Jonathan Burton, Duke Kim & Jacqueline Echols Lead OPERA San Antonio’s 2022-23 Season

OPERA San Antonio has announced its 2022-23 season featuring two productions. The season opens with Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” directed by Garnett Bruce. Francesco Milioto conducts a cast that includes Jonathan Burton, Sara Gartland, Gordon Hawkins, and Ricardo Jose Rivera. Performance Dates: Nov. 3 & 5, 2022 Matthew Ozawa directs Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” with Francesco Milioto conducting. Duke Kim and Jacqueline Echols lead the cast that {…}

Jul 13, 2022

Royal Opera House 2021-22 Review: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci

(Credit: Tristram Kenton/Royal Opera House) Double-crossing, licentiousness, and the sad demise of a once popular showman: that was all going on down the road in Westminster while the Royal Opera House revived Damiano Michieletto’s double bill of “Cavalleria rusticana” and “Pagliacci.” Sightings of former prime minister Theresa May and former Johnson ally Michael Gove – himself ignominiously sacked by Johson {…}

Jul 8, 2022

Jonas Kaufmann Cancels All ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ Performances At Royal Opera House Due to COVID-19

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann has completely withdrawn from the Royal Opera House’s production of “Cavalleria Rusticana” due to COVID-19. The tenor was originally scheduled to sing the entire run of the double bill that also included the role of Canio in “Pagliacci” but opted out of the Leoncavallo opera when he was diagnosed with COVID-19. He was replaced by Fabio Sartori. {…}

Dec 14, 2021

Jonas Kaufmann, Maria Agresta, Annalisa Stroppa & Ambrogio Maestri Lead Free Streams From Semperoper Dresden

(© Semperoper Dresden/Matthias Creutziger) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that it will stream the 2016 double-bill production of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The operas star Maria Agresta, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Annalisa Stroppa, Stefania Toczyska, Tansel Akzeybek, Alessio Arduini, Jonas Kaufmann, Ambrogio Maestri and Dimitri Platanias. Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden. This Unitel recording is made available in collaboration {…}

Nov 16, 2021

Jorge de León Leads Bilbao Opera’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ and ‘Pagliacci’

On Nov. 16, 2021, the Bilbao Opera is set to present the double bill of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci.” The production will star Jorge de León in both works as Turiddu and Canio. The tenor will be joined Ekaterina Semenchuk as Santuzza, Ambrogio Maestri as Alfio, Belén Elvira as Lola, and Elena Zilio as Mamma Lucia in Mascagni’s work. Meanwhile, {…}

Oct 10, 2021

Q & A: Sebastian Catana on the Teatro Carlo Felice, ‘Pagliacci’ & Verismo

On Oct. 8, Sebastian Catana made his long-awaited Teatro Carlo Felice debut in “Pagliacci.” The debut saw the Romanian baritone perform the role of Tonio for the second time, following an acclaimed role debut at the Arena di Verona this past summer. The debut also marked the Teatro Carlo Felice’s reopening and “rebirth.” Catana, who has performed throughout Italy, spoke {…}

Oct 4, 2021

Artist of the Week: Sebastian Catana

This week the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova is set to open its new season with a new production of “Sull’essere angeli” and “Pagliacci” directed by Cristian Taraborrelli. The production will be realized in collaboration with RAI Cultura and will be broadcast on Italian television. It will also mark the house debut of baritone Sebastian Catana as Tonio. Catana, who {…}

Sep 22, 2021

Opera Memphis to Perform ‘Pagliacci’ Farewell Performances

Opera Memphis is set to close down the Clark Opera Memphis Center with a series of performances of Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” at the end of October. The famed verismo opera will be presented for four shows with a cast featuring Dane Suarez as Canio, Chanáe Curtis as Nedda (in her company debut), Alex DeSocio as Silvio, and Joshua Conyers as Tonio. {…}

Sep 9, 2021

Finnish National Opera Cancels ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ & ‘Pagliacci’ Performance

The Finnish National Opera has canceled its Sept. 9 performance of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci.” The company announced that due to a technical failure the performance would be able to go on. The company noted that as result, it will be contacting customers who have purchased tickets and give them the option of refunding or obtaining a credit for another {…}

Aug 2, 2021

Željko Lučić Signs with New Management for North & South America

(Credit: Bettina Stöss) Famed baritone Željko Lučić, has signed with Mirshak Artists Management for his engagements in North and South America. In North America, the famed baritone is set to appear at the Metropolitan Opera this upcoming season as Baron Scarpia in Puccini’s “Tosca.” Outside of those performances, he is slated to appear in performance at La Coruña, Spain for {…}

Jul 30, 2021

DVD Review: Dutch National Opera’s ‘I Pagliacci/Cavalleria Rusticana’

Naxos has recently released the new production of Robert Carsen’s “I Pagliacci/Cavalleria Rusticana,” which opened the 2019/20 season at the Dutch National Opera. It is a new development, as historically it has been Opus Arte which release Amsterdam’s operatic DVDs. Opus Arte always included interesting footage from rehearsals and interviews with the cast and creative team in their DVDs. Naxos {…}