Featured Artist
Nicola Luisotti
Maestro Luisotti has been music director of San Francisco Opera since 2009 and has conducted over 40 operas and concerts since his Company debut in 2005. Luisotti, who holds the Caroline H. Hume Endowed Chair, recently conducted the Company’s Andrea Chenier and Aida. Also during the 2016/17 season, he led performances of I Pagliacci and a concert performance featuring soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek at the Teatro Regio di Torino. He also conducted La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera as well as the National Council Grand Finals Concert. He is currently conducting Rigoletto at the San Francisco Opera in the 2017 summer season.
Featured Artist
Giorgio Berrugi
Giorgio Berrugi has won accolades throughout the world for his radiant, warm Italianate sound, his exceptional musicality, and the expressive nuance of his interpretations. Berrugi has performed at many of the world's leading opera theatres, concert venues, and festivals such as the Teatro alla Scala, the San Francisco Opera, the Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, London's Wigmore Hall, the Savonlinna Festival, and the Arena di Verona. He has collaborated with such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Christian Thielemann, Fabio Luisi, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Oren, Pinchas Steinberg, Nicola Luisotti, Myung Whun Chung, Jaap van Zweden, Gianandrea Noseda. Trained as
July 3, 2017
Andrzej Filończyk on stage as Figaro
Andrzej Filończyk on stage as Figaro, at the Opernhaus Zürich. Première on 7th July, conductor Enrique Mazzola. http://www.opernhaus.ch/vorstellung/detail/il-barbiere-di-siviglia-07-07-2017-18782/ http://www.opernhaus.ch/kiosk/notizen/#news691
April 20, 2017
Nicola Luisotti Appointed As Director Asociado at Teatro Real de Madrid
M° Nicola Luisotti has been appointed as Director Asociado at Teatro Real de Madrid. The announcement was made on the occasion of the presentation of the 17/18 season and in connection with the celebration for the bicentennial of the Madrid opera house. M° Luisotti will conduct at least one title per year during the next four seasons of Teatro Real.
April 19, 2017
Richard Tucker Music Foundation Names Soprano Nadine Sierra as Winner of 2017 Richard Tucker Award
Soprano Nadine Sierra – who at 28 years old is already establishing herself as a fixture at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including those of Paris, Milan, Berlin, and New York – was named today by the Richard Tucker Music Foundation as the winner of the 2017 Richard Tucker Award. The announcement comes on the heels of Sierra’s
April 10, 2017
Feliks Nowowiejski's "Quo vadis" - feat. Aleksandra Kurzak, Artur Ruciński and Rafał Siwek - Nominated for a FRYDERYK Music Award 2017.
The CD recording of Feliks Nowowiejski's work, featuring Aleksandra Kurzak, Artur Ruciński and Rafał Siwek has been nominated for a Fryderyk Award as Best Album in the category "Classical Music/Choral Music, Oratorio and Opera". "The Fryderyk awards are presented by the Phonographic Academy which associates nearly a thousand Polish musicians, authors, composers, record producers, music journalists and the recording industry." ->
April 5, 2017
Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna on the front page of April issue of "OPER! Das Magazin"
Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna are on the front page of the latest issue dated April of 'Oper Magazin'. Check out the JOINT INTERVIEW they granted to the editorial team of the German magazine, who has met the two artists a few weeks ago ► http://www.oper-magazin.de/home/ (also available in e-Paper) "Actually, Aleksandra Kurzak could barely speak to respond to the
March 17, 2017
"Aquagranda", starring Andrea Mastroni, wins Special Prize at XXXVI "Premio Abbiati" Awards 2017
Filippo Perocco's Aquagranda, starring Andrea Mastroni in the main role of Fortunato, has been awarded with the Special Prize at the XXXVI edition of "Franco Abbiati" Awards 2017. The world première of the opera was presented on 4th November 2016 at Teatro La Fenice in Venice on the occasion of the season opening.
February 3, 2017
Matthew Polenzani nominated for a 2017 International Opera Award
Matthew Polenzani has been nominated for a 2017 International Opera Award in the Male Singer category. Winners will be announced on May 7 at a Gala Ceremony, hosted at the London Coliseum in partnership with BBC Radio 3. Follow the link for a complete list of categories & nominees: operaawards.org Book tickets here: londoncoliseum.org
January 26, 2017
Roberto Abbado nominated Musical Director of "Festival Verdi"
Starting from 2018, Maestro Roberto Abbado has been appointed musical director of the "Festival Verdi", Parma. "I'm very happy and honoured to accept this engagement, also because Verdi is a composer whom I have frequented from the beginning of my artistic career and his works represent one of the pillars of italian opera" has recently said Abbado. GM Art &
January 13, 2017
Karol Szymanowski's "Stabat Mater" and "Litanies de la Vierge Marie", feat. Aleksandra Kurzak and Artur Ruciński, is released by Warner Classics & Erato
On 13th January, Warner Classics & Erato released Karol Szymanowski's "Stabat Mater" and "Litanies de la Vierge Marie", featuring Aleksandra Kurzak and Artur Ruciński. The CD is part of the series "Warsaw Philharmonic", presenting selected works of the famous Polish composer. The album was recorded with the Warsaw Philharmonic and M° Jacek Kasprzyk conducting. "The singers are excellent, the women
August 31, 2016
Sir Antonio Pappano and Jessica Pratt Honoured by the 2016 Stella della Lirica Awards
Sir Antonio Pappano and Jessica Pratt have been honoured by the 2016 Stella della Lirica (International Opera Awards). Mo Pappano is named Best Conductor whilst Ms Pratt wins the Best Soprano award. Now in its fifth year, the “Oscars of the Opera” celebrates the achievements of outstanding singers, conductors and creative teams in association with the Italian Confederation of Associations