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Better results than ever for the Rossini Opera Festival 2016

Unprecedented success for the XXXVII edition of the Rossini Opera Festival. The box office registered an absolute record in takings (1.158.000 euro) and a number of patrons (17.250) never recorded in the recent history of the event. The percentage of … Continue reading

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Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona

Opera buffa in two acts. Libretto by Cesare Sterbini based on the comedy of the same title by Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais. Music by Gioachino Rossini. Premiered on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. First staged at the … Continue reading

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Falstaff in Frankfurt on September 23, 2016

Falstaff Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901 Commedia lirica in three acts Libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597) and King Henry IV (1597) first performed February 9th 1893, Teatro alla Scala, Milan Sung in Italian with … Continue reading

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La Traviata at the Estonian National Opera on September 10, 2016

An opera by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play by Alexandre Dumas fils La dame aux camélias Revival on October 29, 2009 The timeless opera classics La traviata has become one of the most beloved … Continue reading

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La Scala’s production of Simon Boccanegra at the Bolshoi

  Giuseppe Verdi Simon Boccanegra Opera in three acts with a prologue Teatro alla Scala International Chereshnevy Les Open-Art Festival presents Historic Stage September 10, 13, 16Teatro alla Scala and Staatsoper, Berlin co-productionPremiered at theTeatro alla Scala on October 31, … Continue reading

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Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice at the Norwegian National Opera

2 hours and 30 minutes/ 1 intermission Performed in Italian/ Texted in English and Norwegian 8 productions / From August 27. to October 9. Premier August 27. 2016 / Main House / Opera   Choreographer Jo Strømgren debuted as an … Continue reading

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The Mastersingers of Nuremberg at the Munich Opera Festival

Opera in three acts Composer Richard Wagner · Libretto by the composer In German with German surtitles | New Production Munich Opernfestspiele (Munich Opera Festival) Thursday, 28. July 2016 05:00 pm – 10:30 pm Nationaltheater Duration est. 5 hours 30 … Continue reading

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Carmen at the Hungarian State Opera with Rinat Shaham

Opera in two parts, four acts, in French with Hungarian prose and surtitles “Her eyes were obliquely set, but large and full; her lips rather thick, but well cut, and permitted the teeth – white as blanched almonds – to … Continue reading

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Rossini’sCount Ory premieres at the Seattle Opera

By Gioachino Rossini A Seattle Opera Premiere! Aug. 6, 7, 10, 13, 17, 19, & 20, 2016 FARCE. In this madcap comedy from the composer of The Barber of Seville, a notorious skirt-chaser and his merry-making minions scheme their way into … Continue reading

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TURANDOT at the Opera in Piazza Giuseppe di Stefano

The opera Turandot (1924), which was unfinished at the time of Puccini’s and posthumously completed by Franco Alfano, is a thrilling fairy tale intensifying into myth. It is the story of the legendary ice-cold princess, Turandot, beautiful beyond compare, who … Continue reading

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