Turandot, Puccini in La Scala
From 25 June to 15 July 2024 Opera in three acts and five scenes Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus Treble Voices Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy Teatro alla Scala New Production Conductor DANIEL HARDING Staging DAVIDE LIVERMORE Sets ELEONORA PERONETTI, PAOLO GEP CUCCO, DAVIDE LIVERMORE Costumes MARIANA FRACASSO […]
Don Quichotte, Massenet in Opéra national de Paris
Opéra Bastille from 10 May to 11 June 2024 After Cendrillon, Jules Massenet’s music is once again in the limelight with Don Quichotte, his last opera – created in 1910 for the Russian bass Shaliapin – a work that has not been performed at the Opéra Bastille for over 20 years. The composer retained only a few […]
DON GIOVANNI, Mozart in Staatsoper Berlin
DRAMMA GIOCOSO IN TWO ACTS (1787) 17, 19, 23, 26, 31 of May, 07 of June MUSIC BY Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart TEXT BY Lorenzo Da Ponte The writer E.T.A. Hoffmann described Mozart’s »Don Giovanni« as »the opera of all operas«. Since its world premiere in 1787 in Prague, the work has been highly celebrated on […]
Carmen, Bizet in Mikhailovsky Theatre
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after the novel by Prosper Mérimée Music by Georges Bizet 14 of April, 07, 08 of May, 06 of June, 30 of June, 22 of July Premiere of the production: 5 September 2023 The Mikhailovsky Theatre presents Nacho Duato’s debut as an opera director — the new production of Georges Bizet’s “Carmen”. Nacho Duato’s […]
Interview with Sofia Fomina
– Sofia, good afternoon. – If you don’t mind, let’s start with a question, which requires a bit of reflection. How has opera changed in the last 10 years and how will opera change in the next 10 years? My world career started just about 10 years ago. So it’s hard for me to say […]
Savonlinna Opera Festival
Savonlinna Opera Festival is held annually in the city of Savonlinna in Finland. The Festival takes place at the medieval Olavinlinna (St. Olaf’s Castle), built in 1475. The first opera festival was held in 1912, making it one of the first opera festivals in the world.
SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Verdi in Opéra national de Paris
Giuseppe Verdi from 12 March to 03 April 2024 Although not the best-known of Verdi’s operas, Simon Boccanegra was one of his favourites, to the extent that he extensively reworked it 24 years after its Venice premiere in 1857. What a destiny Simon Boccanegra enjoyed! This former privateer, elected doge of Genoa, wishes to re-establish peace within […]
Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer in Mariinsky
Opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer 29 of February, 01, 02, 10 of March 2024 World premiere: 29 February 1836, Académie Royale de Musique, Paris Premiere at the Bolshoi (Kamennyi) Theatre: 31 January 1850, Imperial Italian Opera Company, St Petersburg First production at the Mariinsky Theatre: 2 February 1862Premiere of this production: 29 February 2024
EUGEN ONEGIN, Tschaikowski in Vienna State Opera
Music Piotr I. Tschaikowski, Text Piotr I. Tschaikowski & Konstantin Schilowski On March 01, 03, 06, 09 A dandy who is as wandering as he is incapable of commitment coolly rejects the love of a landowner’s daughter – while she grows from this rejection, he breaks from his neglect.
Gran Teatro del Liceo Birthday
El Liceu is the oldest theater in Barcelona still in use as a theater. El Liceu opened at its current address on 4 April 1847. Website