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New Jersey Lyric Opera’s year of debuts is shaping up to be monumental. With three new opera productions already under their belt, they will plunge headfirst into the busy fall season with three more. For founder and artistic director John Calkins, the midpoint marks an adventurous new phase in the company’s development that focuses on expansion. T...

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Washington DC and New York were the two stops in the U.S. in the series of international presentations of Teatro alla Scala's 2023-2024 Season-which will open on Dec. 7 with Verdi's Don Carlo conducted by Riccardo Chailly and directed by Lluís Pasqual, LaScala.tv's 2023-2024 programming, and the newly established "Teatro alla Scala Association of A...

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The life of Adelina Patti could almost be the plot of an opera in itself. A child star from a musical family almost literally born on an opera stage, she rocketed to celebrity with her earliest performances to earn a fame that spanned continents and made her an extraordinary fortune. Thrice married, her personal life was tinged with scandal before...

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An exceptional evening of Italian classical music will transport audiences to the heart of Italy at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall with L’Appassionata, cellist Misha Quint, and flutist Tommaso Benciolini. For the first time ever, the InterHarmony Concert Series, presented by InterHarmony® International Music Festival and Gaspari Foundation, wi...

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What if we momentarily forgot the history of the construction of Palermo’s Teatro Lirico Vittorio Emanuele, better known as Massimo, and instead let our imaginations run wild, playing detectives to unravel the enigma behind the inscription on the entrance pediment? Would two or three days at most (“due o tre giorni al Massimo”) suffice to uncover t...

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Don’t miss Verdi’s Rigoletto October 27 & 29 at The Grand Opera House (4 S. Poplar St. Wilmington, DE). Verdi’s masterful Rigoletto is an opera in three acts that premiered in Venice on March 11, 1851. It was based on a controversial Victor Hugo piece known as “Le Roi s’amuse” which translates to “The King enjoys himself.” The story of the jester R...

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Join us at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts (1301 5th St, Coralville, IA) for performances of L’amico Fritz at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15. Tickets are available through the Hancher box office, hancher.uiowa.edu or 1-800-HANCHER. L’amico Fritz (1891) is the second opera of composer Pietro Mascagni. He had b...

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Pittsburgh Opera kicks off its 2023–24 Season with more than just its mainstage operas. From free and casual events to the glitz and glamour of the full opera experience, Pittsburgh Opera offers a plethora of operatic entertainment this fall for every taste and price point. Pittsburgh Opera’s fall line-up provides an easy entry point to patrons new...

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Synonymous with the Italian tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, ‘Nessun dorma’ is one of the world’s most famous operatic hits. While ‘Nessun dorma’ began its life in the opera house, the aria has since found its place in popular culture after Pavarotti performed it as the anthem for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Today you’ll hear the soaring solo on talent s...

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Saturday 10/14/2023. 10:15 am - 3:45 pm. Museo Italo Americano - 2 Marina Blvd, Building C - San Francisco, CA. Museo Italo Americano & Leonardo Da Vinci Society. In collaboration with Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco present ITALIAN OPERA in SAN FRANCISCO, THEN & NOW. A ONE DAY SYMPOSIUM. RSVP By October 8, 2023 San Francisco was an “op...

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