Iván Ayón Rivas, Paolo Bordogna, Marco Filippo Romano, Eleonora Bellocci & Ildar Abdrazakov Lead Teatro Filarmonico’s 2026 Season

The Teatro Filarmonico has announced its 2026 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances in Verona. The season will open with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” starring Ildar Abdrazakov, Paolo Bordogna, Ramaz Chikviladze, Gilda Fiume, Iván Ayón Rivas, Marta Torbidoni, Emma Fekete, and Alessandro Abis. Francesco Lanzillotta conducts the production by Enrico Stinchelli. Performance Dates: Jan. 18-25, 2026 Christian Senn, Loriana Castellano, Josè {…}

Sep 1, 2025

Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Review: L’Italiana In Algeri

(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) This summer’s Rossini Opera Festival’s imaginative and fast-moving production of the composer’s 1813 comic opera, “L’Italiana in Algeri,” hit the mark in so many ways: it was funny, colorful and energetic; the cast were fully engaged with their characters, which they hammed up brilliantly for laughs; the underlying dynamics of the narrative were expertly handled by the {…}

Aug 25, 2025

Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Review: Soirées musicales / La cambiale di matrimonio

(Photo: Amati Bacciardi / ROF 2025) Soirées musicales After the triumph of his last opera, “Guillaume Tell,” Gioachino Rossini decided to abandon theatrical composition and retire to his home in Paris to recover from nervous exhaustion. Even so, he never stopped writing music: he composed for himself, for Olympe Pélissier–whom he married in 1846 after the death of Isabella Colbran–and {…}

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Iván Ayón Rivas, Paolo Bordogna, Marco Filippo Romano, Eleonora Bellocci & Ildar Abdrazakov Lead Teatro Filarmonico’s 2026 Season

Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Review: L’Italiana In Algeri

Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Review: Soirées musicales / La cambiale di matrimonio