Tenor Edgardo Rocha appears as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at the Vienna State Opera, in a classic production by Otto Schenk that captures the opera’s sparkling blend of comedy, romance, and heartfelt longing. The tenor shares the stage with Maria Nazarova as Adina, Stefan Astakhov as Belcore, Nicola Alaimo as Doctor Dulcamara, and Maria Zherebiateva as Giannetta, under the baton of Pier Giorgio Morandi. Performances take place on January 27, 31 and February 2, 5, 7 and 11.
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The bass Amin Ahangaran takes the role of Zaretsky in a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Paris Opera. Actor and director Ralph Fiennes makes his opera-directing debut with a visually restrained staging that focuses on the psychological and emotional core of Pushkin’s story while the performances are led under the baton of Semyon Bychkov. The cast includes Boris Pinkhasovich as Eugene Onegin, Ruzan Mantashyan as Tatyana, Bogdan Volkov as Lensky, Marvic Monreal as Olga, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk as Prince Gremin. The opera runs at the Palais Garnier on January 23, 26, 29 and February 1, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 and 27.
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Regula Mühlemann reunites with the La Folia Barockorchester to present Cleopatra – Baroque Arias in Liepaja, Antwerp, Essen and Zurich. The programm features Baroque arias from the collaboration album of La Folia Barockorchester and Regula Mühlemann, Cleopatra – Baroque Arias (2017), for which the soloist received the Opus Klassik Award as Newcomer of the Year in 2018. Along with famous arias by Georg Frideric Handel and Johann Adolf Hasse, the program will feature valuable gems from the works of Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Legrenzi, and Antonio Vivaldi.
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