Gaetano Donizetti News

The Metropolitan Opera's 2019-2020 Live in HD season of satellite transmissions to movie theaters worldwide begins Oct. 12 with the late Franco Zeffirelli's sumptuous production of Puccini's "Turandot." The series brings live Met performances to movie theaters and performing arts centers in more than 70 countries on six continents, including Gettysburg College's Majestic Theater. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, July 17 at noon.

The Academy of Vocal Arts is proud to unveil its 2019-20 opera season! This season, AVA presents Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Donizetti's La favorite and Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. AVA's award-winning Resident Artists will also perform at AVA's Giargiari Bel Canto Competition at the Kimmel Center, visit local churches around the area for the Jubilate!concerts of sacred music, and sing in the return of the AVA Recital Series.

Opera Saratoga's Artistic and General Director, Lawrence Edelson announced today updated casting and additional events to be featured as part of the company's 2019 Summer Festival, beginning May 25th, 2019 and running through July 14th, 2019.  In addition to the three previously announced productions of The Daughter of the Regiment, the world premiere of Ellen West, and Hansel and Gretel, Opera Saratoga will present a new series of master classes; a community symposium on

San Francisco's acclaimed Merola Opera Program, one of the most prestigious and selective opera training programs in the world, commences its 62nd season with a showcase of the program's rising stars in the Schwabacher Summer Concert. A jaded courtesan longing for true love, star-crossed lovers, a comic marriage, a deal with the devil, and brothers separated at birth all take the stage as Merola's talented young artists bring some of opera's most exciting moments to life by performing scenes from La rondine, Lucia di Lammermoor, Die schweigsame Frau, Faust, and Il trovatore.

Salsipuedes es una tragicomedia que narra dos historias que corren paralelas: la de los amantes que se buscan y se encuentran de una manera que no hubieran querido hallarse, y la de la isla del título que se encuentra bajo el poder de un dictador. A lo largo de la ópera juegan una con la otra. De esta manera se refiere Luis Martín Solís a la obra en tres actos de Daniel Catán, con libreto en español del escritor cubano Eliseo Alberto, en colaboración con el mexicano Francisco Hinojosa y el propio Catán.

pera Saratoga's Artistic and General Director Lawrence Edelson announced today updated casting and additional events to be featured as part of the company's 2019 Summer Festival, beginning May 25th, 2019 and running through July 14th, 2019.

Pittsburgh Opera will finish its 80th season with a fresh take on Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale, one of history's greatest comic operas, in a 1950s Hollywood production that has never been performed in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Opera will finish its 80th season with a fresh take on Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale, one of history's greatest comic operas, in a 1950s Hollywood production that has never been performed in Pittsburgh.

Soprano Christine Goerke discusses singing Brünnhilde in Wagner's “Ring” cycle during the Live in HD transmission of “La Fille du Régiment.”

To celebrate International Women's Day (Friday 8 March) Birmingham Hippodrome is hosting an amazing day of free talks, exciting exhibitions, phenomenal shows, pop-up performances, and a special makers' market!

Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks -- including the show-stopping tenor aria "Ah! Mes amis," with its nine high Cs-- in an Encore in HD presentation of The Metropolitan Opera production of the comic French opera La Fille Du Regiment on Sunday, March 17 at 12pm at The Ridgefield Playhouse.

Intensa oferta musical se ofrecerá durante la Noche de Museos de febrero, que, como cada último miércoles de mes, tiene programada una serie de conciertos en diversos recintos.

Pittsburgh Opera will finish its 80th season with a fresh take on Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale, one of history's greatest comic operas, in a 1950s Hollywood production that has never been performed in Pittsburgh.

On Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 7:30pm, the curtain will rise on Rita (Two Men and a Woman) and Susanna's Secret, two one-act operas that are sure to bring a smile to the audience. The light evening of comic story lines and beautiful music is perfect for the first-time goer, while the rarity of the pairing and authenticity of the production will satisfy even the most sophisticated opera lover. A playful look at marital discord is at the heart of both Donizetti's Rita and Wolf-Ferrari's Susanna's Secret, but the conflicts resolve themselves in very different ways, both musically and dramatically. The darkly comic Rita (originally titled Two Men and a Woman) is about a mercurial and domineering woman who has re-married after mistakenly thinking her first husband has died. When he reappears unexpectedly, a showdown arises between her two husbands to decide the outcome-who has to remain married to Rita, and who gets to leave the exasperating situation. In Susanna's Secret, a jealous husband smells tobacco on his wife's clothes and is convinced that she is having an affair. He searches and searches but can't seem to catch her in the act. What could her secret be?

Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks -- including the show-stopping tenor aria "Ah! Mes amis," with its nine high C's-- in an Encore in HD presentation of The Metropolitan Opera production of the comic French opera La Fille Du Regiment on Sunday, March 17 at 12pm at The Ridgefield Playhouse.

Opera Fusion is delighted to announce a special one night only performance of Gaetano Donizetti's comic masterpiece Don Pasquale at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center on February 16, 2019 at 7:30 pm. This rambunctious romp, a co-production of Opera Fusion and Gulfshore Opera, is fully staged in two acts and accompanied by a chamber orchestra. The production stars South Florida coloratura soprano Laura Leon as Norina, American bass Tony Dillon as Don Pasquale and tenor Zackery Morris, as Ernesto. Tickets are $25-45, with $10 student tickets. For more information www.ccpompano.org or call 954-545-7800.

Sarasota Opera announced its 2019-2020 Fall and Winter Festival Seasons today at a press conference held on the Sarasota Opera House main stage in Sarasota, Florida. Artistic director and principal conductor Victor DeRenzi and executive director Richard Russell presided over the event and were joined by principal artists performing selected arias from the upcoming seasons' works.

Placido Domingo has announced the company's 2019/20 season. The season will include six mainstage operas, one musical, one recital and one concert presented at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, with additional performances presented in other venues through the company's Off Grand initiative.

San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock today announced repertory and casting for the Company's 97th Season, opening Friday, September 6, 2019, with a gala performance of Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet (Rom o et Juliette) starring tenor Bryan Hymel and soprano Nadine Sierra in Op ra de Monte-Carlo Director Jean-Louis Grinda's production. In keeping with the Company's time-honored tradition, the new season will be inaugurated with San Francisco Opera Guild's elegant, signature benefit and celebration, Opera Ball 2019.

La vida de don Alfonso y de su amada Amelie, personajes de la novela Lecciones de Otoño del escritor Iván López Campos, cobrarán vida en la voz del reconocido actor Tomás Goros, quien narrará esta historia que irrumpe el alma y detiene el implacable andar de las manecillas del reloj.