(Photo: Michele Crosera) On September 4, 2025 Teatro La Fenice showed the second to last performance of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The company is presenting a new production of Puccini’s masterpiece and reviving the work for the first time since 2019. For this new production, the company has lined up an outstanding cast with a great conductor and a production that sets {…}
The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2026 season. Michele Gamba conducts Massimo Popolizio’s production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” Chiara Isotton and Marta Mari sing the title role alongside Vincenzo Costanzo and Bror Magnus Tødenes as Cavaradossi and Alexey Markov and Claudio Sgura as Scarpia. Opening Date: Jan. 11, 2026 Robert Carsen directs “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” with Riccardo Frizza conducting. Corinne Winters, Brian {…}
The Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. Chiara Isotton, Szilvia Vörös, Antonio Poli, and Manuel Fuentes Perform Verdi’s Requiem. Emmanuel Tjeknavorian Conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 14-16, 2025 Handel’s Messiah will be performed by Giulia Semenzato, Lorrie Garcia, Jorge Navarro Colorado, and Fabrizio Beggi. Fabio Biondi Conducts. Performance Dates: Dec. 12 & 14, 2025 Massimo Fiocchi {…}
(Photo: Michele Monasta) Italian Soprano Chiara Isotton is a graduate of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, and is a member of the La Scala Academy, Milan. She won several important national and international competitions, including being among the winners of the “European Community” Competition for Young Opera Singers by the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto in 2013 where she {…}
The Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the operas and concerts. Opera Verdi’s “Il Corasaro” is set to open the season with Rame Lahaj and Zizhao Guo sharing the lead role. They will be joined by Guanqun Yu, Benedetta Torre, Vladimir Stoyanov, Luca Galli, Vanessa Goikoetxea, and Carmen Lopez. Stefano Montanari conducts the {…}
The Orchestra of the Arena di Verona has announced a concert in Germany on Oct. 15, 2024. The concert entitled “Puccini in Opera” will be held in Frankfurt’s Alte Oper Frankfurt and will be conducted by Francesco Ivan Ciampa. Chiara Isotton and Yusif Eyavzov will perform selections from many of Puccini’s great works including “La Boheme,” “Suor Angelica,” “Le Villi,” {…}
(Credit: Royal Opera House) The Royal Opera House has announced cast changes for its productions of “Le Nozze di Fígaro” and “Tosca.” The company said that Maria Bengtsson will replace Jacquelyn Stucker in the role of the Countess Almaviva. Bengtsson will join a cast that includes Luca Micheletti, Ying Fang, Huw Montague Rendall, Ginger Costa-Jackson. Julia Jones conducts the David {…}
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has announced its 2024-25 season. Concerts The season opens with Puccini’s “Tosca” starring Jonathan Tetelman, Eleonora Buratto, and Ludovic Tézier. Daniel Harding conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 21-26, 2024 Semyon Bychkov conducts Bach’s “Mass in B Minor” with soloists Miriam Kutrowatz, Catriona Morison, Benjamin Bruns, and Christian Immler. Performance Dates: Nov. 14-16, 2024 Dalia Stasevska {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2024-25 Season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” starring Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Alexander Vinogradov, and Marco Filippo Romano. Riccardo Chailly conducts the new production by Leo Muscato. The opera will also star Elena Stikhina, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Luciano Ganci, and Simon Lim in the second {…}
The Hungarian State Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Gergely Vajda conducts John Adams’ “Nixon in China” with Rita Rácz, Klára Kolonits, Zoltán Nyári, and Károly Szemerédy. András Almási-Tóth directs the production. Performance Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 5, 2024 Péter Dobszay will conduct Verdi’s Requiem and will feature soloists Andrea Brassói-Jőrös, Andrea Szántó, István Kovácsházi, and Krisztián Cser. András Almási-Tóth {…}
The Canadian Opera Company has announced a cast change for its production of “Medea.” The company said, “Regrettably, Sondra Radvanovsky has been diagnosed with laryngitis and is unable to perform as Medea on May 9 and 11 as scheduled. The COC is grateful to Italian soprano Chiara Isotton for stepping into the title role for the remainder of the performance {…}