(Credit: Juanjo Bruzzo) Two towering figures of the international opera scene, Freddie De Tommaso and Nadine Sierra, were entrusted with closing Ciclo Aura’s highly successful 2026 season at the legendary Teatro Colón. The public of Buenos Aires has already had the opportunity to appreciate the American soprano in all her artistic facets – from fully staged opera productions to intimate {…}
(Photo Credit: Juanjo Bruzza) From the moment that he took the stage of the Teatro Colón alongside pianist Vicenzo Scalera (who was incidentally celebrating his birthday), Juan Diego Flórez had the audience under a spell. Flórez, who has never performed a role at the famed opera house, has always exuded star power and even as he moves through his middle {…}
(Photo Credit: Juanjo Bruzzo) The Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires continued its 2026 season with a series of concert performances of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” at the Auditorio Nacional of the Palacio Libertad. The concert hall is a marvelous sight with its sleek wooden aesthetic and capacity for 1,750 audience members. And for the orchestra and chorus, the latter of which {…}
Marina Rebeka’s Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires concert has been canceled. The company said that “For reasons of Force majeure foreign to the Teatro Colob, the performance of the soprano Marina Rebeka scheduled for Monday, August 17th at 8 p.m. with pianist Marcelo Ayub is canceled. Those who have purchased tickets for this performance will receive a personalized email from {…}
(Credit: Juanjo Bruzza) To launch its 2026 season, the venerable Teatro Colón made a bold programming choice: presenting the quintessential verismo double bill, but with a structural twist. Inverting the traditional performance order, Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” served as the curtain-raiser, followed by Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana,” effectively kicking off the theater’s seven-title operatic lineup. At first glance, staging these two brief iconic {…}
The Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires has unveiled its 2025 season. Opera First up is Verdi’s “Aida” in a production by Roberto Oswald. Stefano Ranzani conducts part of the run. Performance Dates: March 2025 Next up is “Il Trittico” in a production from the Teatro Comunale di Bologna by Beatricce Venezi. Pier Francesco Maestrini conducts. Performance Dates: May 2025 “Billy Budd” gets {…}
The Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires has named Chile’s Andrés Rodríguez as its new Director of Opera. The Ministry of Culture of the city of Buenos Aires announced the news on Sept. 27 and noted that Rodríguez will take the position next year. A noted lawyer and cultural advocate, Rodríguez will be responsible for the opera programming at the famed {…}
Argentine classical crossover soprano Ana Magiar will be in a short video filmed at Teatro Colón. The video shows the interview conducted shortly after Magiar’s return from the United Arab Emirates, where she was invited to the EMI GALA awards ceremony and honored with the “Star of the Night” award. Also, at the EMI GALA, she gave a performance of {…}
Following the dismissal of Jorge Telerman as the director of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Julio Bocca has been named as his successor. Bocca, a former ballet dancer, became part of the Compañía de Ballet de Cámara del Teatro Colón, before embarking on an major international career, including a run as leading man with the American Ballet Theater. He {…}
The Minister of Culture of Buenos Aires has relieved the Teatro Colón’s Jorge Telerman of his duties as director. Telerman took to social media to make the announcement, noting that “the Ministry of Culture of Buenos Aires has communicated to me that it will replace me as director of the Teatro Colón. For me, and my collaborators, it has been {…}
Brazilian stage director and lighting designer Caetano Vilela has taken to social media to speak out against the Teatro Colón’s lack of payment. Vilela took to social media where he wrote, “August 14th, one year ago I arrived in Buenos Aires to work for the first time at @teatrocolon (Teatro Colón), replacing an Argentine lighting designer at the last minute {…}