Joel Prieto, Carlo Ventre, Hrachuhi Bassenz & Elena Mikhailenko Lead Israeli Opera’s 2024-25 Season

The Israeli Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Yael Levita, Shira Patchornik, Joel Prieto, and Granit Musliu star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” alongside Oded Reich, Michael Schwarze, and Nahuel di Piero. Alessandro de Marchi conducts the production by Shirit Lee Weiss. Performance Dates: Nov. 7-18, 2024 Peter Wedd, Julian Hubbard, Alla Vasilevitsky, Shaked Strul, Eric Greene, Anat Czarny, and Tamara Navoth {…}

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 {…}

May 19, 2023

Carlo Ventre, Hila Fahima & Mario Cassi Lead Israeli Opera’s 2023-24 Season

The Israeli Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the opera productions. “Hanoch Levin – The Opera” will be conducted by David Sebba and directed by Shirit Lee Weiss. The cast will include Tom Cohen, Anat Czarny, Adi Ezra, Tal Ganor, Noam Heinz, Sivan Keren, Yael Levita, Tamara Navoth, Yair Polishook, and Oded Reich. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-22, 2023 {…}

Feb 21, 2023

Teatro Lirico di Cagliari 2023 Review: Gloria

Credit: Priamo Tolu The Sardinian landscape is dotted with archeological monuments, burial sites, towers, and dwellings built by the various peoples that long ago settled the island. The Beakers, Nuraghe, Phoenicians, and Romans, to name but a few, have all left their mark. The island’s museums boast impressive collections of artifacts fashioned in metal, glass, stone, and clay that reflect {…}

Aug 2, 2022

Latonia Moore, Irina Lungu & J’Nai Bridges Lead Teatro Lirico di Cagliari’s 2023 Season

The Teatro Lirico di Cagliari has announced its 2023 season. Cilea’s “Gloria” will star Ramaz Chikviladze, Mattia Denti, Anastasia Bartoli, Valentina Boi, Franco Vassallo, Ivan Inverardi, Carlo Ventre, and Denis Pivnitsky. Francesco Cilluffo conducts the production by Antonio Albanese. Performance Dates: Feb. 10-19, 2023 Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” will star Dave Monaco, Chuan Wang, Christian Senn, Andrea Vincenzo Bonsignore, Giulio Mastrototaro, {…}

Aug 1, 2021

Teatro Massimo di Palermo 2021 Review: Il Trovatore

(Photo: Franco Lannino) For its summer season Palermo’s Teatro Massimo moves outdoors to the Teatro di Verdura, situated in parkland on the outskirts of the city centre. The cool evening heat, with a gentle breeze blowing in from the sea, along with the theatre’s sizable stage and substantial amount of raked seating with excellent sight lines suggested everything was just {…}

Jun 15, 2021

Pretty Yende, Juan Diego Florez & Violeta Urmana Lead Teatro Massimo di Palermo’s Summer Season

The Teatro Massimo has announced its Summer Program at the Teatro di Verdura which will take place between July 4 and August 10, 2021. The open-air festival will open on July 4 with Omer Meir Wellber conducting Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Daniel Ciobanu. Prokofiev’s Cantata Aleksandr Nevsky will be performed by Natalia Gavrilan with the Coro del {…}

Jun 5, 2021

Erwin Schrott, Willard White, Matthew Polenzani & Klára Kolonits Lead Hungarian State Opera’s 2021-22 Season

The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring new productions, revivals, and concerts. Here is a look: Premiere Andrea Szántó stars in Calixto Bieto’s new production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” The opera also features Szabolcs Brickner , Kinga Kriszta, Gábor Bretz , and Zoltá Nagy . Balázs Kocsár conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 3-Oct. 10, 2021 Beethoven/Strauss’ “König Stephan / {…}

May 18, 2020

Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva Headline Arena di Verona’s 2021 Season

The Arena di Verona has announced its 2021 season, which will feature several notable performances with some of opera’s greatest stars. It all kicks off with a 150th anniversary celebration of the 1871 world premiere of Verdi’s “Aida.” The opera will be conducted by Riccardo Muti with Sonya Yoncheva in the title role alongside Francesco Meli, Riccardo Zanellato, Luca Salsi, {…}

Apr 13, 2020

Ian Bostridge, Arturo Chacón Cruz & Nicola Alaimo Highlight Teatro Massimo Gala

The Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Italy has released the first star-studded opera gala from home. The gala, entitled “Gala: Artisti uniti in tempi di isolamento,” aligned a number of international stars including Enea Scala, Nicola Alaimo, Arturo Chacón Cruz, Ruth Iniesta, Roberta Mantegna, and Ian Bostridge, among many others. The performance features music by Bellini, Puccini, Lara, Lehar, Verdi, and {…}

Oct 14, 2019

Yusif Eyvazov, Saioa Hernández & Angela Meade Lead Teatro Massimo’s 2020 Season

The Teatro Massimo di Palermo has announced the 2020 season, which will feature a number of new productions, stars, and concert performances. Opera The season opens with Wagner’s “Parsifal” conducted by Omer Meir Wellber and directed by Graham Vick. The work stars Daniel Kirch in the title role, Eva Maria Westbroek, Evgeny Nikitin, John Relyea, and Thomas Gazheli. Performance Dates: Jan. {…}