The others are clearly less good on the paper but you can still catch 1-2 excellent show every year in Ancona, Bari, Trieste... The victims of erosion of Italian opera seem to be Teatro Carlo Felice and Teatro San Carlo who year after year were thinning down their programs and now they struggle to exist. We of course wish them a huge "In bocca al lupo".
More details about the new productions in 2010-2011 in Italy
Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti..., but also Dallapiccola, Busoni, Nono...
2012-2013
Huge Operatic Season 2012-2013 at La Scala!
New Productions:
Lohengrin [dir- Claus Guth, cnd- Daniel Barenboim, cast: Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Tomas Tomasson, Evely Herlitzius, René Pape, Zeljko Lucic]
Falstaff [dir- Robert Carsen, cnd- Daniel Harding, cast: Ambrogio Maestri/Bryn Terfel, Francesco Demuro/Antonio Poll, Barbara Frittoli/Tamar Iveri, Daniela Barcellona/Marie-Nicole Lemieux...]
Nabucco [dir- Daniele Abbado, cnd- Nicola Luisotti, cast: Leo Nucci/Ambrogio Maestri, Aleksandr Antonenko/Pierro Pretti, Liudmyla Monastyrska/Lucrezia Garcia, Vitalij Kowaljow/Dmitry Beloselskiy...]
Der fliegende Holländer [dir- Andreas Homoki, cnd- Hartmut Haenchen, cast: Ain Anger, Anja Kampe, Klaus Florian Vogt/Michael König, Bryn Terfel, Rosalind Plowright...]
A Dog's heart (opera by Alexander Raskatov) [dir- Simon McBurney, cnd- Valery Gergiev, cast: Paulo Szot, Elena Vassilieva...]
Macbeth [dir- Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, cnd- Valery Gergiev, cast: Franco Vassallo, Stefan Kocan, Lucrezia Garcia, Stefano Secco...]
Oberto conte di San Bonifacio [dir- Mario Martone, cnd- Riccardo Frizza, cast: Michele Pertusi, Sonia Ganassi, José Maria Lo Monaco, Fabio Sartori...]
Un ballo in maschera [dir- Damiano Michieletto, cnd- Daniele Rustioni, cast: Marcelo Álvarez/Piero Pretti, Sondra Radvanovsky/Oksana Dyka, Zeljko Lucic/Gabriele Viviani, Marianne Cornetti/Marina Prudenskaya, Patrizia Ciofi/Serena Gamberoni...]
In addition to two remaining operas of the Guy Cassiers' Ring that will be included in two cycles of the Ring that will be run in the second half of June 2013. Beside Guys Cassiers and the conductor, Daniel Barenboim, the cast lists look as follows:
Rheingold [Michael Volle, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Ekaterina Gubanova, Anna Larson, Anna Samuil, Ian Paterson, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Peter Bronder, ...]
Walküre [René Pape. Irene Theorin, Simon O'Neill, Waltraud Meier, Mikhail Petrenko, Ekaterina Gubanova...]
Siegfried [Lance Ryan, Peter Bronder, Juha Uusitalo, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Anna Larson, Irene Theorin, Mari Eriksmoen]
Götterdämmerung [Ian Storey, Gerd Grochowski, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Mikhail Petrenko, Irene Theorin, Waltraud Meier/Marina Prudenskaya, ...]
Teatro La Fenice in Venice
New Productions:
Otello [dir- Francesco Micheli, cnd- Myung-Whun Chung, cast: ??]
Tristan und Isolde [dir- Paul Curran, cnd- Myung-Whun Chung, cast: Ian Storey,...]
I masnadieri [dir- Gabriele Lavia, cnd- Daniele Rustioni, cast: Artur Rucinski,... ]
Vec Makropulos [dir- Robert Carsen, cnd- ??, cast: ?? ]
Among Revivals:
Don Giovanni [dir- Damiano Michieletto, cnd- Antonello Manacorda, cast: ??]
Le Nozze di Figaro [dir- Damiano Michieletto, cnd- Antonello Manacorda, cast: ??]
Così fan tutte [dir- Damiano Michieletto, cnd- Antonello Manacorda, cast: ??]
Teatro Reggio - Torino
Money is tight so only two new productions are announced:
Eugene Onegin [dir- Kasper Holten, cnd- Gianandrea Noseda, cast: Vasily Ladyuk, BSvetla Vassileva, Maxim Axenov, Nino Surghuladze, ...]
L’elisir d’amore [dir- Fabio Sparvoli, cnd- Giampaolo Bisanti, cast: Désirée Rancatore, Francesco Meli, ...]
More interesting productions...
