Anna Netrebko has canceled her final two performances of Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Teatro alla Scala. The company announced that “due to a sudden illness, Anna Netrebko has to withdraw from Tosca’s performances on Dec. 19 and 22.” As a result, Saioa Hernández will replace Netrebko. Hernández was already scheduled for three performances of “Tosca” on Jan. 2, 5, and {…}
(Credit: Teatro alla Scala / Brescia Amisano) The Teatro alla Scala’s opening night has broken records. The 2019-20’s “Tosca” broadcast was viewed by 2.8 million on Rai 1, the most viewers for an opera in the history of the broadcaster. Viewership was up from last season’s “Atilla” which was viewed by 1.9 million and from the previous record for “Madama {…}
(Credit: © Teatro alla Scala / Brescia-Amisano) On Dec. 7, 2019, the Teatro alla Scala will open its 2019-20 season with a new production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The cast includes Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, and Luca Salsi. All three have collaborated numerous times at La Scala, Salzburg, Verona and Vienna, but this will be the first time the three sing {…}
(Credit: Krzysztof Bielinski) OperaVision will showcase the Polish National Opera’s production of Puccini’s Tosca” on Dec. 6, 2019. The famed opera will star Ewa Vesin in the title role with Mickael Spadaccini as Cavaradossi, and Krzysztof Szumański as Baron Scarpia. Barbara Wysocka will direct a production conducted by Tadeusz Kozłowski. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s {…}
The Vienna State Opera will live stream Puccini’s “Tosca” on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. The opera will showcase soprano Evgenia Muraveva in the title role with Joseph Calleja as her lover Cavaradossi and Bryn Terfel in his signature role of Scarpia. The production, directed by Margarethe Wallmann, will be conducted by Marco Armiliato. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. {…}
Soprano Nina Stemme has made a last minute cancelation of “Tosca” at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. In her stead, Soprano Karine Babajanyan will be performing alongside Fabio Sartori as Cavaradossi and Ambrogio Maestri as Scarpia. Donald C. Runnicles will conduct the performance. Babajanyan was also the last minute replacement for Nina Stemme at the Wiener {…}
(Credit: Simon Pauly) It all started with a fall. A fall on stage. During his first ever performance of “The King & I,” as an adolescent, bass-baritone Seth Carico entered a stage for the first time and purposely fell down the stairs as required by the direction. “When I heard all those people laughing at what I had done, I {…}
ARTE, ZDF and RAI are set to present Puccini’s “Tosca” from the Teatro alla Scala on Dec. 7, 2019. The broadcast, which will also be shown in movie theaters, will star Anna Netrebko in the title role, Francesco Meli as Cavaradossi, and Luca Salsi as Scarpia. Riccardo Chailly will conduct the performances with Davide Livermore directing a new production which {…}
Jonathan Tetelman is set to make his Semperoper Dresden debut. The company announced that Tetelman will sing Mario Cavaradossi in “Tosca” on Nov. 14, replacing Riccardo Massi. Tetelman is coming off a run of “Tosca” at the Teatro Regio di Torino and is set to sing the opera at the Malmö Opera in December. He also sings in a production {…}
(Credit: © 国家大剧院National Centre for the Performing Arts Davinia Rodríguez is one of Spain’s most acclaimed and beloved sopranos. She has sung in every major Spanish theater and around the world and has performed a range of repertoire that stretches from the great Bel Canto operas to the dramatic early Verdi roles, including her acclaimed Lady Macbeth. This week Rodríguez {…}
(Credit: Virginia Opera) Tosca is the ultimate diva role. It’s the role most sopranos dream of singing because of its demands both as a singer and actress. This week the Virginia Opera will see rising star Ewa Plonka make her company debut in her very first “Tosca” performances. Plonka, a prize winner of such prestigious competitions as the Marcello Giordani {…}
