The Semperoper Dresden has announced a conductor change for its upcoming production of “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The company revealed that Giulio Cilona will take over for Riccardo Minasi, leading a run that stars Christoph Pohl, Julia Kleiter, Anna El-Khashem, Michael Nagl, and Cecilia Mayer. Cilona, the winner of the 2024 Ernst-von-Schuch Conducting Prize, Kapellmeister at Deutsche Oper Berlin, and {…}
(Photo Credit : ©Simon Gosselin) Opéra de Nancy, in co-production with Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, Opéra de Reims and Théâtre de Caen, presents Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.” A youthful opera – the composer was only twenty-five years old when he wrote it – this dramma giocoso is reminiscent of opera seria in its moral ending and, as is often {…}
(Photo by Barbara Rigon) Conductor Giulio Cilona was awarded the 10th annual Ernst Von Schuch Conducting Prize. The Kapellmeister of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Principal Guest Conductor of the Opéra National de Lorraine will be honored in a ceremony at the Semperoper Dresden on Nov. 24, 2025; the conductor recently debuted with the company in a production of “Die {…}
(Photo by Barbara Rigon) The Opéra National de Lorraine has announced that Giulio Cilona will be its next Principal Guest Conductor, starting during the 2024-25 season. Cilona is the Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and has led productions of such operas as “Turandot,” “La Bohème,” “Die Zauberflöte,” “Le Nozze di Figaro,” and “Il Triticco,” among others. This coming season, {…}