Sonya Yoncheva, Ailyn Pérez, Olga Peretyatko & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Staatsoper Hamburg’s 2021-22 Season

(Credit: Christoph Köstlin/Javier del Real/Chris Singer) (Artcle In collaboration with Dejan Vukosavljevic) The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced its 2021-22 Season featuring new productions, revivals and Opera Stabile. Here is a look at what audiences can expect. Premieres Bernhard Lang’s “Playing Trump” will star Donatienne Michel-Dansac. Performance Dates: August 20-25, 2021 Daniele Finzi Pasca directs a new production of Offenbach’s “Les {…}

May 31, 2021

Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Sondra Radvanovsky, Roberto Alagna & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2021-22 Season

(Credits: Michael Cooper / Dario Acosta / Sonya Yoncheva official website / © Gregor Hohenberg / Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment) The Teatro alla Scala in Milan has announced its 2021-22 season, featuring some of the greatest performers in the world. Here is the full slate. Operas Anna Netrebko and Luca Salsi open the season in Verdi‘s “Macbeth” in {…}

May 17, 2021

Corinne Winters, Saimir Pirgu & Roberta Mantegna Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s 2021 Summer Season

The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its summer festival, which will return to the Circo Massimo from June 15 to August 6, 2021. The first opera the season will be a new production of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore“ with Daniele Gatti conducting and Lorenzo Mariani directing. The cast will include Fabio Sartori and Piero Pretti in the role of Manrico, Roberta {…}

Mar 25, 2021

Francesca Dotto & Fabio Sartori Highlight Venice Celebration

The Teatro la Fenice will celebrate the city of Venice on March 25 with a concert presented on Rai 2. During the concert, President Sergio Mattarella will salute the city and will showcase the story of Venice narrated by Alessio Boni. The orchestra and chorus of the Teatro la Fenice will be conducted by Renato Palumbo and soloists will include {…}

Feb 2, 2021

Fabio Sartori Featured in Cortina D’Ampezzo’s World Ski Championship Promotional

The Cortina D’Ampezzo has released a music video of “Nessun dorma per Cortina 2021” in anticipation of the World Ski Championship. The video, which was released on YouTube features tenor Fabio Sartori accompanied by pianist Oscar Alberto Bof. Filmed by Cortina Marketing and CortinAteatro, the audiovisual project hopes to infuse hope and confidence in the future, by featuring images of {…}

Jan 24, 2021

Ambrogio Maestri, Ildar Abdrazakov, Saioa Hernández, Gregory Kunde Headline Rai5 Broadcasts for Next Week

(Credits: Opera Australia / Dario Acosta / © Sergey Misenko / Lourdes Balduque / Chris Gloag) Italian television channel Rai5 has announced broadcasts for the week of Jan. 25 – Jan. 29, 2021. The broadcasts will be dedicated to opera stagings by Davide Livermore. First up will be a production of Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” with Chiara Amarù, Edgardo {…}

Nov 24, 2020

Rai Cultura to Broadcast Maggio Musicale’s ‘Otello’

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced that it will broadcast Verdi’s “Otello” on Nov. 30. The Italian house will showcase a new production by Valerio Binasco and conducted by Zubin Mehta on Rai Cultura’s Rai5. The opera will star Fabio Sartori in his role debut as Otello and Marina Rebeka as Desdemona, also in her role debut. Luca Salsi rounds out the {…}

Oct 20, 2020

Noel Bouley Steps in For Amartuvshin Enkhbat in ‘Tosca’ at Deutsche Oper Berlin

(Credit: Deutsche Oper Berlin official website) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced the replacement of Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat in the role of Scarpia for a concert performance of Puccini’s “Tosca” on Oct. 23, 2020. Baritone Noel Bouley will perform in his stead. Bouley will join a cast that includes Fabio Sartori in the role of Mario Cavaradossi, and Malin {…}

Oct 19, 2020

Andreas Schager & Alexander Vinogradov Join New Year Gala Concert At Deutsche Oper

(Credits: Andreas Schager official website / Polina Plotnikova) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that heldentenor Andreas Schager and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov will take part in the New Year Gala concert on Jan. 2, 2021. Schager and Vinogradov will join a cast that includes Sara Jakubiak, Anna Pirozzi, Aigul Akhmetshina, and Amartuvshin Enkhbat. The Australian-born Kapellmeister of the Deutsche {…}

Oct 13, 2020

Amartuvshin Enkhbat Replaces Roman Burdenko in Deutsche Oper Berlin’s ‘Tosca’

(Credit: Deutsche Oper Berlin official website) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat will sing the role of Scarpia in the concert performance of Puccini’s “Tosca” on Oct. 23, 2020. Enkhbat will replace Roman Burdenko. Enkhbat is currently performing the role of Amonasro in a series of concert performances of Verdi’s “Aida” at the Teatro alla {…}

Sep 9, 2020

Malin Byström, Fabio Sartori & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin Revamped October 2020 Slate

(Credits: Peter Knutson / Vicor Santiago / Andrey Uspensky) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced changes to its October 2020 schedule. The performances of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” slated for October 2, 2020; “Così fan tutte” scheduled for October 20 & 25, 2020; Verdi’s “La Traviata” scheduled for Oct. 10, 2020; Bizet’s “Carmen” slated for Oct. 16, 21 & 24, 2020; {…}