Festival de Ópera de Sevilla Announces 2025 Season Featuring Leonor Bonilla, Alessio Arduini, Franco Fagioli & Pablo García-López

The Festival de Ópera de Sevilla has announced its 2025 season, which will take place between September 25 and October 12, 2025. Opera Manuel Garcia’s “Il califfo di Bagdad” will be directed by Guillermo Amaya and conducted by Alessandro D’Agostini. Juan de Dios Mateos, Leonor Bonilla, Pepe Hannan, Alicia Naranjo, Nerea Berraondo, and Eugenio Maria Degiacomi star. Performance Dates: Sept. 25 & {…}

May 20, 2025

Joyce DiDonato, Lea Desandre, Michael Spyres, Véronique Gens, Emőke Baráth & Dario Solari Headline Opéra de Dijon’s 2025-26 Season

The Opéra de Dijon has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. The Orchestre National de France performs alongside Cristian Măcelaru and Joyce DiDonato. The program includes music by Alma and Gustav Mahler and Strauss. Performance Date: Oct. 9, 2025 Lea Desandre stars as Händel’s “Theodora” with Hugh Cutting, Véronique Gens, Laurence Kilsby, and Alex Rosen. Thomas Dunford {…}

May 19, 2025

Marina Rebeka, Cecilia Bartoli, Juan Diego Flórez, Ismael Jordi, Marigona Qerkezi & Marina Monzó Lead Teatro de la Maestranza’s 2025-26 Season

The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced its 2025-26 season. Two casts will perform Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Alessio Arduini and Jan Antem star alongside Ekaterina Bakanova, Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir, Marco Ciaponi, Pablo Martínez, George Andguladze, Luis López, Julie Boulianne, Karen Gardeazabal, David Menéndez, Emmanuel Franco, Marina Monzó, Montserrat Seró, Ricardo Seguel, and Yoshihiko Miyashita. Iván López Reynoso and Mariano García Valladares {…}

May 15, 2025

Lidia Fridman, Carmela Remigio, Gregory Kunde, Dmitry Korchav & Claudia Pavone Lead Teatro Municipale di Piacenza’s 2025-26 Season

The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Stiffelio” featuring Gregory Kunde, Lidia Fridman, Vladimir Stoyanov, and Riccardo Rados. Leonardo Sini conducts the production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Performance Dates: Dec. 19 & 21, 2025 Markus Werba leads Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with Renzo Ran, Claudia Pavone, Marco Ciaponi, Carmela Remigio, Tommaso Barea, Alberto Petricca, and Greta Doveri. Enrico Pagano conducts the production by Andrea Bernard. Performance {…}

Dec 7, 2024

Teatro Carlo Felice to Present ‘Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze’

The third title of the Teatro Carlo Felice’s 2024-25 season will be Nino Rota’s “Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze.” The work in four acts will be shown on Dec. 13, 15, and 17 and will be conducted by Giampaolo Bisanti. Damiano Michieletto will conduct the work in a production from 2007 that was made in collaboration with the Opéra {…}

Jun 25, 2024

Iván Ayón Rivas, Maria Josè Siri, Erika Grimaldi, Piero Pretti & Olga Peretyatko Lead Teatro Carlo Felice’s 2024-25 Season

Genova’s Teatro Carlo Felice has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the operas and concerts. Opera The season will open with a double bill featuring the play “Giro di vite” by Henry James and Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw.” Davide Livermore directs the production with Riccardo Minasi at the podium. The cast for Britten will {…}

Dec 7, 2023

Opéra National de Lorraine Announces Cast Change for ‘Don Pasquale’

The Opéra National de Lorraine has announced a cast change for its production of “Don Pasquale.” The company revealed that Marco Ciaponi will take over the role of Ernesto from Michele Angelini who is ill. Last season, Ciaponi famously stepped in for tenor Juan Diego Flórez at the Vienna State Opera in “La Fille du Régiment.” He has stepped into {…}

Jul 5, 2023

Maria Jose Siri, Salome Jicia & Lana Kos Lead Teatro Verdi Trieste’s 2023-24 Season

The Teatro Verdi Trieste has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the operas the theater will showcase. The season opens with Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” in a production by Guy Monavon. Gianna Fratta conducts a cast that includes Lana Kos and Alessandra di Giorgio, Roberto Aronica, and Murat Karahan. Fernando Cisneros and Matteo Peirone also star. Performance Dates: Nov. {…}

May 1, 2023

Semperoper Dresden Announces Cast Change for ‘La Sonnambula’

The Semperoper Dresden has announced a cast change for its production of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula.” The company said that Marco Ciaponi will sing the role of Elvino on May 1 replacing Maxim Mironov. Ciaponi Marco has performed at the Wiener Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper am Rhein as well as at the Opéra Grand Avignon, Opéra de Limoges, Opéra de Metz, {…}

Dec 30, 2022

Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘La Fille du Régiment’

Juan Diego Flórez has canceled his third performance of “La Fille du Régiment” on Dec. 30 at the Wiener Staatsoper. In a statement, the tenor said, “Due to a persistent cold, unfortunately, I will not be able to sing the third performance of ‘La Fille du Régiment’ at the Wiener Staatsoper on Dec 30th. Thank you very much for your {…}

Jun 11, 2022

Amina Edris, Julia Muzychenko, Hélène Carpentier & Mélissa Petit Lead Opéra de Limoges’ 2022-23 Season

France’s Opéra de Limoges has announced its 2022-23 season featuring five productions. The season opens with Saint-Saëns’ “La Princesse jaune” under the direction of Philippe Forget. Alexandra Lacroix directs the production which stars Camille Schnoor and François Rougier. Performance Dates: Nov. 6 & 8, 2022 Julien Dran, Mélissa Petit, Jean Luc Ballestra, François Rougier, Sophie Marin-Degor, Cécile Galois, and Edouard Portal perform {…}

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