Der Fliegende Holländer [dir- Willy Decker/Stefan Heinrichs, cnd- Gianandrea Noseda, cast: Adrianne Pieczonka/Ann Petersen, Stephen Gould/Kor-Jan Dusseljee, Mark S.Doss/Thomas Hall, Steven Humes/Kurt Rydl] (seen in Paris already)
Carmen [dir- Calixto Bieito, cnd- Yutaka Sado, cast: Anita Rachvelishvili/Giuseppina Piunti, Maksim Aksënov/Carlo Ventre, Alessandra Marianelli/Erika Grimaldi, Mark S. Doss/Károly Szemerédy...] (seen in Barcelona and several other cities)
Don Giovanni [dir- Michele Placido, cnd- Christopher Hogwood, cast: Carlos Alvarez/Markus Werba, Eva Mei/Maria Grazia Schiavo, ...] (should be interesting; Michele Placido is a brilliant actor/director and very famous in Italy)
La traviata [dir- Laurent Pelly, cnd- Corrado Rovaris, cast: Patrizia Ciofi, Pierro Pretti, Nicola Alaimo, ...] (interesting revival)
Don Carlo [dir- Hugo de Ana, cnd- Gianandrea Noseda, cast: Ramon Vargas, Barbara Frittoli, Ildar Abdrazakov, Ludovic Tézier, Daniela Barcellona ...] (this should be a musical treat!)
L’italiana in Algeri [dir- Vittorio Borrelli, cnd- Daniele Rustioni, cast: Daniela Pini, Antonino Siracusa, Lorenzo Regazo, Roberto de Candia, ...]
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Duke Bluebeard Castle [dir- Jo Kanamori, cnd- Zsolt Hamar, cast: Matthias Goerne, Daveda Karanas]
Gianni Schicchi [dir- ??, cnd-??, cast: ??]
La Traviata [dir- Franco Ripa di Meana, cnd- Andrea Nattistoni, cast: Marina Rebeka, Aquiles Machado, Vladimir Stoyanov]
Turandot [dir- Zhang Yimou, cnd- Zubin Mehta, cast: Giacomo Prestia, Jennifer Wilson. Jorge de León, Ekaterina Scherbaschenko...]
Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
Nabucco [dir- Leo Muscato, cnd- Donato Renzetti, cast: Paolo Coni, Orlin Anastassov, Dimitra Theodossiou, ...]
Salomé [dir- Gabriele Lavia, cnd- Roman Brogli-Sacher, cast: Manuela Uhl, Boris Statsenko, ...]
2010-2011
- Die Walküre [dir Guy Cassiers] cond. Daniel Barenboim, Cast: Simon O’Neill, René Pape, Waltraud Meier, Nina Stemme, Ekaterina Gubanova, John Tomlinson...]
- CavPag [dir Mario Martone] and Daniel Harding will conduct. Cast: Luciana D'Intino/ Marianne Corneti, Salvatore Licitra/Yonghoon Lee & Oxana Dyka/Kristine Opolais, Josè Cura/Antonello Palombi
- Die Zauberflöte [dir William Kentridge] with Günther Groissböck, Saimir Pirgu, Detlef Roth, Genia Kühmeier, Alex Esposito and Albina Shagimuratova (!)
- Turandot [dir Giorgio Barberio Corsetti?] Valery Gergiev will conduct. Cast: Lise Lindstrom/Maria Guleghina, Stuart Neill/Marco Berti, Maija Kovalevska/Ekaterina Sherbashenko
- Roméo et Juliette [dir Bartlett Sher] Yannick Nezet-Seguin cond. Cast: Nino Machaidze, Vittorio Grigolo, Cora Burggraaf, Franck Ferrari
- Attila [dir Hugo De Ana] cond: Nicola Luisotti, Cast: Ferruccio Furlanetto, Leo Nucci, Micaela Carosi, Marcelo Alvarez
- Boris Godunov [dir Andrei Konchalovsky] with Ian Storey, Orlin Anastasov... cond. Gianandrea Noseda
- Madama Butterfly [dir Damiano Michieletto] cast: Hui He, Massimilano Pisapia...
- I Vespri siciliani [dir Davide Livermore] with Sondra Radvanovsky, Gregory Kunde, Ildar Abdrazakov
They also prepare a revival of Parsifal from Naples, this time with Christopher Ventris and Kwangchul Youn, as well as Graham Vick's production of Lucia di Lammermoor with Elena Mosuc and Francesco Meli.
- Rigoletto [dir Daniele Abbado] cond: Myung-Whun Chung, cast: Désirée Rancatore/Olga Peretyatko
- Il killer di parole (new opera by Cludio Ambrosini) [dir Francesco Micheli]
- La Traviata [dir Alfonso Antoniozz] cond. Michele Mariotti; Cast: Mariella Devia
- Powder her Face [dir Pier Luigi Pizzi]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia [dir Francesco Micheli] with Dmitry Korchak, Daniela Barcellona
- Don Quichotte [dir Laurent Pelly] with Ferruccio Furlanetto
- Alice nel paese delle meraviglie (new opera by Giovanni D'Aquila) [dir Francesco Michelo]
- La Fanciulla del West [dir Lorenzo Mariani] with Salvatore Licitra
- Roberto Devereux [dir Alberto Fassini] with Sonia Ganassi
- Adriana Lecouvreur [dir Mauro Bolognini] with Martina Serafin, Marcello Giordani and others
- Il Trovatore [dir Lorenzo Mariani] cond. Yuri Temirkanov, cast: Marcelo Alvarez et al.
- I Vespri siciliani [dir Pier Luigi Pizzi] with Daniela Dessi, Fabio Armiliato, Leo Nucci and Giacomo Prestia
- Atilla [dir Carlo Savi] with Giovanni Battista Parodi
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