Carolina López Moreno, Iván Ayón Rivas, Teresa Iervolino & Jessica Pratt Lead Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s 2024 Season

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its Fall 2024 season from September to December. Opera Teresa Iervolino leads Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” with Matteo D’Apolito, Patrick Kabongo, William Hernandez, and Marco Filippo Romano. Ginaluca Capuano conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 20-27, 2024 Daniele Gatti conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Carolina López Moreno, Piero Pretti, Vincenzo Costanzo, Marvic Monreal, and Nicola Alaimo headlining the cast. {…}

Mar 29, 2024

Carlos Fuortes Sentenced to Prison Time

Carlos Fuortes, the recently named superintendent of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, has been sentenced to one to four years over the accidental death of a theatre worker at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in 2017. A Rome court also ruled that there would be a 220,000 euro penalty for violation of the legislation on safety at work. The penalty would {…}

Mar 25, 2024

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Appoints New Superintendent

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a new superintendent. The Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, signed the decree appointing Carlo Fuortes as the new superintendent of the Fondazione del Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. In a statement, Minister Sangiuliano said, “I wish Superintendent Fuortes well in his work. With his mandate, he is called upon to re-launch one of the nation’s {…}

Oct 23, 2023

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Releases Statement Regarding Fake Zubin Mehta Death

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has released a statement regarding the fake news that appeared this morning regarding the death of Zubin Mehta. The company said, “A very big fake news! In the last few minutes a fake news has been spreading on the web, shared by uninformed and which we immediately mark as vulgar and inappropriate: the death of maestro {…}

Aug 17, 2023

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces 2023-24 Season

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti. The cast includes Mariangela Sicilia as Mimì, Gaelano Salas as Rodolfo, Min Kim as Marcello, William Hernandez as Schaunard, Francesco Leone as Colline, Elisa Balbo as Musetta, and Davide Piva as Benoit/Alcindoro. Performance Dates: Nov. 14-29, 2023 The company {…}

Jul 5, 2023

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces Conductor Change for ‘Carmina Burana’

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a conductor change for its upcoming performance of “Carmina Burana.” The company said, “We would like to inform the kind audience that the ‘Carmina Burana’ performance, scheduled for July 13, 2023, in the Zubin Mehta Hall, will be conducted by maestro Andrea Battistoni, replacing maestro Paolo Carignani.” Battistoni has conducted at the Bayerische Staatsoper, {…}

Jul 1, 2023

Police Confiscates Over €126,000 from Alexander Pereira

Police has confiscated over €126,000 from Alexander Pereira. Per Platea and Puls 24, the police confiscated the euros during an investigation into embezzlement of money during Pereira’s time as general director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Per the reports, Pereira used the foundation’s credit card “for private non-contractual expenses,” including relocations, hotel stays, and plane or helicopters flights. Moreover, Pereira {…}

Jun 2, 2023

Thirteen Singers Consider Legal Action Against Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Thirteen singers are considering legal action against the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino after the company canceled a production of “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” just six weeks before rehearsals. In a letter to cast members dated March 21, 2023, Maggio wrote of the “situation of unpredictable emergency’ facing the Foundation stating ‘production costs (of Die Meistersinger) are no longer sustainable for the {…}

May 11, 2023

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces Casting Update for ‘Falstaff’

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has made a cast change for its production of “Falstaff.” The company announced that Rosalia Cid will be performing the role of Nannetta. Cid recently performed with the Orchestra di Padova in a concert featuring Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony. She also performed in a production of “La Sonnambula” at the Semperoper Dresden, as well as “La fina {…}

May 1, 2023

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces New Cast Change for ‘Otello’

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a cast change for its production of Verdi’s “Otello.” The company that the role of Desdemona will be performed by Zarina Abaeva replacing the originally announced Anastasia Bartoli. Abaeva has performed at the Perm Opera and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, among others. Her repertoire includes the music of Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Offenbach, Bizet, and Verdi. The {…}

Apr 10, 2023

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Announces Opera Change for 85th Festival

The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced a change to its upcoming festival. The company said that it would replace Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” with Verdi’s “Falstaff.” Daniele Gatti will conduct the masterpiece in Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s 2021 production with a cast that includes Michael Volle (Falstaff), Markus Werba (Ford), and Claudia Huckle (Meg Page), who were already scheduled for “Meistersinger.” {…}

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