Marcello Giordani News

Puccini's Turandot will return to the Met tonight, September 26 with Maria Guleghina in the treacherous title role of a Chinese princess who has turned her back on love.

Puccini's Turandot will return to the Met September 26 with Maria Guleghina in the treacherous title role of a Chinese princess who has turned her back on love.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared Tuesday, August 28, 2012 "Richard Tucker Day" in New York City, marking what would have been the legendary Brooklyn-born tenor's 99th birthday.

Marcello Giordani was be unable to perform in last evening's performance of the Verdi Requiem for New Jersey State Opera due to illness. William Davenport stepped in to sing the tenor role, making his NJ State Opera debut. See below for photos from last night's August 16th performance!

Celebrating its 48th season, the award winning New Jersey State Opera, under the leadership of Artistic Director and Maestro Jason C. Tramm previously announced casting for its production of Verdi's Requiem tonight, August 16th.

The Dallas Opera has announced that single tickets for the tremendously popular AÏDA-its 2012-2013 Season Opener-will become available on Monday, September 10, 2012 at 10:00 am.

Celebrating its 48th season, the award winning New Jersey State Opera, under the leadership of Artistic Director and Maestro Jason C. Tramm proudly announces casting for its August 16th production of Verdi's Requiem.

KS Johan Botha übernimmt auch am Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2012 die Partie des Cavaradossi in Puccinis 'Tosca' anstelle des erkrankten Marcello Giordani. Philippe Auguin, der bereits gestern, 11. Juni, für den erkrankten Karel Mark Chichon eingesprungen ist, dirigiert auch diese Vorstellung.

GMD Franz Welser-Möst wird die Vorstellung von 'Tosca' am 4. April anstelle von Karel Mark Chichon dirigieren, der aufgrund einer Ohrenentzündung absagen musste.

Fresh from her appearances in Lehar's The Merry Widow at the Opera National de Paris and Berlioz's La mort de Cleopatre with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, as well as a successful run of Australian recitals in Melbourne and Sydney, Susan Graham continues.

Opera Exposures will present its first 2012 spiritual music recital on Sunday, April 22, at 3 PM at Saint Mark's Church, Second Avenue and 10th Street in Manhattan. Sopranos Natalie Bergeron, Krysty Swann and Cheryl Warfield will join tenor George Cornelius and Baritone Anthony Turner. Jonathan Kelly will be at the piano. The recital will be followed by a Reception and Dance with the cast. Tickets are $50 and $40 and include Reception and Dance Party with a live DJ immediately following the recital. Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling 917/402-8144 or visiting the Opera Exposures official website at www.operaexposures.org. They may also be purchased at the door.

Opera Exposures will present its first 2012 spiritual music recital on Sunday, April 22, at 3 PM at Saint Mark's Church, Second Avenue and 10th Street in Manhattan. Sopranos Natalie Bergeron, Krysty Swann and Cheryl Warfield will join tenor George Cornelius and Baritone Anthony Turner. Jonathan Kelly will be at the piano. The recital will be followed by a Reception and Dance with the cast. Tickets are $50 and $40 and include Reception and Dance Party with a live DJ immediately following the recital. Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling 917/402-8144 or visiting the Opera Exposures official website at www.operaexposures.org. They may also be purchased at the door.

Adam Diegel will sing the role of Pinkerton in this evening's performance of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, replacing Marcello Giordani, who is ill.

The George London Foundation for Singers culminates its 2011-12 season of events with a recital by two young George London Award-winning opera stars: soprano Lisette Oropesa, who will sing the role of Gilda in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Rigoletto next season, and tenor Brian Mulligan, who sings the title role of Nixon in China in the San Francisco Opera's company premiere of the work in June, perform a recital program with pianist Ken Noda at The Morgan Library & Museum on Sunday, April 1, 2012, at 5:00 PM.

2008 George London Award-winning soprano Meagan Miller joins star tenor Marcello Giordani to make the latest pair of singers presented by the George London Foundation Recital Series, which often features a recent winner of the foundation's competition and an established opera star.

American soprano Latonia Moore will make her Met debut as the title character in Verdi's Aida in the March 3 matinee performance, replacing Violeta Urmana, who is ill.

On Saturday, March 3 The Met: Live in HD series will continue with an encore performance of Verdi's Ernani at the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre at 1pm.

Sondra Radvanovsky will make her Met role debut as the title character in Verdi's Aida on February 28, replacing Violeta Urmana, who is ill.

A Verdi classic returns to the Met with an excellent cast led by Marcello Giordani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ferruccio Furlanetto, and rising star Angela Meade in her first Met leading role ERNANI will be broadcast at Middlebury's Town Hall Theater as part of the Met's "Live in HD" series.

Soprano Angela Meade, the 2011 Richard Tucker Award winner, returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Elvira in Verdi's Ernani, February 2-25, singing the role with which she made an unscheduled "star is born" professional debut at the Met in 2008 substituting for an ill colleague.