The Teatro Regio di Torino is set to present Puccini’s “Le Villi.” The opera will star Roberta Mantegna, Laura Giordano, Martin Muehle, Azer Zada, Simone Piazzola, and Gëzim Myshketa. Riccardo Frizza will conduct the rarely performed piece in a production by Pier Francesco Maestrini. Regarding the work, Frizza said, “In the centenary year of Puccini’s death, being celebrated at opera {…}
The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced its 2023-24 season. Halévy’s “La Juive” will star Mariangela Sicilia, Gregory Kunde, Nina Minasyan, and Enkeleda Kamani. Daniel Oren conducts the production by Stefano Poda. Performance Dates: Sept. 19-Oct. 3, 2023 Offenbach’s “Un mari à la porte” will star Pawel Żak, Ksenia Chubunova, Amélie Hois, and Matteo Mollica. Riccardo Bisatti conducts Anna Maria Bruzzese’s production. Performance {…}
The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced its 2021-2022 season featuring a diverse program. Here are the opera productions for the season. The season opens with “Gran Teatro Reinach” with Giuseppe Verzicco, Eleonora Buccarini, Lucrezia Drei, Valentino Buzza, Claudia Urru, Manuel Amati, Marco Bussi, Chiara Tirotta,, Massimo Fiocchi Malaspina, Filippo Lanzi, Thomas Rizzoli, Alfonso Antoniozzi, and Gianluca Martineghi. Performance Dates: {…}
Donizetti’s ‘Don Pasquale’ will inaugurate the Teatro Regio di Parma’s Estate al Parco della Musica on Thursday, June 30, 2021. The work will return to Parma after a 28-year absence and will be directed by Pier Francesco Maestrini in a co-production with l’Ente Luglio Musicale Trapanese. The stage design and videos will be by Guillermo Nova with costumes by Luca {…}
The Teatro Regio di Parma in Italy has announced its Estate al Parco della Musica festival. Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” will highlight the season with Laura Giordano, Antonio Mandrillo, Federico Longhi, and Pablo Galvez. Ferdinando Sulla conducts Pier Francesco Maestrini’s production. Performance Dates: June 30-July 11, 2021 Orff’s “Carmina Burana” will feature Hasmik Torosyan, David Astorga, and Alberto Bonifazio. Giulio Zappa {…}
The Teatro Massimo di Palermo in Italy has announced a revised September program. It all begins with Omer Meir Wellber conducting Schönberg’s “A Survivor from Warsaw” and Mozart’s Coronation Mass in C major. Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2020 The second concert of the September season will be Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” arranged by Astor Piazzola with Omer Meir Wellber conducting {…}