The Teatro la Fenice will celebrate the city of Venice on March 25 with a concert presented on Rai 2. During the concert, President Sergio Mattarella will salute the city and will showcase the story of Venice narrated by Alessio Boni. The orchestra and chorus of the Teatro la Fenice will be conducted by Renato Palumbo and soloists will include {…}
(Photo: Marco Montero) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. Opera in Italy today is going through tough times, and not only because of the pandemic. Both smaller and larger institutions are being left to survive {…}
Antonello Manacorda returns to the Teatro la Fenice for a Mahler program. The Italian conductor will conduct Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the participation of soprano Carmela Remigio, who sings the solo part in the fourth movement. The concert will stream on Feb. 21 on the www.teatrolafenice.it and the company’s YouTube page for free. The concert will mark Remigio’s return to the {…}
(Credits: Opera Australia official website / Opera Online) The Teatro Verdi di Padova has announced that it will livestream Franz Léhar’s “Die Lustige Witwe.” The showcase will star Omar Montanari in the role of Baron Mirko Zeta, Ruth Iniesta as Valencienne, Alessandro Safina as Count Danilo Danilovitsch, and Anastasia Bartoli as Hanna Glawari. The cast also includes Matteo Roma, William {…}
The Teatro La Fenice has announced streams from Jan. 30 through March 6. The streams will be showcased on the www.teatrolafenice.it and on the company’s YouTube channel and will be performed without an audience. The programming opens on Jan. 30 with Markus Stenz conducting Richard Strauss’ “Der Bürger als Edelmann” and Mozart’s Symphony No. 41. On Feb. 21, Antonello Manacorda conducts {…}
(Credit: Todd Rosenberg) The Teatro La Fenice has announced that it will present its annual New Year’s Eve celebration to a virtual audience. This year, the gala will be conducted by Daniel Harding and will star soloists Rosa Feola and Xabier Anduaga. The performance will feature music by Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Offenbach, Gounod, and Mascagni from the operas “Nabucco,” “Cavalleria {…}
The Teatro La Fenice will continue its live stream series by celebrating Beethoven’s 250th anniversary. On Nov. 27, the company will perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony without an audience under the direction of Myung-Whun Chung. The symphony will star soprano Laura Aikin, mezzo-soprano Anke Vondung, tenor Michael Schade, and bass Thomas Johannes Mayer. Marino Moretti will lead la Fenice’s chorus. The {…}
The Teatro la Fenice is set to livestream Rossini’s “La Petite Messe Solennelle” on Nov. 21. The company will stream the work on La Fenice’s YouTube page and on Ansa and webpages anfols.it, agis.it e giornaledellamusica.it. The performance will be conducted by Claudio Marino Moretti and will feature soprano Carmela Remigio, contralto Sara Mingardo, tenor Antonio Poli, and bass Alex {…}
The Teatro La Fenice has announced the first part of its 2020-21 season, which is set to run from Oct. 30 to Feb. 16, 2021. The new season begins with concert performances featuring Juraj Valčuha conducting the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice. The concert will include music by Claude Debussy and Modest Mussorgsky. Performance Dates: Oct. 30-21, 2020 Riccardo Muti {…}
(Photo: Michele Crosera) Contrary to popular rumor, it is very unlikely that Salieri and Mozart were on acrimonious terms, let alone enemies. As court composer to Emperor Joseph II, Salieri dominated Viennese musical society which he used to secure positions for Italian artists, which no doubt irritated the ambitious Mozart, but there is no evidence for any animosity between the {…}
(Credits: Marco Borggreve / Riccardo Frizza official website) Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that Israeli coloratura soprano Hila Fahima Ruschin will take part in the Verdi – Wagner – Gala concert on December 18, 2020. Fahima Ruschin will join a cast that includes Sondra Radvanovsky, Annalisa Stroppa, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, and Günther Groissböck. The opera house has also announced that conductors {…}