MICHIELETTO BRINGS CARMEN’S FREEDOM AND FEMICIDE TO LONDON

«A tragedy linked to man’s immaturity, to Don José’s inability to accept his own reality, eventually leading him to a tragic act, emblematic of his persistent infantilism». This is how stage director Damiano Michieletto describes his new production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen, on stage at the Royal Opera House in London from 5 April 2024.

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CARLO VISTOLI TO BE JULIUS CAESAR ON EUROPEAN TOUR

The countertenor will be interpreting the title role in a concert version of Haendel’s opera, next to Cecilia Bartoli and with Gianluca Capuano conducting Les Musiciens du Prince Monaco, from 19 October to 1 November 2023

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MICHIELETTO BRINGS “LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN” TO AUSTRALIA DURING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

During the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House, Damiano Michieletto will be directing a new production of Jacques Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann). After staging Cavalleria Rusticanaand Pagliacci in

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DANIELE GATTI TO BE LEADING THE STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN FOR SIX YEARS

The Free State of Saxony has appointed the Italian conductor Daniele Gatti as the next Chief Conductor of Dresden’s Sächsische Staatskapelle. The Saxon Minister of Culture and Tourism, Barbara Klepsch

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VERONA ARENA: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

Featuring an unprecedented and captivating line-up, the Verona Arena Opera Festival celebrates its 100-year anniversary with eight beloved operas performed in the iconic Roman amphitheatre. From 16 June to 9

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MICHIELETTO: LOOKING FOR HUMANITY IN THE NEW AIDA, IN MUNICH

«It’s a civil war, where people are not ready for violence, where death is cruel because it steps into the everyday life, into families, among children. I don’t want to

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LISETTE OROPESA IS CHEVALIER DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES

Lisette Oropesa has been awarded the title of “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French minister of Culture. The Order is granted to «people who have

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MICHELE SPOTTI NOMINATED MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE MARSEILLE OPERA HOUSE

The Italian conductor Michele Spotti has been nominated, at the young age of 29, Musical Director of Marseille’s Opera House and Philharmonic Orchestra. It was announced this morning by Marseille’s

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LUCIANO PAVAROTTI WILL HAVE HIS OWN STAR ON HOLLYWOOD’S WALK OF FAME

There will be a new Star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame: that of the great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who died in 2007 at the age of 71. As usual, the Star will be

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MITO SETTEMBREMUSICA 2022: “LIGHTS”

In a joint statement, Stefano Lo Russo (Mayor of Torino) and Giuseppe Sala (Mayor of Milano) declared that «the ‘light’ is back with the return of MITO SettembreMusica, after two

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FRANCESCO MICHELI TO MAKE HIS DEBUT IN GLYNDEBOURNE WITH “ALCINA”

Francesco Micheli is the fourth Italian director to stage a new opera production in the 88-year-long history of the Glyndebourne Festival, the famous event that takes place in the county

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MICHIELETTO MAKES HIS DEBUT AT THE THÉÂTRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSÉES DIRECTING HÄNDEL’S GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO

«A lonely and somewhat clumsy man, who can’t do one thing right». This is how Damiano Michieletto describes the lead character of Georg Friedrich Händel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, the opera

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RAFFAELE PE TO MAKE A DOUBLE DEBUT IN JUNE IN THE UK

Raffaele Pe makes his debut in the title role of Händel’s Tamerlano at The Grange Festival and sings for the first time at London’s Wigmore Hall: a double debut in June in

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ORFEO ED EURIDICE: THE REDISCOVERY OF LOVE ACCORDING TO DAMIANO MICHIELETTO

«It’s a journey into the discovery of love, or better, the rediscovery of love. A love giving us new eyes, and a new vision of our beloved one». This is how

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OKSANA LYNIV TO BECOME MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA

She was the first female conductor to perform in the Wagnerian temple of Bayreuth, and she is now the first woman at the head of an Italian Opera and Symphony

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MICHELE MARIOTTI TO MAKE HIS DEBUT AT VIENNA’S STAATSOPER WITH IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA

The new production of Gioachino Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, on stage from 28 September to 14 October 2021, is marking the debut of Orchestra conductor Michele Mariotti on the podium

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