Sara Blanch, Maria José Siri & Lise Lindstrom Lead Teatro Filarmonico’s 2025 Season

The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona has announced its 2025 season featuring rarely performed works and concerts. Opera Salieri’s “Falstaff” opens the season with Francesco Ommassini conducting a production by Paolo Valerio. The cast includes Giulio Mastrototaro, Gilda Fiume, Marco Ciaponi, Michele Patti, Laura Verrecchia, Romano Dal Zovo, and Eleonora Bellocci. Performance Dates: Jan. 19-26, 2025 Catalani’s “La Wally” will be {…}

Teatro Coccia Announces 2023 Season

Italy’s Teatro Coccia di Novara has announced its 2023 season featuring seven productions. Sara Cortolezzis, Gaston Rivero, Jorge Nelson Martinez González, and Carmen Topciu star in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” with Antonello Allemandi conducting. Deda Cristina Colonna directs. Performance Dates: Jan. 20-22, 2023 Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will be conducted by Christopher Franklin and directed by Alberto Jona. Chuan Wang, Michele Govi, Mara Gaudenzi, Emmanuel {…}

Concorso Internazionale Voci Verdiane Città di Busseto Announces 2022 Winners

The 58° Concorso Internazionale Voci Verdiane Città di Busseto has announced its winners. The first prize entitled “Carlo Bergonzi” went to soprano Sara Cortolezzis. The 31 year old won € 5.000 after performing Leonora’s aria “Siam giunti…d’amor sull’ali rosee… tu vedrai che amore in terra” from “Il trovatore.”  Cortolezzis also won the special award “Renata Tebaldi,” which was given by {…}