Monthly Archives: October 2016

A great Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci at the Zurich Opernhaus with Roberto Alagna

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci Short operas by Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo Cast, dates Conductor Daniele Rustioni Production Grischa Asagaroff Sets and Costumes Luigi Perego Lights Hans-Rudolf Kunz Choir DirectorJürg Hämmerli   CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Santuzza Catherine Naglestad Turiddu Roberto Alagna … Continue reading

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Don Giovanni at the Met

Three charismatic singers, Simon Keenlyside, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Mariusz Kwiecien, share the role of the title hero, who goes to hell in a dazzling coup de théâtre. The ensemble of great Mozartean singers includes Angela Meade, Marina Rebeka, Isabel Leonard, Matthew … Continue reading

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GUILLAUME TELL at the Met in NYC

Rossini’s epic telling of the William Tell fable returns to the Met stage after an absence of more than 80 years, in a new production by Pierre Audi. Gerald Finley sings one of his signature roles as Tell, the revolutionary … Continue reading

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“TACEA LA NOTTE PLACIDA”, Exhibition of documents, photographs, posters, sketches related to historical productions of Il trovatore

Exhibition of documents, photographs, posters, sketches related to historical productions of Il trovatore, prepared by Carlo Mattioli in 1951 for the National Competition of Verdian Scenography and graciously granted by the Cariparma Foundation  Art Collections, coming from the Historical Archives of the … Continue reading

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DINING WITH VERDI at the Academia Barilla in Parma

Academia Barilla offers some of the favorite dishes of the Maestro, using authentic family recipes. DINING WITH VERDI | Academia Barilla, from Tuesday, Academia Barilla, Largo Piero Calamandrei October 04, 11, 18, 25, 2016     8:00 PM “AND NOW… EVERYONE TO DINNER” … Continue reading

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Live stream of Richard Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” with the Bayerische Staatsoper

Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg conducted by Kirill Petrenko and produced by David Bösch will be broadcast on 8th of October 2016. Following the cancellation of “Oper für alle” in July on account of the memorial service for the … Continue reading

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