The Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Italy has named Stéphane Lissner its new Sovrintendente. The theater announced that Lissner, who is currently the artistic director of the Opéra National de Paris, will take the post in April, replacing Rosanna Purchia. According to the Naples Syndicate, who voted unanimously for Lissner, the new sovrintendente will also serve as the company’s {…}
The Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli has announced its 2019-20 season featuring an array of international stars and a number of concerts. Operas The season opens with a production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” in a production by Willy Decker. Juraj Valčuha conducts the production, which is set to star Misha Didyk and Oleg Dolgov as Herman, Tómas Tómasson {…}
OperaVision will present the Teatro Di San Carlo’s performance of Janácek’s “Kátá Kabanová” on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. The opera performance, which will be directed by Willy Decker and conducted by Juraj Valcuha, will star Pavla Vykopalová in the title role. Other cast members include Ludovit Ludha, Gabriela Benacková, Misha Didyk, Sergej Kovnir, Lena Belkina, and Boris Stepanov. The stream {…}
Fair warning – you’ll notice that two countries dominate this weekend’s choices and among those, one opera crops up a bit. It’s a weekend with solid offerings all around, but our choices are filled with tremendous star power that was simply too potent to turn away from. Falstaff – Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, UK Verdi’s final masterpiece gets a {…}
The Teatro di San Carlo has announced its 2017-18 season with a number of classics and one musical being presented. The season kicks off on Dec. 12, 2017, with Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” with Anna Pirozzi, Kristin Lewis, and Virginia Tola leading the way. That opera will be followed by Puccini’s “La Bohème” on Jan. 11, 2018. Eleonora Buratto and {…}