Carmen Giannattasio & Markus Werba Lead Teatro Massimo’s 2021 Season Opening

(Credits: Cory Weaver / Francesco Luciani) Teatro Massimo di Palermo will be live streaming the opening of its 2021 season with the performance of the complex, site-specific opera “Il Crepuscolo dei Sogni.” The opera includes music from Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini, Franz Schubert, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Modest Mussorgsky, Arrigo Boito, Richard Strauss, {…}

Jan 22, 2021

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Giulio Pelligra & Alexandros Stavrakakis Lead Teatro Massimo di Palermo Online Concert

(Credits: Salzburger Festspiele official website / Allegorica Opera Management official website / Askonas Holt official website) The Teatro Massimo di Palermo will livestream its concert on Jan. 31, 2021. Mezzosoprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, tenor Giulio Pelligra and bass Alexandros Stavrakakis will perform a program that includes Sergej Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 in D major op. 25, and Igor Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella.” Gabriele {…}

Jan 4, 2021

Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Markus Werba, Thomas Hampson, Anita Rachvelishvili Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

Happy 2021! As we settle into this New Year, this week’s streams will feature a host of celebratory concerts from around the world as well as some productions of opera favorites from some of the most renowned companies in the world. New Year’s Recital – Istituto Italiano di Cultura Hong Kong (NOW) Kick off the first week of the New {…}

Jan 4, 2021

Markus Werba, Eleonora Buratto & Emily D’Angelo Headline Teatro alla Scala’s January Streaming Program

The Teatro alla Scala has announced its January streaming program. The month will begin with a recital by Markus Werba accompanied by Michele Gamba. The program will be dedicated to Robert Schumann. Streaming Date: Jan. 4, 2021 The month continues with Lorenzo Viotti conducting the La Scala orchestra in a program featuring Brahms Symphony No. 3 and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7. {…}

Dec 30, 2020

Carmen Giannattasio & Markus Werba Lead Teatro Massimo’s New Year’s Eve Concert

(Credit: Jean Philippe Raibaud) The Teatro Massimo di Palermo is set to present a New Year’s Eve concert featuring Carmen Giannattasio and Markus Werba. The concert is set to be streamed on the Italian company’s Teatro Massimo WebTV and will feature music by Haydn, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Spontini, Lehar, Le Gaz Spoliansky, and De Curtis. Omer Meir Wellber will conduct {…}

Dec 11, 2020

Sabine Devieilhe, Aida Garifullina & Markus Werba To Present Concerts At Teatro alla Scala

(Credits: Fabien Monthubert / Simon Fowler/Decca /Askonas Holt Artists Management) The Teatro alla Scala has announced three upcoming concerts featuring some of opera’s greatest stars. First up, soprano Sabine Devieilhe will present a recital on Dec. 14, 2020. The showcase, which will also feature pianist Alexandre Tharaud, will include works by Ravel, Poulenc, Fauré, and Debussy. The recital will be {…}

Oct 2, 2020

Antonio Pappano, Leah Hawkins & Markus Werba Lead Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia’s 2020-21 Season

(Credit: Musacchio & Ianniello) The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy has announced its 2020-21 season. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on the vocal performances. The season opens with Gerhild Romberger and Clay Hilley performing Bruckner’s “Te Deum” and Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Antonio Pappano conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-18, 2020 {…}

Oct 1, 2020

Saioa Hernández, Angel Blue & Angela Gheorghiu Lead Semperoper Fall 2020 Performances

(Credits: Lourdes Balduque / Angel Blue Facebook page/ Cosmin Gogu) The Semperoper Dresden has announced a revised program for November and December 2020. The opera house will present three new productions, Mozart’s singspiel “Die Zauberflöte,” Udo Zimmermann’s “Weiße Rose,” and Simone Fontanelli’s “Pinocchio.” Here is the look. Mozart’s singspiel “Die Zauberflöte” will star René Pape, Nikola Hillebrand, Tuuli Takala, Sebastian {…}

Sep 29, 2020

Chen Reiss & Juan Francisco Gatell Headline Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s first ‘Zaide’

On. Oct. 18 the Teatro dell’opera di Roma will stage the company premiere of Mozart’s “Zaide.” The new production will be directed by Graham Vick and conducted by the company’s music director Daniele Gatti. The cast will be headed by Remo Girone, who will narrate the production, and Chen Reiss, who will sing the title role of Zaide. Paul Nilon, {…}

Aug 11, 2020

Chen Reiss, Claudia Pavone & Zuzana Marková Highlight Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Autumn Season

The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced a new autumn season for the Teatro Costanzi following restrictions due to the COVID-19 crisis. The company announced that due to the state of emergency it is canceling “Notre-Dame de Paris,” “The Rake’s Progress,” and “Oedipus Rex.” In August there will be a series of concerts with the Orchestra e il Coro del {…}

Jul 30, 2020

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma to Present ‘The Merry Widow’

The Teatro dell Opera di Roma’s summer festival continues at the Circo Massimo with Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow.” The operetta, which will be performed starting July 31 through August 12, will be conducted by Stefano Montanari and will star Nadja Mchantaf as Hanna Glawari, Markus Werba as Danilo Danilowitsch, Andrea Concetti as Mirko Zeta, Hasmik Torosyan as Valencienne, Juan {…}

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