Maria Agresta, Claudio Sgura, Iwona Sobotka, Giuseppina Bridelli, Simone Piazzola & Marco Filippo Romano Lead Teatro Comunale di Modena’s 2026-27 Season

The Teatro Comunale di Modena has announced its 2026-27 season. Alexey Zelenkov, Simon Lim, Marily Santoro, and Paolo Antonio Nevi star in Verdi’s “Macbeth” with Giuseppe Finzi conducting and Fabio Ceresa directing. Performance Dates: Oct. 30 & Nov. 1, 2026 Claudio Sgura, Sorin Coliban, Olga Maslova, Ian Koziara, Paolo Antognetti, and Ester Ferraro star in Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer.” Martijn Dendievel {…}

Jun 11, 2026

Iwona Sobotka, Maria Agresta, Simone Piazzola, lker Arcayürek & Mariangela Sicilia Lead Teatro Municipale di Piacenza’s 2026-27 Season

The Teatro Municipale di Piacenza has announced its 2026–2027 opera season. Iwona Sobotka, Silvia Beltrami, Eleonora Boaretto, Vincenzo Costanzo, Claudio Sgura, Carlo Raffaelli, Manuel Pierattelli, Alexandru Suciu, Alessio Verna, Viktor Shevchenko, and Andrea Galli star in Giordano’s “Siberia.” Sesto Quatrini conducts Roberto Catalano’s production. Performance Dates: Dec. 18 & 20, 2026 Lucio Dalla’s “L’anno che verrà” will be directed by Manuel Renga. Performance Date: Jan. 16, 2027 Marco {…}

May 27, 2026

Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2026 Review: Olympia

(Photo: Andrea Ranzi) Nicola Campogrande’s “Olympia” world premiere at the Teatro Comunale Nouveau di Bologna joins a small category of operas that attempt to absorb the psychic weather of the digital age without collapsing into either technophilia or dystopian cliché. The work takes its cue from E.T.A. Hoffmann’s famous automaton tale, but it relocates the uncanny into a world of {…}

Jul 14, 2022

Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi, Anastasia Bartoli & Rosa Feola Lead Teatro La Fenice’s 2022-23 Season

The Teatro La Fenice has announced its 2022-23 season. Opera Nicola Alaimo leads Verdi’s “Falstaff” alongside Vladimir Stoyanov, René Barbera, Selene Zanetti, Caterina Sala, Sara Mingardo, and Veronica Simeoni. Myung-Whun Chung conducts the production by Adrian Noble. Performance Dates: Nov. 18-26, 2022 Bruno Maderna’s “Satyricon” will star Francesca Gerbasi, Matteo Ferrara, Manuela Custer, Christopher Lemmings, William Corrò, and Marcello Nardis. Alessandro {…}

Jul 5, 2022

Seattle Symphony 2022 Review: Verdi’s Requiem

During my 40 years of being obsessed with opera, and five years singing in major choral works, I realize it’s a bit odd that Verdi’s Requiem never entered my sphere. I have never experienced it live, nor even owned a recording. Please do not shame me. I am somewhat familiar with a couple of the most famous sections: the driving {…}

Apr 27, 2022

Seattle Symphony Orchestra to Present Requiems by Verdi & Brahms to End 2021-22 Season

The Seattle Symphony Orchestra is set to present a series of concerts featuring two renowned Requiems performed by some of the world’s greatest opera stars. First up, the ensemble will present a program of music by Brahms and Stravinsky. Audiences will hear Brahm’s famed German Requiem with Soraya Malfi and Alexander Dobson as the soloists. The program will also include {…}

Sep 4, 2020

Sondra Radvanovsky & Saioa Hernández Step into ‘Un Ballo In Maschera’ at Teatro Real

(Credits: Michael Cooper / Lourdes Balduque / The Israeli Opera official website / Silvia Beltrami – Mezzosoprano Facebook Page) Russian soprano Tatiana Serjan has cancelled performances as Amelia in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” at the Teatro Real. Per the official statement on the company’s website, the Russian soprano has withdrawn from the production due to illness. Sondra Radvanovsky, Saioa {…}

May 23, 2019

Julia Bullock & Marc Laho Lead Opéra De Lille’s 2019-20 Season

The Opéra de Lille has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of rare works and one of the great masterpieces of the canon. Purcell’s “The Indian Queen” opens the season with Anna Dennis, Tristan Hambleton, Hugo Hymas, Gareth John, Rowan Pierce, Nick Pritchard, Christopher Ettridge, Elisabeth Hopper, James McGregor, Julie Legrand, Ben Porter, and Jules Werner. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Guy Cassiers’ production. {…}