Category Archives: OPera

Verdi’s Bicentennial Celebration in Rockport, Massachusetts.

Free Community Live Opera Concert. The past August 11th, at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, in Rockport, Massachusetts, a free Community Live Opera Concert titled “GIUSEPPE VERDI: HIS HEROES AND VILLAINS” was offered to a large audience, proving once more … Continue reading

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Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival.

“La Traviata” launches the free 10-day series of outdoors screenings in Lincoln Center Plaza, in Manhattan. Met General Manager stated that “watching larger-than-life stars on a big screen on the facade of the opera house has become a quintessential New … Continue reading

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“La Bohème” in Kentucky

PRESENTS: Friday, September 20 – 8pm & Sunday, September 22 – 2pm La Bohème Giacomo Puccini Friday, September 20 – 8pm (Opening Night Gala) Sunday, September 22 – 2pm Love finds young bohemians in early 19th century Paris trying to … Continue reading

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Macbeth at Teatro Solis of Montevideo…

            The fabulous Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs interprets Lady Macbeth in Giuseppe Verdi’s opera at Teatro Solis of Montevideo (Uruguay).  

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The birth of Verdi’s Aida

As appeared on L’Idea Magazine N.4, 2013 THE BIRTH OF VERDI’S AIDA. In 1869 Egypt opened the Suez Canal, after ten years of works, becoming unexpectedly, and all of a sudden, a major player in the international scene. Ismail Pasha, … Continue reading

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Italian Opera Festival in California: Viva Verdi!

Date: 10.26.2013 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM Location: Soka Performing Arts Center The Italian American Opera Foundation presents: Italian Opera Festival “Viva Verdi!” Orchestra Sinfonica del Tuscia Operafestival and Progetto “Gioventù all’ Opera” Stefano Vignati, conductor Saturday, October 26, 2013 … Continue reading

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Viva Verdi Gala Concert in Canada

  Friday, October 11, 2013, 7:00 pm Enmax Hall, Winspear Centre Viva Verdi Gala Concert Edmonton Opera Chorus, Michael Spassov, conductor Edmonton Youth Orchestra, Michael Massey, conductor Emilio De Mercato, piano Stephanie Kwan, piano Vaughan String Quartet Bertrand Malo, bass-baritone … Continue reading

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Italian politician in visit to New York…

The governor of Apulia Nicky Vendola in visit to NEw York met with the authors of Dona Flor and organizers of the American premiere of the Opera.

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From the experience of bringing an opera to America came the book about the composer, which I wrote with Leonardo Campanile….

DOÑA FLOR, The Opera by van Westerhout, is a paperback in Italian, with facing English translation. The book narrates the life of Niccolò van Westerhout (1857-1898) and it explores the questions and concerns related to the first performance of his … Continue reading

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