The Orchestra della Toscana has announced its 2025-26 season, marking its 45th anniversary. Here are the two vocal performances. Diego Ceretta conducts Mozart’s “Requiem” and Cherubini’s “Marche religieuse” with soloists Francesca Pia Vitale, Eleonora Filipponi, Dave Monaco, and Francesco Leone. Performance Date: Sept. 10, 2025 Diego Ceretta conducts Mozart, Verdi, and Wagner with Giuliana Gianfaldoni and Riccardo della Sciucca. Performance {…}
(Photos: ©Fondazione Teatri di Piancenza) As the 19th century came to a close, during a period of artistic transition, young composers sought to innovate and redefine the operatic language. It was in this context that, almost fortuitously, the most emblematic diptych of Italian musical theater and the ultimate prototype of verismo opera emerged: Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s {…}
The Teatro Comunale di Modena has announced its 2022-23 season. Arrigo Boito’s “Mefistofele” opens the season with a cast that includes Simon Lim, Antonio Poli, Marta Mari, and Eleonora Filipponi. Francesco Pasqualetti conducts the production by Enrico Stinchelli. Performance Dates: Oct. 7 & 9, 2022 Vittoria Yeo, Daniela Schillaci, Diego Cavazzini, Nozomi Kato, and Sergio Vitale star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with {…}
The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a cast change for its performance of Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” on June 7, 2022. The company noted that the role of Zerbinetta and Dryade will be sung by Sara Blanch and Eleonora Filipponi. Blanch will replace Jessica Pratt as Zerbinetta while Filipponi will replace Anna Doris Capitelli as Dryade. Blanch is a rising {…}
(Photo: Stradella Y-Project) Situated about a two minute walk from Rome’s Piazza Navona is the Palazzo Altemps, a building originally designed by Melozzo da Forlì for Girolamo Riario, Lord of Imola in the fifteenth century. Over the years it was enlarged and developed into what is now a magnificent Renaissance residence. The Riario family’s tenure of the building was a {…}