The Teatro dell Opera di Roma’s summer festival continues at the Circo Massimo with Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow.” The operetta, which will be performed starting July 31 through August 12, will be conducted by Stefano Montanari and will star Nadja Mchantaf as Hanna Glawari, Markus Werba as Danilo Danilowitsch, Andrea Concetti as Mirko Zeta, Hasmik Torosyan as Valencienne, Juan {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma will open its summer festival with a new production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The new production will be conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by Damiano Michieletto in collaboration with Indigo Film. The historic production, which will be staged at the Circo Massimo, will follow all sanitary regulations to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and will {…}
(Credit: Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced a cast change for its upcoming “Rigoletto.” The company announced that Roberto Frontali will take over the title role in Verdi’s masterpiece for Luca Salsi. In a statement, Salsi noted that on July 6 he lost his voice and was told to not sing for seven days. He added {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is set to reopen the Teatro Costanzi with two choral concerts. The company announced that the reopening concert, entitled “Il Teatro Canta” will feature the women’s chorus and will be presented on July 14 and 18. The performance will also feature Roberto Gabbiani conducting with pianist Marco Forgione accompanying music by Schumann, Rachmaninov, and Holst. {…}
(Credit: Marco Borrelli) Back in March at the height of the Pandemic, OperaWire stopped writing Artist of the Week profiles as every opera house was shut down. Now with theaters reopening in Europe, OperaWire will resume its Artist of the Week series highlighting one artist a week. This week marks the reopening of the Teatro alla Scala nearly four months {…}
The “Teatro Digitale” dell’Opera di Roma is set to continue this week with several new streams. It all begins on June 22 with a production of Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” with conductor Daniel Oren leading Mauro Bolognini’s production. The cast includes Raina Kabaivanska, Mikael Melbye, Silvano Pagliuca, Daniela Mazzuccato, Luca Canonici, Andrea Snarski, Maurizio Scarfeo, Angelo Degl’Innocenti, Scilly Fortunato, Fernando {…}
In keeping with last week’s themes of dialogue regarding racial equality in the opera world, we highly recommend checking out the several online shows such as Karen Slack’s “KikiKonversations,” Kenneth Overton’s “Black Opera Live,” and The Sitdown with LB,” hosted by Lawrence Brownlee. There is also a new conversation from Long Beach Opera regarding “Equity & Diversity in the Arts” that is {…}
The “Teatro Digitale” dell’Opera di Roma has announced programming for the first week of June. The week starts with Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” in a 2016 production by Emma Dante. The production is conducted by Alejo Pérez and stars Juan Francisco Gatell, Serena Malfi, Vito Priante, Alessandro Corbelli, and Ugo Guagliardo. Streaming Dates: June 2-5, 2020 It will be followed by {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma will perform on June 1 for the Festa della Repubblica. The concert, which will be conducted by Daniele Gatti, will be dedicated to the memory of the victims of COVID-19 and will be held at the Quirinale gardens with Sergio Mattarella in attendance. The concert will be transmitted on Rai 1 and Radio 3. In {…}
(Credit: Yasuko Kageyama-Teatro dell’Opera di Roma) The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced three new titles for its “Teatro Digitale.” The first stream will be Berlioz’s “La damnation de Faust” from the 2017-18 season. The production, which won the Premio Abbiati della critica musicale italiana, was directed by Damiano Michieletto and conducted by Music Director Daniele Gatti. The production stars Pavel Černoch {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced the cancellation of the summer season at the Terme di Caracalla due to the state of emergency in Italy. The company revealed that all performances scheduled for the summer season will be rescheduled for the 2021 season and 2020 tickets will be valid for next season. Among the performances rescheduled include “Claudio Baglioni {…}