Emanuela Pascu, Angelo Veccia, Maria Laura Iacobellis & Nicola Ulivieri Lead Teatro Ponchielli’s 2025-26 Season

The Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona has announced its 2025-26 season. Emanuela Pascu and Emilia Rukavina alternated in the title role of Bizet’s “Carmen.” They are joined by Roberto Aronica, Ragaa El Din, Rocio Faus, Alessia Merepez, and Pablo Ruiz. Performance Dates: Oct. 3 & 5, 2025 Sabrina Sanza, Nico Franchini, Giovanni Accardi, and Giacomo Nanni star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.” Enrico Lombardi conducts the {…}

Oct 4, 2024

Caterina Sala, Lawrence Brownlee, Gerald Finley & Pavol Breslik Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get a chance to listen to rarely performed works from some of the great operatic composers in the world. There are also many world premiere recordings as well. Lucie di Lammermoor Dynamic releases Donizetti’s French version of “Lucie de {…}

Jun 11, 2024

Nino Machaidze, Gregory Kunde, Saioa Hernández & Davide Lucano Lead Teatro Regio di Parma’s 2025 Season

The Teatro Regio di Parma has announced its 2025 season. Verdi’s “Giovanna d’Arco” opens the season with Luciano Ganci, Nino Machaidze, and George Petean. Michele Gamba conducts the production by Emma Dante. Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 1, 2025 Pier Luigi Pizzi’s production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” returns with Davide Luciano, Maria Kataeva, Ruzil Gatin, Roberto de Candia, and {…}

Jun 20, 2023

Chiara Dello Iacovo Leads World Premiere of ‘Raffa in the Sky’

The Donizetti Theatre Foundation has announced the cast for its upcoming performances of “Raffa in the Sky.” The cast will be led by Chiara Dello Iacovo who sings the title role alongside Carmela Remigio, Gaia Petrone, Dave Monaco, Haris Andrianos, and Roberto Lorenzi. Carlo Boccadoro will conduct the production by Francesco Micheli. “Raffa in the Sky” is an opera inspired by {…}

Dec 4, 2022

Donizetti Opera Festival Announces 2023 Season

The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced the titles for the 2023 season. The festival noted that it will present its annual “LUOpeRave” which will use Donizetti’s music in electronic form. The festival will present “Il diluvio universal” with Music Director Riccardo Frizza conducting the rarely performed work. The cast will include Nahuel Di Pierro, Nicolò Donini, Davide Zaccherini, Eduardo Martínez, Sabrina Gárdez, {…}

Oct 24, 2022

Maria José Siri, Marina Rebeka, Francesca Dotto & Olga Peretyatko Lead Teatro Comunale di Bologna’s 2023 Season

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced its 2023 season. The Anteprima to the season will be “Mirandolina” by Bohuslav Martinů. Oksana Lyniv conducts the production by Gianmaria Aliverta. Performance Dates: Jan 14 & 15, 2023 The season opens with Oksana Lyniv conducting Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer“ in a new production by Paul Curran. The opera will star Peter Rose, {…}

Apr 19, 2022

Jessica Pratt Leads Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s ‘I Puritani’

On April 19, the Teatro dell Opera di Roma will premiere a new production of Bellini’s “Il Puritani.” The production, which will be broadcast on Rai Radio3, will be conducted by Roberto Abbado and will be directed by Andrea De Rosa. The new production will see set design by Nicolas Bovey, costumes by Mariano Tufano, and lighting by Pasquale Mari. The {…}

Jul 6, 2021

Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky & Javier Camarena Lead Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia’s 2021-22 Season

(Credit: © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical/Michael Cooper/Dario Acosta) Rome’s Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has announced its 2021-22 season featuring concert performances with some of the greatest stars in the world. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances only. Concerts Jakub Hrůša conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Performance {…}

May 21, 2021

Javier Camarena, Carmela Remigio & Sara Blanch Headline Donizetti Opera’s 2021 Season

The Donizetti Opera Festival has announced the 2021 season. The season opens with “C’erano una volta due bergamaschi” an operashow led Alex Esposito and Artisti della Bottega Donizetti. Michele D’Elia performs at piano. Performance Date: Nov. 18, 2021 Riccardo Frizza conducts a new production of “L’Elisir d’Amore” directed by Frederic Wake-Walker. The critical edition stars Caterina Sala, Javier Camarena, Florian {…}

Mar 30, 2021

Rosa Feola Headlines Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s Il Suono della Bellezza

The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its upcoming concert “Il suono della bellezza.” The new concert, which is currently filming, will be a collaboration between the opera company and la Galleria Borghese. The concert will celebrate the dialogue between music and art. Daniele Gatti will conduct that program, which will be a musical trip starting with Händel and Vivaldi followed {…}

Jan 13, 2021

Jessica Pratt & Lawrence Brownlee Headline Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s ‘I Puritani’

(Credit: Alessandro Moggi/Shervin Lainez) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to present Bellini’s “I Puritani” as part of the company’s Teatro Digitale series. The opera, which has not been presented at the theater since 1990, will be performed in a concert version starring Jessica Pratt and Lawrence Brownlee on Jan. 23. The performance will be conducted by Roberto Abbado {…}

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