ABAO Bilbao Ópera closes its seventy-first season with Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.” The show will run May 20, 23, 26, and 29, 2023 at the Euskalduna Bilbao. Soprano Anna Pirozzi stars. Joining her will be mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk, tenor Celso Albelo and baritone Juan Jesús Rodríguez. Maestro Francesco Iván Ciampa will be on the podium. The production will be directed by {…}
Opera Hong Kong is set to present Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” at the Grand Theatre at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The production, which opens on May 11 and runs through the 14th, will feature a production by Enrico Castiglione with two different casts. In the role of Leonora, audiences will hear Martina Serafin for two shows and Roberta Mantegna for {…}
Photo: Joan Tomàs The Spanish tenor Celso Albelo debuted in the role of Duke of Mantua alongside Leo Nucci in 2006. He has performed since then in major opera houses around the world. For 17 years, he has been singing leading tenor roles. Being the Duke is one of his signature roles. His extensive tessitura–he can sing a stratospheric high {…}
The Pittsburgh Opera is set to present Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” for the first time in 20 years. The production, which will be performed between March 25 and April 2 at the Benedum Center, will star Jonathan Burton as Manrico and Alexandra Loutsion as Leonora. Lester Lynch also stars as the Count and Marianne Cornetti sings the role of Azucena. Antony {…}
Although they are best known for films such as “The Cocoanuts” (1929), “At The Circus” (1939), and “A Night in Casablanca” (1949), one of the Marx brothers operatic-related films was just as spell-binding and deserves its place in history. When “A Night At The Opera” first premiered in 1935 in the continental United States, the brothers were still under contract {…}
This review is for the performance of January 21, 2023 Unearthing the bodies of “Il Trovatore,” La Fura dels Baus and Àlex Ollé found the first great war. This is not a literary metaphor used by this pedantic critic, but what actually was presented in the stage. Large tombs are raised and lowered into rows of graves on the stage {…}
The Royal Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Il Trovatore.” The company said that Riccardo Massi will perform the role of Manrico in Adele Thomas’s new production of “Il Trovatore” on June 2, 5, 8, 13 and 16, 2023. Massi will share the role with Gregory Kunde who performs the role on June 21, 24, 27, 29, {…}
The Opéra National de Paris is set to present Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” starting on Jan. 21, 2023. The opera, which will run through Feb. 17, 2023 for nine performances, will be conducted by Carlo Rizzi. It will star Anna Pirozzi as Leonora with Yusif Eyvazov as Manrico. In the role of Il Conte di Luna, audiences will see Étienne Dupuis. {…}
The Royal Opera House has announced a number of cast changes for several productions. The company said that in “The Magic Flute” Nina Minasyan has withdrawn from the performances on Dec. 16, 19, 22, 28, 30, and Jan. 21, 24, and 27. The role of the Queen of the Night will now be performed by Aigul Khismatullina on Dec. 16, {…}
The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá will celebrate World Opera Day on October 25 with the streaming of “Gianni Schicchi,” “Aida,” “Tosca,” and “Il Trovatore.” Entitled “Opera: a Window to Emotions,” the streams that will be presented jointly by Bancolombia, with the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá, through the District Institute of the Arts and the Stage of {…}
The Washington National Opera kicks off its season with a new production of “Il Trovatore” starting on October 22, 2022. The famed Verdi opera will receive a newly conceived period production by director Brenna Corner, with sets by Erhard Rom, a finalist of the International Opera Prize. There will also be wardrobe by Martin Pakledinaz. The cast will be led {…}
