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Carlo Vistoli Emerges

admin_mowp — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:00:33 +0000

Carlo Vistoli, one of the few Italian countertenors, has just been recognized by the San Francisco Opera by winning the 2024 Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition. After recently winning the “Abbiati” Prize from the Italian music critics, this is another accolade for Vistoli, who made his San Francisco debut in the role of Arsace in Handel‘s Partenope. Europeans will soon be able to applaud him at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where, from September 26 to October 5, 2024, he will star in Cesti’s L’Orontea, directed by Robert Carsen and conducted by Giovanni Antonini. He is also expected in Paris at the Salle Gaveau on November 9 for a recital before taking the stage at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, where he will star in a new production of Handel’s Semele (from February 6 to 15, 2025).

Discover all upcoming performances starring Carlo Vistoli

Carlo Vistoli © Nicola Allegri

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A full encore for La Gioconda in Naples!

admin_mowp — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:00:48 +0000

A rare announcement: the famous Teatro San Carlo in Naples is adding an extra date to a series of performances. On Sunday 7 April 2024 at 5 p.m., lucky spectators in the capital of Campania will be able to attend an extra performance of La Gioconda starring Anita Rachvelishvili, Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier and Anna Netrebko. To mark the 30th anniversary of the superstar soprano’s career, the organisers have decided to celebrate with a new date. Reservations are now open, and tickets are going fast – no wonder!

Discover La Gioconda at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples

Anna Netrebko © Opera online website

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Lisbon’s low-key venue

admin_mowp — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:00:49 +0000

While it can boast a glorious past, Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos remains a low-key venue with a programme that European music lovers have been watching out for. The eighteenth-century theatre, located in the heart of the historic Chiado district, hosts only a handful of productions each season, as the institution has other, more modern venues at its disposal. With a concert version of Die Fledermaus and a semi-staged version of Trilogia das Barcas (a Portuguese opera by Joly Braga Santos), only three titles are staged: Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, which opened the season in October, Beethoven’s Fidelio, due to open in January 2024, and Verdi‘s truculent Falstaff, which will open in May 2024.

Discover Verdi’s Falstaff at Lisbon’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

Madama Butterfly octobre 2023 © TNSC/António Pedro Ferreira

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Season 2016-2017: Teatro San Carlo (Naples, Italy)

admin_mowp — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:50:19 +0000

Discover the 2016-2017 season!

The Teatro San Carlo in Naples is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful opera houses in Italy and even one of the finest theaters in the world. A visit to Naples is simply not complete without seeing an opera production or a concert. It is always advisable to book tickets in advance. Naturally, having a fabulous theatre doesn´t imply instant popularity, the program must still offer performances to match the beauty of the place.

Pending the arrival of Juraj Valcuha, its new music director (with Zubin Mehta as Honorary Director), the new 2016-2017 season gives pride to the Italian repertoire of past and present, while of course keeping a place for the international repertoire as well. This season, Carmen is programmed for July 2017, with the beautiful Kate Aldrich. In another style, Elektra Strauss is embodied by Nadja Michael, a moving and sensitive interpreter. The Teatro San Carlo in Naples has a rich history that continues to touch a fine cord, as the Serva Padrona by the Pergolesi (composer died at 26 in the vicinity of Naples). Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti is also one of the operas to see, more so because the work was created here. A double distribution meets Maria Grazia Schiavo or Gilda and Giuseppe Fiume Gipali or Saimir Pirgu. Achilles in Sciro by Domenico Sarro is on the program, as in 1737, for the inauguration of this fabulous opera house.

As can be understood, the 2016-2017 season is a season of celebration and festivity. Remarkably for Naples, the programming features less visited and therefore more risky performances as The Enchantress by Tchaikovsky (with the forces of the Mariinsky), the great Otello of Rossini (created here in 1816) which requests the voice of a tenor or even Adriana Lecouvreur by Cilea that is not so often performed. Of course, major works are also present like Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart (with Barbara Frittoli), Puccini’s La Bohème and La Traviata with casts that are always balanced.

But the Teatro San Carlo in Naples also has two major assets. The ballet company is famous in Italy and abroad and the works of the great choreographers as Roland Petit or Bigonzetti are presented as well as historical works by Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa. Another advantage is its orchestra (Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo) allowing to develop a beautiful prestigious concert season. The arrival of such outstanding artists as Neville Marriner, Vadim Repin, Daniel Barenboim, Fabio Luisi, Yefim Bronfman, Piotr Anderszewski and Alexei Volodin gives enough reason to book your tickets early!

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