(Credit: Rossini Opera Festival) CueTV has announced streams for the month of August. The month will open with Verdi’s “Aida” from the Macerata Opera Festival on August 12. The opera stars Luciano Ganci, Maria Teresa Leva, and Veronica Simeoni. Boito’s “Nerone” will be presented from the Bregenz Festival on August 19 starring Rafael Rojas, Lucio Gallo, Brett Polegato, Svetlana Aksenova, {…}
(Credit: Sergio Roma) On July 23, Luciano Ganci will return to the the Macerata Opera Festival for the second consecutive year. Ganci will take on the role of Radamès in the opening performance of “Aida,” marking his Italian debut in the role. He will be directed by stage director Valentina Carrasco and conducted by Francesco Lanzillotta. The production will also star {…}
Italy’s Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its fall 2021 season. The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi. The cast will include Cesar Cortez and Pablo Martinez sharing the count with Paola Leguizamon as Rosina, Marco Filippo Romano as Bartolo, Roberto De Candia as Figaro, and Andrea Concetti as Basilio. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-23, 2021 Kristine Opolais leads {…}
The New National Theatre, Tokyo has announced its 2021-22 season The new season will include 45 performances of 10 operas, including three new productions. The season is the fourth under Artistic Director Kazushi Ono. New Productions Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” will be directed by Jun Aguni and conducted by Maurizio Benini. René Barbera headlines the cast, which will include Aya Wakizono, {…}
(Credit: Tatyana Vlasova) The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced that it will present its new production of Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” as a film. The new production by Rosetta Cucchi will star Kristine Opolais in her role debut and will be aired on Rai 5 on March 11. The production was originally set to premiere in May 2020 but was {…}
The Opéra de Nice in France has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of concerts, ballet, musical theatre and opera. For this article, we will only focus on the operatic repertoire. The season opens with “Reunion de Familie” with the choeur and ballet of the opera de Nice. Performance Dates: Sept. 12 & 13, 2020 Fabrice Di Falco, Julie {…}
The New National Theatre, Tokyo has announced its 2020-21 season. The season will open with Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in a production by Sir David McVicar. Per the company’s official website, the production will be modified into “A New Normal” style which will include social distancing protocols for artists. The opera will star Daichi Fujiki as Oberon, Kerstin Avemo {…}
The Macerata Opera Festival is scheduled to open its concert performances of “Il Trovatore” on July 25. The performances of Verdi’s masterpiece at the historical Sferisterio arena in Italian will star Roberta Mantegna, Veronica Simeoni, Luciano Ganci and Massimo Cavalletti. The performances will be conducted by Vincenzo Milletari. This will mark the second production of the summer season, which began {…}
(Credit: Martyna Gallaweb/Jean Baptiste Millot) The Polish National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring four new productions and a number of international stars. For the purposes of this article, we are only focusing on opera and vocal performances. Premieres Ho-Yoon Chung stars in the title role of Massenet’s “Werther.” The new production will be directed by Willy Decker and {…}
(Image Source: Davinia Rodriguez Official Website / Jessica Pratt Facebook) Starting on June 2, 2020, Coccia Theatre in Novara, Italy will be streaming “Alienati,” the first Smart Working Opera. The new work will feature music by Federico Biscione, Alberto Cara, Cristian Carrara, Federico Gon and Marco Taralli, with a libretto by Vincenzo De Vivo. Roberto Recchia directs a cast that {…}
The Teatro Regio di Parma has extended its Verdi streaming Festival adding new works. It all starts with “I Vespri Siciliani“ in a production starring Leo Nucci, Fabio Armiliato, Giacomo Prestia, and Daniela Dessi. Massimo Zanetti conducts the 2010 production. Streaming Dates: April 20-21, 2020 It follows with Verdi’s “Giovanna d’Arco” starring Vittoria Yeo, Luciano Ganci, Vittorio Vitelli, and Gabreille {…}