022 Season

The Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli in Cremona, Italy has announced its 2022 season. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Faniculla del West” with Rebeka Lokar as Minnie, Angelo Villari as Dick Johnson, and Sergio Vitale as Jack Rance. The cast also includes Didier Pieri, Andrea Concetti, and Valdis Jansons. Pietro Rizzo conducts the production by Andrea Cigni. Performance Dates: Jan. {…}

Sep 10, 2021

Anna Caterina Antonacci & Rebeka Lokar Headline Teatro Grande di Brescia’s 2021 Fall Season

The Teatro Grande di Brescia, Italy has announced its fall 2021 season featuring four operatic productions. The season opens with Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” starring Rebeka Lokar as Minnie, Angelo Villari as Dick Johnson, and Devid Cecconi as Jack Rance. Valerio Galli conducts the Andrea Cigni production which also stars Andrea Concetti, Didier Pieri, Valdis Jansons, Marco Miglietta, Federico {…}

Apr 1, 2021

Alexandra LoBianco, Nathan Granner, Cree Carrico Headline Portland Opera’s 2021-22 Season

Portland Opera has announced its 2021-22 season. The company revealed that it will be performing three opera productions in addition to several community, digital, and educational programs. “We’ve spent the past year digging deep into our identity, and listening to community members,” said Sue Dixon, General Director in a press release. “The core of our work is to share stories {…}

Sep 11, 2020

Anna Caterina Antonacci, Francesco Meli & Giuliana Gianfaldoni Highlight Teatro Grande di Brescia’s 2020 Fall Season

The Teatro Grande di Brescia in Northern Italy has announced its 2020 fall season. The season opens with Handel’s “Messiah” in Mozart’s famed revision with Marigona Qerkezi, Chiara Tirotta, Didier Pieri, and Andrea Patucelli. Massimo Fiocchi Malaspina conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 29, 2020 The season will continue with #2021DESTINAZIONETAURIDE featuring music by Gluck with Anna Caterina Antonacci, Mert Süngü, and Bruno Taddia. The evening will feature {…}

Aug 6, 2020

Gregory Kunde, Jessica Pratt & Karah Son Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2020 Autumn Season

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has revealed a new autumn season at the Paladozza, the basketball stadium in Bologna, Italy. For this article, we will focus on the operatic performances. Opera The autumn season opens with a semi-staged production of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” with Maria Rita Combattelli, Beatriz de Sousa Chaveiro, Klodjan Kacani, César Arrieta, Alberto Bonifazio, Jacobo Ochoa Piedrahita, {…}

Mar 4, 2020

Catalina Cuervo, Alexandra LoBianco Headline Portland Opera’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Elle Logan) The Portland Opera has announced its 2020-21 season, which includes five operas and major concert event. “We are thrilled to announce the lineup of our 2020/21 season and the triumphant return of opera to Portland’s beautiful rainy months,” General Director Sue Dixon stated in a press release. “This past year has been one of reflection and listening. As {…}

Nov 15, 2019

Olga Peretyatko & María José Siri Lead Top 8 Operas To See This Weekend Internationally – (11/15-17)

(Credit: Theater an der Wien/Opera de Monte Carlo) This weekend is filled with rarities and curiosities. And those burning for repertory staples will also be obliged as some of the great opera stars of today are taking on iconic operas. Here is a look at what we reccommend. La Vestale – Theater an der Wien, Vienna Elza Van Den Heever {…}

Jul 16, 2019

Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci & Maria Josè Siri Highlight Teatro Carlo Felice’s 2019-20 Season

The Teatro Carlo Felice has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of great stars and new productions. Giuseppe Talamo stars in the title role of Enjott Schneider’s “Marco Polo” with a cast that includes Xiaotong Cao, Yunpeng Wang, Ying Liu, Haojiang Tian, Kejia Xiong, Enrico Rinaldo, Davide Bartolucci, and Xu Shuai. Muhai Tang conducts Kasper Holten’s production. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2019 Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” returns with {…}

Apr 19, 2019

Sonya Yoncheva’s ‘Otello’ & The Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend Internationally (4/19-21)

The holiday weekend is here and that means many companies are on hiatus. However, there are a number of festivals going on and a number of productions ending runs. Here is a look at some new productions and festival performances we are excited about. Mavra / Iolanta – Bayerische Staatsoper, Germany The Munich opera house presents a new production of a {…}