Category Archives: OPera

Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème in Greece…

  Suitcase Opera Presents: Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème Director: Isidoros Sideris PREMIERE SEPTEMBER 22, 2013      THE PETROS M. NOMIKOS CONFERENCE CENTRE – FIRA, SANTORINI, GREECE At 21.00 Sets – Costumes: Giannis Katranitsas Choreographer: Dionyssis Tsaftaridis Lights: Nikos Ergazakis Libretto translation: Maria Mourkoussi … Continue reading

Posted in OPera | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Rigoletto” in Krakov, Poland

  Rigoletto Composer: Giuseppe Verdi     22.09.2013 Sunday, time: 6:00 pm Cast: Il Duca di Mantova Krzysztof Bednarek, Vasyl Grokholskyi, Tomasz Kuk, Krzysztof Marciniak, Leszek Świdziński, Adam Zdunikowski Rigoletto Andrzej Biegun, Andrzej Dobber, Jerzy Mechliński, Leszek Skrla, Dainius Stumbras, … Continue reading

Posted in OPera | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

“Il Barbiere di Siviglia” opens at the Teatro Real in Madrid

Il Barbiere di Siviglia opens at the Teatro Real in Madrid Teatro Real,  Madrid 28013, Spain Monday 23-Sep-13 08:00pm Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868))     Teatro Real Tomas Hanus, Conductor Emilio Sagi, Director … Continue reading

Posted in Music, OPera | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“IL FALEGNAME DI LIVONIA, OSSIA PIETRO IL GRANDE” at the Hermitage Theater in St. Petersbugh, Russia

Hermitage Theatre of Classical Russian Ballet St. Petersburg State Governor’s Symphony orchestra presents Gaetano Donizetti’s IL FALEGNAME DI LIVONIA, OSSIA PIETRO IL GRANDE Comic melodrama in two acts 10 October 2013 (Thu), 19:00 Libretto by Gherardo Bevilacqua Aldobrandini Libretti for … Continue reading

Posted in OPera | Leave a comment

VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Aida at the Opera de Paris

AIDA OPERA IN FOUR ACTS (1871) MUSIC BY GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)   LIBRETTO BY ANTONIO GHISLANZONI AFTER AUGUSTE MARIETTE Performed in Italian From October 10 to November 16, 2013 Commissioned to celebrate concord between the nations, Aida is essentially about … Continue reading

Posted in Music, OPera | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Opera as a Graphic Novel: Otello.

Otello as a graphic novel, Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello is about to become a graphic novel. “We are not talking about a simplified version of the opera” explains Aldo Sisillo, the director of the Fondazione Teatro … Continue reading

Posted in Books, OPera | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Rigoletto with the London Symphony Orchestra (Review)

Rigoletto – review Barbican, London High-voltage intensity and fierce insight powered this superb concert performance of Verdi’s masterpiece By Tim Ashley, The Guardian, Tuesday 17 September 2013 In his element in Verdi … conductor Gianandrea Noseda     The London … Continue reading

Posted in Article, Music, OPera | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera de Paris

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR DRAMMA TRAGICO IN TWO PARTS (AND THREE ACTS) (1835)   MUSIC BY GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797-1848) LIBRETTO BY SALVATORE CAMMARANO AFTER WALTER SCOTT’S NOVEL “THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR” Performed in Italian From September 7 to October 9, 2013 … Continue reading

Posted in OPera | Leave a comment

Bellini opera fragment found in Spain

Bellini opera fragment found in Spain Rare fragment of an opera score handwritten by 19th century Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini found in Spain. Spain’s national library said today that it had discovered a rare fragment of an opera score handwritten … Continue reading

Posted in OPera | Leave a comment

Terrible news: Tragic death of young soprano while singing Verdi’s Requiem

Terrible news: Tragic death of young soprano while singing Verdi’s Requiem  by Norman Lebrecht, Arts Journal Blogs, Slipped Disc The Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires reports the death of soprano Florencia Fabris, who had suffered a brain aneurysm while singing … Continue reading

Posted in Article, Music, OPera | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment