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Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Emma Alessi Innocenti Talks About The Teatro Sperimentale & Her Role In ‘Procedura Penale’

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(Photo credit: Alessio Chao) The 25-year-old Italian mezzo-soprano Emma Alessi Innocenti is still at the stage in her career in which she is attempting to establish herself as a known singer within the industry. Of course, at such a young age, she has had relatively few opportunities to perform in fully staged operas. But by sheer chance, OperaWire has reviewed {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto 2024 Review: Procedura Penale & La Smorfia

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(Photo: Niccol Perini) Each year the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale of Spoleto runs prestigious advanced training courses for young opera singers. Over the years, many great Italian artists have walked through its doors, including Franco Corelli, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Renato Bruson, Anna Moffo, Leo Nucci and Daniela Barcellona. The courses extend over a two-year period, running from April to October, where {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Barocco Europeo 2023 Review: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo

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(Photo: Elisa Andreassi) Barocco Europeo, founded by Donatella Busetto, is a small association aimed at promoting early music through concerts, masterclasses, seminars and staged operas mainly, although not exclusively, in the north-east of Italy. It is a small-scale operation on a limited budget and tends to perform in small theaters in towns and cities of various sizes, with variable opportunities {…}

News

Festival Vicenza in Lirica Announces its 2021 Season

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The Festival Vicenza in Lirica in Italy has announced its 2021 season. The Young Artist’s Future concert will feature students from Laura Polverelli’s masterclass. Performance Date: August 27, 2021 Mozart’s Oratroio “Betulia Liberata” will feature Nile Senatore (Ozia), Alessandra Visentin (Giuditta), Paola Leoci (Amital), Patrizio La Placa (Achior), Caterina Meldolesi (Cabri), and Véronique Valdès (Cami). The Orchestra di Padova e {…}

News

Juan Diego Flórez, Gregory Kunde, Rosa Feola & Xabier Anduaga Headline Rai5 Broadcasts for Next Week

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(Credits: Sony Classical / Chris Gloag / Todd Rosenberg / Elena Cherkashyna) Italian television channel Rai5 has announced broadcasts for the week of Feb. 7 – Feb. 13, 2021. The opera broadcasts will be dedicated to composer Gioachino Rossini. The stream on Feb. 7 will be dedicated to the late soprano Mirella Freni. Operas The broadcast of Cilea’s opera “Adriana {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Vicenza In Lirica 2020 Review: L’Olimpiade

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(Photo: Michel Crosera) Vicenza in Lirica closed its 2020 festival with a second performance of Vivaldi’s opera “L’Olimpiade.” Written to a libretto by Metastasio in 1734, it received its premiere at Venice’s Teatro Sant’Angelo. Yet, the work struggled to establish itself and had to wait over 200 years before it eventually received a revival, this time at Siena’s Teatro dei {…}