(Photo: MOF) Macerata Opera Festival’s (MOF) 62nd season opened with a new production of Verdi’s “Nabucco” featuring videos of natural aesthetics that illuminated Sferisterio Arena’s historical grounds and Macerata, Italy’s rich and vibrant culture. Belgian Stage Director Paul-Émile Fourny made his MOF debut and conductor Fabrizio Maria Carminati led a stellar cast including Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar as Nabucco, Alessandro Scotto di {…}
The Teatro San Carlo has announced its 2026-27 season. Mariangela Sicilia, Marta Torbidoni, Piotr Beczała, Stefan Pop, Igor Golovatenko, Franco Vassallo, Michele Pertusi, Gabriele Sagona, Martina Belli, and Marko Mimica star in Verdi’s “Luisa Miller.” Daniel Oren conducts the production by Davide Livermore. Performance Dates: Dec. 2-10, 2026 Anna Pirozzi, Karah Son, Jorge de León, Giorgio Berrugi, Veronica Simeoni, Chiara Tirotta, Marco {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2026-27 season. Shirin Neshat directs Verdi’s “Aida” with four sopranos taking on the title role. Anna Netrebko, Anna Pirozzi, Olga Maslova, and Ewa Plonka star alongside Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ksenia Dudnikova, Fiorenza Cedolins, Yusif Eyvazov, Piotr Beczała, Arsen Soghomonyan, Artur Ruciński, Igor Golovatenko, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Riccardo Fassi, George Andguladze, Manuel Fuentes, Alexander Köpeczi, {…}
The Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia have announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Concerts Daniel Harding conducts Vincent Huguet’s production of Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Clay Hilley, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Michael Volle, Wolfgang Koch, Falk Struckmann, Anna Kissjudit, Elisabet Strid, and Lysa Menu. Performance Dates: Oct. 21-27, 2026 Alexander Soddy conducts Elsa Benoit in a program of music by Dukas, {…}
(Photo: Marcello Orselli) The seventeenth of Verdi’s twenty-six operas, “Il trovatore” (1853) is considered the archetypal senseless opera, thanks to its convoluted and highly implausible plot. So absurd is its premise that it was used in the Marx Brothers’ “A Night at the Opera” (1935) to elicit laughs. But despite this, “Il trovatore” has remained one of the most popular {…}
The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has anounced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the operatic performances. Roberto Abbado conducts Mozart’s “Idomeneo” in a production by Mariano Bauduin. Antonio Poli, Francesca Di Sauro, Mariangela Sicilia, Salome Jicia, and Leonardo Cortellazzi star. Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 1, 2026 Adela Zaharia and Julia Muzychenko star in Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Liparit {…}
Rai Radio 3 is set to broadcast Verdi’s “Giovanna d’Arco” on May 10, 2025. The performance from the Teatro Regio di Parma stars Luciano Ganci as Carlo VII, Nino Machaidze as Giovanna, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar as Giacomo, and Krzysztof Bączyk as Talbot. Michele Gamba, who made his Teatro Regio di Parma debut, conducted a critical edition by Alberto Rizzuti. In a {…}
The Teatro Verdi Trieste has announced its 2025-26 season. Alessandro Luongo, Annalisa Stroppa, Marco Ciaponi, and Marco Filippo Romano star in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” Enrico Calesso conducts the production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Performance Dates: Nov. 28-Dec. 13, 2025 Pier Luigi Pizzi directs Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro“ featuring Simone Alberghini, Carolina Lippo, Giorgio Caoduro, and Ekaterina Bakanova. {…}
This week the Teartro di Parma opens its 2025 season with a production of “Giovanna d’Arco” one of Verdi’s rarely performed works. The production will showcase two famed Verdi singers and one debutante. Mongolian baritone Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar will make his debut at the Teatro di Parma in the role of Giacomo. The production will mark his Italian debut. Over the {…}
Monglia’s Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar will move on to the final round of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Main Prize. The baritone defeated tenor Konstantin Lee, mezzo Sione Gwen Davies, Ivan Thirion, and mezzo Miriam Albano to get among the five finalists for the big showcase. His repertoire for the main prize included Rodrigo’s final two arias from Verdi’s “Don {…}
The Song Prize finalists for the Cardiff Singer of the World competition have been announced. The five people competing in the final round of this segment include John Chest, Catriona Morison, Iurii Samoilov, Louise Alder, and Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar. Chest got through primarily on American songs that included “At the River” and “Simple Gifts,” both arranged by Aaron Copland. He also {…}