La Scala’s Baroque Orchestra returns, after last year’s successful Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, for a new production of Handel’s Tamerlano, again conducted by Diego Fasolis. An impressive cast features Bejun Mehta as Tamerlano, Plácido Domingo as Bajazet, Marianne Crebassa as Irene, Franco Fagioli as Andronico, and Maria Grazia Schiavo as Asteria. It also marks … [Read more...] about Preview peek at La Scala’s new production of Tamerlano starring Domingo, Mehta, Fagioli, Crebassa and Schiavo
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La Scala Opera Season 2016-2017 – full dates and casts
Ballet Season 2016-2017 Recital and Concert Season 2016-2017 The new season opens with another step along the path of Riccardo Chailly’s Puccini Project, Madama Butterfly, which will be directed by Alvis Hermanis (Die Soldaten and I due Foscari at La Scala) with Maria José Siri as Butterfly and Bryan Hymel as Pinkerton. It will use the original version of the opera … [Read more...] about La Scala Opera Season 2016-2017 – full dates and casts
Franco Fagioli answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start singing? I don't remember exactly when… Why did you start singing? Because it felt good. Which singers inspired you most when you were young? ABBA Which singer do you most admire? The great mezzosopranos. What’s your favourite role? There is not a favourite, I love them when I am doing them. What role have you never played but … [Read more...] about Franco Fagioli answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Cecilia Bartoli: the generous mezzo makes the front page
Cecilia Bartoli, basking in the glory of her successful series of Normas in Salzburg, yesterday become the cover girl of the French newspaper Libération. The centre-left paper, founded by Jean-Paul Satre in the 1970s, has never had an opera singer on the front page, at least, not a living one. A photo of Bartoli was given half of the front page spread, sharing space with … [Read more...] about Cecilia Bartoli: the generous mezzo makes the front page