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Independent Opera Company will present a fully staged production of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore at La Cañada Congregational Church in La Cañada Flintridge, CA, featuring local singers in costume with piano accompaniment.
Playwright Kirsten Greenidge is used to telling stories through her dramas like her Obie Award-winning “Milk Like Sugar,” and “Our Daughters, Like Pillars,” and “The Luck of the Irish.” All three –produced locally by The Huntington –have elements of humor but are not straight-out comedies.
Soprano Erin Morley and tenor Lawrence Brownlee join pianist Malcolm Martineau at 92NY's Kaufmann Concert Hall for GOLDEN AGE, a bel canto recital tied to their new duo album.
The Finnish National Opera and Ballet has announced its 2026–2027 season, featuring a mix of new productions and returning repertoire across opera and ballet.
The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Rising Stars in Concert on Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 7:30 p.m., at the Lyric Opera House.
Union Avenue Opera has announced its 2026 Festival Season in St. Louis. The lineup includes Fiddler on the Roof, L’elisir d’amore, and Samson et Dalila. Performances run July through August.
The Royal Danish Opera will present Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera Don Pasquale this spring in Copenhagen. The production, staged by the Royal Danish Opera, runs through April 30, 2026.
The Greek National Opera is presenting a new, captivating production of Anna Bolena, conducted by Jacques Lacombe and directed by Themelis Glynatsis. Learn more here!
The performance of the comic opera Viva la mamma!, originally scheduled for that date, has been moved to Friday, 27 February, at 20.30, at the GNO Alternative Stage, in the SNFCC.
San Francisco Opera will present a dynamic 2026-27 season, featuring a mix of classic operas and new productions. Highlights include premieres and revivals at the iconic War Memorial Opera House.
The new hilarious opera production by the GNO Alternative Stage, Viva la mamma!, is coming to offer a fresh and subversive take on Gaetano Donizetti’s comic work Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali.
Berkshire Opera Festival will introduce a major expansion of programming in 2026 with the launch of its Resident Artist Program alongside three productions: Lucia di Lammermoor, Beauty and the Beast (Zémire et Azor), and Schubert’s Winterreise.
Van de bijna zeventig opera’s die Gaetano Donizetti de wereld heeft nagelaten, is Lucia di Lammermoor waarschijnlijk zijn belangrijkste. Met dit dramma tragico bewees Donizetti de waardige evenknie van belcantogrootmeesters als Rossini en Bellini te zijn.
Opera Saratoga — the Capital Region's only professional opera company — is celebrating its 65th anniversary with its eyes firmly on the future, with a modern new minimalism that makes room for maximum drama.
Jennifer France gives everything in a role demanding bel canto singing and bloody revenge
Opera in the Heights has announced its 2025–2026 season. The lineup includes Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music in November, a joyful holiday concert in December, the Texas premiere of Lucidity by Laura Kaminsky and David Cote in March, and Donizetti's sparkling comedy Don Pasquale in April.
Susanne Burgess sings Norina, the quintessential bel canto soprano role. She’s astonishing! She defines that vocal style.
Independent Opera Company will conclude its 2024-2025 season with Anna Bolena, a tragic opera in two acts composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Ippolito Pindemonte's Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena and Alessandro Pepoli's Anna Bolena, both recounting the life of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII.
En el marco del Día Mundial del Arte, que se celebra cada 15 de abril, establecido por la UNESCO, el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) llevará a cabo una serie de actividades conmemorativas, con funciones de danza, teatro, música y literatura.
El programa El italiano a través de sus canciones será compartido por el tenor René Velázquez y el pianista Héctor Cruz, el viernes 11 de abril a las 11 horas en la Biblioteca Vasconcelos, en el marco del ciclo organizado por la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL).
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