Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov’s appearances in Verona are cancelled
Ildar Abdrazakov will not take part in Don Giovanni at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona in January 2026 as planned.
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[Interview] Riccardo Frizza conducts the Verdi Requiem on the 150th anniversary of Manzoni’s death
In Milan’s Duomo on 22 May, Riccardo Frizza will conduct Verdi’s Requiem, exactly 150 years after Manzoni’s death, and 151 years after Verdi conducted the premiere.
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LaScalaTv, La Scala’s new streaming platform, is now live
Competitive pricing for La Scala’s new streaming service with live performances and a catalogue of recorded operas, ballet and concerts.
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Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov on Boris Godunov, his 89th performance at La Scala
Interview with Ildar Abdrazakov who will be Boris Godunov for the opening of Milan’s opera season on 7 December 2022.
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Anna Netrebko ‘under new management’
Anna Netrebko has been dropped by (or has dropped) her global management, Centre Stage Artist Management in Berlin.
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La Scala’s Macbeth – comments and photo album
A gallery of images of Macbeth, which opened the opera season at La Scala last night, 7 December, attended by Italy’s President.
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The Royal Opera House 2021-2022 opera season
The Royal Opera House announces its 2021/22 Season, the first full Season since 2019, opening on Monday 13 September.
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La Scala 2021-2022 Opera Season and new philosophy
La Scala 2021-2022 Opera Season will present 13 opera productions, nine are new productions. Plus recycling, women’s equality and lower prices.
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Operas and concerts streaming from Italy
A list of streaming events – operas and concerts – from Italy’s opera houses available over the coming weeks.
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La Scala welcomes back its stars – season opening 7 December
Despite coronavirus restrictions, La Scala will celebrate the opening of its season 2020-2021 – however long or short it may be – on 7 December, the feast of Saint Ambrose, Milan’s saint’s day.
The starry evening, A riveder le stelle (Seeing the Stars Again), will be broadcast live by Rai Cultura on Italian television’s Rai 1 at 5pm. Riccardo Chailly will conduct, and the director Davide Livermore will use actors and projections to create a context for the starry cast of 24 singers together with La Scala’s dancers.
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Anna Netrebko in hospital recovering from Covid-19
Anna Netrebko has been in hospital in Moscow recovering from pneumonia for the last five days. While she was in hospital she tested positive to the coronavirus.
Now that she is starting to feel better, she decided to announce the news on Facebook and according to her manager, was starting to sing in hospital.
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The Bolshoi Theatre’s Director on the current closure and the worrying task of reopening
In a plain-speaking interview with the Russian newspaper Kommersant, the Bolshoi Theatre’s General Director, Vladimir Urin, talked about the impending challenges for not only his theatre but theatres the world over.
“I very much hope that we will resume operations in the new season. That is the best-case scenario. Considering the way this situation is developing, I am almost sure that no performances will be possible until the end of June; perhaps not even until the end of July.”
And the worst-case scenario?
I don’t want to get into it, because it’s scary even to predict what would happen if we don’t open in September. It could go as far as the destruction of the theatre.
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Photo Album: first look at La Scala’s new Attila with Ildar Abdrazakov
Attila opens La Scala‘s 2018-2019 Season and runs from 11 December 2018 to 8 January 2019. CREATIVE TEAM Conductor – Riccardo Chailly Staging – Davide Livermore Sets – Giò Forma Costumes – Gianluca Falaschi Lights – Antonio Castro Video – D-wok CAST Attila – Ildar Abdrazakov Odabella – Saioa Hernández Ezio – George Petean Foresto…
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Ildar Abdrazakov – the man with the perfect technique?
Ildar Abdrazakov’s home is the recital platform: he has great charm and brings intensity and an accomplished actor’s craft to each song, yet it seems so simple.
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La Scala, Milan: Opera and Recital Season 2018 – 2019
OPERA SEASON 2018 – 2019 La Scala announced its 2018-2019 Opera season today with 15 titles, nine of which are new productions, and two are La Scala premieres. At the heart of the season remains the Italian repertoire, continuing with the cycle of works of Verdi, Puccini, Verismo (which will return in 2020 with Giordano’s…
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La Scala, Milan: Opera and Recital Season 2017 – 2018
A pleasing new season at La Scala seems to tick all the right boxes, with half the programming dedicated to the Italian repertoire, some rarities, important international operas and a world premiere. The season will also mark the 40th Anniversary of Riccardo Chailly’s collaboration with the theatre, and the 95th birthday of Franco Zeffirelli. The…
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Ildar Abdrazakov’s La Scala recital – the power of pianissimi
Why don’t more singers use the full dynamic potential of their voices? Ildar Abdrazakov‘s recital at La Scala was a lesson in dynamic contrast, bewitching his audience with long-held and perfectly controlled wisps of sound, and then thrilling them with full throttle blasts coloured by his fine bass timbre. Add to that his beautiful phrasing,…
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ROYAL OPERA SEASON 2016 – 2017: theatre, cinema and radio
All the details of the 2016-2017 Opera Season at London’s Royal Opera House: skip to section: ROYAL OPERA 2016-2017 SEASON – IN BRIEF THE ROYAL OPERA 2016-2017 SEASON THE ROYAL OPERA SEASON 2016-2017 – IN FULL BBC RADIO 3 AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE CINEMA SEASON ROYAL OPERA 2016-2017 SEASON…
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Barbara Frittoli answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A in italiano When did you start singing? From what I remember I’ve always sung: when I was seven I had emergency surgery for peritonitis and I sang throughout the operation. Why did you start singing? When I was nine I was accepted at the Milan Conservatory to study piano; choral singing was, and is,…
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Bartoli’s Sacrificium and Muti’s Verdi Requiem recordings win Grammy Awards
Right down there at the bottom of the barrel are the classical nominations – after rap, blues, latin, heavy metal, R&B, country, jazz, pop and every other form of popular music imaginable there are a few categories for classical music at the Grammys. Just two awards come after and those are for videos, not audio…
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Grammy Awards 2010: personal favourites Bartoli, Genaux, Frittoli et al, but most satisfying is the inclusion of the wonderful Jessye Norman
The nominees are out for the 2010 Grammy Awards. But under the heading “Best Classical Crossover Album” – not usually my favourite category – is the nomination which makes me the happiest: with a voice full of imperfections and oddities here is a glorious Jessye Norman with her double live CD “Roots – My Life,…
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