UPDATE: The Teatro San Carlo, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Arena di Verona, Teatro Carlo Felice, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino have also announced their support for the workers of the Teatro La Fenice. The Teatro alla Scala and Teatro Regio di Torino are supporting the workers at the {…}
(Foto Daniele Ratti-Mattia Gaido) The Teatro Regio de Torino presented a stage production (a concert performance took place in Montpellier in May 2022) of the “world premiere” of the “tenor” version of Thomas’s “Hamlet.” The role was transposed for the famous French baritone Jean Baptiste-Faure a few weeks before its premiere, as no suitable tenor was found to sing Hamlet’s {…}
The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera The season opens with Zandonai’s “Francesca da Rimini,” which will star Barno Ismatullaeva, Ekaterina Sannikova, Roberto Alagna, Marcelo Puente, George Gagnidze, and Angelo Veccia. Andrea Battistoni conducts and Andrea Bernard directs. Performance Dates: Oct. 10-23, 2025 Gianluca Capuano conducts Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail“ with a cast that {…}
(Credit: Daniele Ratti) Andrea Battistoni has been appointed the Music Director of the Teatro Regio di Torino. The conductor will begin his tenure on Jan. 1, 2025, and will join for an initial two seasons. In his first term, Battistoni will conduct at least two productions per season and several concerts. He will interpret operas from the Italian repertoire, standard {…}
The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced its 2024-25 season. “Manon” Renato Palumbo conducts Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Arnaud Bernard directing. The cast will include Erika Grimaldi, Dinara Alieva, Andeka Gorrotxategui, Carlo Ventre, Carlo Lepore, and Alessandro Luongo. Performance Dates: Oct. 1-26, 2024 Massenet’s “Manon” wil star Ekaterina Bakanova, Martina Russomanno, Bjorn Burger Maxim Lisiin, Atalla Ayan, Andrei Danilov, Roberto {…}
The Teatro Regio di Torino is set to present Puccini’s “Le Villi.” The opera will star Roberta Mantegna, Laura Giordano, Martin Muehle, Azer Zada, Simone Piazzola, and Gëzim Myshketa. Riccardo Frizza will conduct the rarely performed piece in a production by Pier Francesco Maestrini. Regarding the work, Frizza said, “In the centenary year of Puccini’s death, being celebrated at opera {…}
The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced a cast change for its production of “La Rondine.” The company said that Oreste Cosimo will replace Rodrigo Porras Garrido in the role of Ruggero. Cosimo also took to social media, “Extremely excited to share my house & role DEBUT with you as RUGGERO at the Teatro Regio Torino! An incredible production by {…}
(Credit: Simone-Falcetta) The Teatro Regio di Torino is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a gala performance of “I Vespri Siciliani” on July 6, 2023. The gala will see Riccardo Frizza conduct the Verdi work with soloists Roberta Mantegna, Piero Pretti, Vladimir Stoyanov, and Michele Pertusi. In a statement, Frizza noted, “It’s an honor to be conducting the Gala Concert, {…}
The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced its 2023-24 season. Halévy’s “La Juive” will star Mariangela Sicilia, Gregory Kunde, Nina Minasyan, and Enkeleda Kamani. Daniel Oren conducts the production by Stefano Poda. Performance Dates: Sept. 19-Oct. 3, 2023 Offenbach’s “Un mari à la porte” will star Pawel Żak, Ksenia Chubunova, Amélie Hois, and Matteo Mollica. Riccardo Bisatti conducts Anna Maria Bruzzese’s production. Performance {…}
The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced a cast change for its premiere of “Aida” on Feb. 25, 2023. The company said that due to illness, Andela Meade will not be able to perform on the opening night. As a result, Erika Grimaldi will sing the title role. The company also added that Anna Nechaeva will perform the dress rehearsal {…}
The Ministero della Cultura has presented a series entitled “VIVA Verdi,” for the acquisition and valuation of the composer’s house/museum Sant’Agata di Villanova sull’Arda. The Foundation Arena di Verona will begin the series with Verdi’s “Aida.” Massimiliano Stefanelli conducts the Franco Zeffirelli production which is set to star Monica Conesa, Ivan Magrì, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Youngjun Park, Antonio Di Matteo, and {…}