(Photo: MOF) Director Daniele Menghini returned to the Macerata Opera Festival (MOF) for this season’s revival of the 2022 production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” Dedicated to Director Graham Vick, this beloved and contemporary production tells the entertaining story of Italy’s modern man through the perspective of social media’s delusional gaze. Conductor Jacopo Brusa led the FORM-Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, {…}
Calgary Opera is set to close its season with Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” The production, which is set to be performed at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium from April 18 – 24, 2026, will star Grisha Martirosyan, Siphokazi Molteno, John Tessier, Dion Mazerolle, and Adam Lau. Daniela Musca conducts the production by Elizabeth Tarhan. In a statement Stepkowski Tarhan {…}
Calgary Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Opening the season is “Madama Butterfly” starring Yasko Sato, Matthew White, Nina Yoshida Nelsen, and Phillip Addis. Mo Zhou directs and Jonathan Brandani condudcts. Performance Dates: Nov. 1 – 7, 2025 “Little Red Riding Hood” gets a showcase at Mamdani Opera Centre. Performance Dates: Nov. 28 – Dec. 7, 2025 Then comes “Hansel and Gretel.” {…}
Photo credit: SF Bernd Uhlig In one of his literary excursions, the great Portuguese author Eça de Queiroz reviewed the premiere of Verdi’s “Macbeth” in Lisbon. He did not see the original Italian version of the opera, but the revised French one and quite likely with the same cast as in Paris. Eça insisted that Verdi was the greatest living {…}