Tomasz Konieczny, Anthony Clark Evans, Elena Tsallagova & Sinéad Campbell Wallace Lead Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2024-25 Season

The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2024-25 Season. Premieres Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” will be conducted by GMD Leo McFall with Pınar Karabulut directing. Seth Carico, Cornel Frey, Galina Benevich, Josefine Mindus, Sion Goronwy, Ariana Lucas, Aaron Cawley, Hovhannes Karapetyan, Inna Fedorii, Fleuranne Brockway, Wooseok Shim, James Young, and Fabian-Jakob Balkhausen starring. Premiere Date: Sept. 28, 2024 Christian Rohrbach conducts {…}

Jun 7, 2023

Royal Opera Houses Announces Two Cast Changes for ‘Il Trovatore’

The Royal Opera House has announced two cast changes for its June 8 production of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.” The company said, “Sadly, Riccardo Massi (Manrico) and Jamie Barton (Azucena) have withdrawn from tomorrow evening’s performance of ‘Il Trovatore’ after testing positive for COVID-19.” As a result, Stefano La Colla will make his Covent Garden debut performing the role of Manrico, {…}

Apr 3, 2023

Cecilia Bartoli, Gábor Bretz, Sally Matthews & Ed Lyon Lead La Monnaie’s 2023-24 Season

Belgium’s La Monnaie du Mont has announced its 2023-24 season with world premieres, a new Ring Cycle, and many classic works. The season opens with the world premiere of Bernard Foccroulle and Matthew Jocelyn’s “Cassandra.” Kazushi Ono conducts the work with a cast that includes Katarina Bradic Jessica Niles Susan Bickley, Sarah Defrise, Paul Appleby, Joshua Hopkins, and Gidon Saks. {…}

Dec 3, 2022

Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Changes for ‘Andrea Chenier’ & ‘Die Zauberflöte’

The Wiener Staatsoper has announced cast changes for productions of “Andrea Chenier” and “Die Zauberflöte.” The company noted that Jonas Kaufmann has canceled a performance on Dec. 3 and will be replaced by Stefano La Colla. Additionally, Olga Bezsmertna will sing the role of Pamina replacing Erin Morley. La Colla is set to join a cast that includes George Petean {…}

Jun 4, 2022

Teatro alla Scala Announces Another Cast Change for ‘La Gioconda’

The Teatro alla Scala has announced a cast change for its production of Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda.” The company noted via social media, “due to a sudden illness tenor Fabio Sartori has to withdraw from La Gioconda’s production. La Scala thanks Stefano La Colla to accepted on short notice to take the role of Enzo Grimaldi.” La Colla is an Italian {…}

Apr 27, 2022

Sondra Radvanovsky, J’Nai Bridges, Karita Mattila & Olga Busuioc Lead Canadian Opera Company’s 2022-23 Season

The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven productions and a world premiere. The season kicks off with Richard Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” directed by Christopher Alden and stars Danish bass-baritone Johan Reuter. The cast also includes Marjorie Owens as Senta, Franz-Josef Selig, Miles Mykkanen, Christopher Ventris, and Rosie Aldridge. COC Music Director Johannes Debus leads the {…}

Mar 25, 2022

Anja Harteros, Saioa Hernández, Rolando Villazón & Nina Stemme Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2022-23 Season

The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven new productions. Premieres R.Strauss’ “Arabella” will be conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles in a new production by Tobias Kratzer. Albert Pesendorfer, Doris Soffel, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Elena Tsallagova, and Russell Braun. Performance Dates: March 18-April 6, 2023 Arne Gieshoff and Franziska Angerer’s “Bear” will have its world premiere. Performance Dates: {…}

Mar 17, 2022

Semperoper Dresden Announces Cast Change for ‘Aida’

The Semperoper Dresden has announced a cast change for “Aida.” The company noted that Stefano La Colla will step in for Francesco Meli as Radamès for the performances on March 17 and 20, 2022. La Colla has performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Arena di Verona, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and Teatro Carlo di Napoli, as well as in Berlin, {…}

Jan 5, 2022

Deutsche Oper Berlin To Present ‘Aida’ in Concert

(Credit: Jonas Holthaus) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that it will not be able to present Verdi’s “Aida” as a fully staged production by Benedikt von Peter due to the pandemic. As a result, the opera house has canceled the second performance in the run on Jan. 24, 2022, and will present the opera on Jan. 22 & 29, {…}

Oct 28, 2021

Eleonora Buratto, Dmitry Korchak & Maria Agresta Lead Teatro Regio di Torino’s 2022 Season

The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced its 2022 season. Grigorij Frid’s “Il diario di Anna Frank” will be performed by Shira Patchornik and conducted by Giulio Laguzzi. Anna Maria Bruzzese directs the production. Performance Dates: Jan. 27 & 28, 2022 Dinara Alieva and Maria Teresa Leva lead Puccini’s “La Bohème” with Valentin Dytiuk and Matteo Lippi as Rodolfo. The cast {…}

Sep 27, 2021

Jonas Kaufmann Cancels Final Two Performances of ‘La Forza del Destino’ in Munich

The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced that Stefano La Colla will replace Jonas Kaufmann in the final two performances of “La Forza del Destino” scheduled for Sept. 29 and Oct. 2, 2021. The news comes as Kaufmann is recovering from a tracheal infection that forced him to cancel the opening performance on Sept. 26 and the opening night opera for all {…}

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