The third title of the Teatro Carlo Felice’s 2024-25 season will be Nino Rota’s “Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze.” The work in four acts will be shown on Dec. 13, 15, and 17 and will be conducted by Giampaolo Bisanti. Damiano Michieletto will conduct the work in a production from 2007 that was made in collaboration with the Opéra {…}
On Nov. 27, the Teatrco Carlo Felice is set to present the Coro dell’Opera Carlo Felice Genova in Brahm’s German Requiem. The soloists will be soprano Sofia Pezzi and baritone Tiziano Tassi as well as pianists Antonella Poli and Patrizia Priarone. Claudio Marino conducts the masterful score in the London version. Brahms began composing the Requiem in 1865 and the {…}
The Teatro Carlo Felice is set to present Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” as its second production of the 2024-25 season. The work will be performed from Nov. 15 through Nov. 24, 2024 and will be conducted by Francesco Ivan Ciampa. Lorenzo Mariani brings his Bilbao Opera production, which received rave reviews. OperaWire said, “The production directed by Lorenzo Mariani was {…}
The Teatro Carlo Felice is set to present its inaugural concert on Oct. 17, 2024. The concert will see Riccardo Miansi conduct Beethoven’s “Egmont” for soprano, voce recitante, and orchestra and Haydn’s “Missa in tempore belli.” The evening will showcase Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia as the voice recitante, soprano Benedetta Torre, mezzo-soprano Laura Verrecchia, tenor Matteo Falcier, and baritone Alessandro Luongo. This {…}
The Teatro Carlo Felice is set to present Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw.” Davide Livermore will direct the opera based on Henry James’ work. Riccardo Minasi conducts the production which stars Linda Gennari, Gaia Aprea, Aleph Viola, Virginia Campolucci, Luigi Bignone, and Ludovica Iannetti. Livermore’s production will feature sets by Manuel Zuriaga, costumes by Mariana Fracasso, and lights by {…}
On Sept. 25, 2024, Davide Massiglia will lead the Orchestra dell’Opera Carlo Felice in a concert entitled “A Bridge of Music-Genoa.” The concert will feature harpist Ieuan Jones and soprano Francesca Dotto at the Teatro Carlo Felice. The evening will feature the harp concerto by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, “Deità silvane” by Ottorino Respighi and Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 4. Dotto is a {…}
Genova’s Teatro Carlo Felice has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the operas and concerts. Opera The season will open with a double bill featuring the play “Giro di vite” by Henry James and Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw.” Davide Livermore directs the production with Riccardo Minasi at the podium. The cast for Britten will {…}
Teatro Carlo Felice is set to present Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” The opera will be showcased in a production by Damiano Michieletto in a revival by Andrea Bernard. Davide Cavalli conducts a cast that includes Carlo Sgura and Gabriele Barria as Figaro; Greta Carlino and Giulia Alletto as Rosina; Paolo Nevi and Manuel Caputo as Il Conte d’Almaviva; Gianpiero {…}
Genova’s Teatro Carlo Felice has announced a slate of March concerts for Easter. Riccardo Minasi will conduct a concerto di Pasqua with Linda Gennari. The program will include music by Haydn. Performance Dates: March 27 & 28, 2024 The second Concerto di Pasqua will be conducted by Claudio Marino Moretti with violist, Eleonora De Poi, soprano Angelica Disanto, mezzo-soprano Alena {…}
(Photo: Teatro Carlo Felice) The great French chanson singer Édith Piaf possessed one of the most naturally expressive and recognizable voices of the 20th century. It was a raw, untrained voice, shot through with emotional honesty, born from her own tough and painful experiences of an early life spent in poverty and exposure to the seedy underbelly of society. In {…}
The Teatro Caro Felice has announced its 2023-24 season. Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens the season with a cast that includes Christopher Ainslie, Sydney Mancasola, Matteo Anselmi, Scott Wilde, Kamelia Kader, Peter Kirk, John Chest, Hagar Sharvit, Keri Fuge, David Shipley, David Ireland, Seumas Begg, Sion Goronwy, Robert Burt, and Benjamin Bevan. Donato Renzetti conducts the production by Laurence Dale. Performance Dates: Oct. 13-19, 2023 Dante Ferretti directs Massenet’s “Werther” with Jean-François Borras, Jérôme {…}