From May 6 to 13, Luca Salsi will be at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin as Renato in Giuseppe Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera. In the vocal cast Anja Harteros as Amelia and Dmytro Popov as Richard. The direction is entrusted to Donald Runnicles and the direction to Götz Friedrich. > Deutsche Oper ...
On April 17th Michele Mariotti faces for the first time the score of Giuseppe Verdi I Lombardi alla prima crociata at the Teatro Regio of Turin. On stage Giuseppe Gipali as Arivinio, Alex Esposito as Pagano, Angela Meade as Giselda and Francesco Meli as Oronte. The Teatro Regio new production is a coprodution with the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège; directed by Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, sets are by Jea-Guy Lecat and costumes are by Fernand Ruiz. Reruns until April...
From April 13th to 19th, after eleven years Giuseppe Verdi's Simon Boccanegra is back on the stage of Teatro Comunale of Bologna. The opera is directed by Giorgio Gallione, set and costume designs are by Guido Fiorato, light design by Daniele Naldi. On the podium Andriy Yurkevych, musical director of the Polish National Opera in Warsaw. The cast includes Dario Solari in the role of Simone Boccanegra, Yolanda Auyanet as Amelia Grimaldi, Stefan Pop as Gabriele...
Damiano Michieletto returns to Theater an der Wien with a new production of A Midsummer Night's dream by Benjamin Britten, on stage from April 15th to 25th. Scenes by Paolo Fantin and costumes by Klaus Bruns. On the podium Antonello Manacorda. > Theater an der Wien...
The mezzosoprano Daniela Barcellona won the Olivier Award, the most important English award for the theatre. The award ceremony was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday April 8. The Award was awarded along with the American Mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato in the category "Outstanding achievement in opera" for their interpretation in Rossini's Semiramide, performed at the Royal Opera House in London with the conduction of Sir Antonio Pappano and directed by David...
On April 12th and 13th, Daniele Gatti will be leading the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam for a concert entitled "War and peace". The program consists of the first world execution of Eiréné by Guillaume Connesson, Doodenmarsch by Henriëtte Bosmans, Funeral Concert by Karl Amadeus Hartmann (Leonidas Kavakos, violin), Recitation about the attack on the Amsterdam Population Register in 1943 by Carly Knowledge (12.04) and Symphony No. 3 "Symphony Liturgique" by Arthur Honegger. > Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra...
After the success of her debut in the role of Elcìa in Rossini's masterpiece Mosè in Egitto at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Carmela Remigio will be for the first time Nedda in Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, on stage since April 5th to 15th. > Teatro dell'Opera...
Ambrogio Maestri returns on the stage of the Teatro alla Scala to play Don Pasquale in the Gaetano Donizetti's opera. On the podium Riccardo Chailly, the direction is by David Livermore. The opera will run from April 3rd to May 4th. > Teatro alla Scala...
Michele Mariotti will lead the Teatro Comunale of Bologna's Orchestra and Choir on Stabat Mater by Antonín Dvořák in the Basilica of San Petronio, the main church of the city in Piazza Maggiore, on March 28th at 20.30. The concert features the voices of the soprano Charlotte-Anne Shipley, of mezzosoprano Enkelejda Shkoza, tenor Antonio Poli and bass Luiz-Ottavio Faria. > Teatro Comunale di Bologna...
Next March the 25th Michele Mariotti returns in Berlin for a simphony concert on the Deutschen Oper Orchestra's podium. The program features Glinka's Ouverture from Ruslan and Lyudmila, soloist Martin Wagemann; Šostakovič's Piano Concert No 1 op. 35, soloist Denis Kozhuking; Čajkovskij's Symphony No 4 op. 36. > Deutsche Oper Berlin...