Pietro Mascagni News

Wiener Staatsoper has announced further dates of their streaming schedule. They have brought together their very current productions including Eugen Onegin or Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci with highlights from their archive.

For the period of the temporary closure (3 to 30 November 2020 inclusive), the Vienna State Opera will offer video recordings from the digital archive as a stream free of charge.

The Fisher Center at Bard, long known for its memorable productions of rarely performed operatic works programmed and conducted by Maestro Leon Botstein, commemorates World Opera Day on October 25 with two special releases, adding to an already robust selection of archival HD opera recordings and contextual materials available free of charge on UPSTREAMING, the Fisher Center's virtual stage.

BBC Proms is fast approaching, with the first Prom kicking off on 28 August. 

On Monday, August 10, 2020, I listened to tenor Russell Thomas and collaborative pianist Kyung-mi Kima??s a?oeLiving Room Recitala?? for Los Angeles Opera. He opened with Franz Schuberta??s a??An die Musik' ('To Musica??) Thomas and Kim gloried in the songa??s sweeping melody as the pianoa??s strong bass underscored the vocal line

A season filled with thrilling music, captivating stories, world-class singers, and exciting productions goes on sale by subscription Thursday, February 13. Eight new-to-Chicago productions, including three Lyric premieres plus two original Lyric productions, will entertain and thrill audiences from September 2020 through June 2021.

Earlier than expected the future chief conductor now leads his first DNO-production Lorenzo Viotti will conduct the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in the DNO production of Pagliacci/Cavalleria rusticana. The 29-year-old conductor, who has dual Swiss-French citizenship, will take over the baton as new chief conductor of Dutch National Opera and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra as of the 2021a?"2022 season. Earlier than expected he now leads his first opera production at Dutch National Opera.

Chicago Philharmonic brings Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic to Rogers Park for the first time in their final summer 2019 concert of the program, presented in association with Chicago Parks District and Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Night Out in the Parks initiative. Chicago Phil (recipient of the 2019 Community Relations of the Year award by the Illinois Council of Orchestras) brings student and community musicians from across the city to rehearse and perform a symphonic concert alongside world-class musicians in Chicago's beautiful parks.

In its fourth community concert of 2019, Chicago Philharmonic (recipient of the 2019 Community Relations of the Year award by the Illinois Council of Orchestras) presents Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic at Hamilton Park in Englewood, presented as part of the Chicago Park District and Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Night Out in the Parks initiative.

In its third community concert of 2019, Chicago Philharmonic (recipient of the 2019 Community Relations of the Year award by the Illinois Council of Orchestras) presents Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic at Columbus Park in Austin as part of the Chicago Park District and Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Night Out in the Parks initiative.

The Morris Choral Society's Spring Concert 'Greatest Hits from Opera and Broadway' led by MCS Music Director Jason Tramm played to a full house and enthusiastic audiences on May 18th and 19th in Morristown, New Jersey. 

In its second community concert of 2019, Chicago Philharmonic (recipient of the 2019 Community Relations of the Year award by the Illinois Council of Orchestras) presents Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic at Ping Tom Park in Chinatown, presented as part of the Chicago Park District and Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Night Out in the Parks initiative. Led by guest conductor Kellen Gray, Chicago Philharmonic brings music opportunities to student and community members across the city of Chicago through this signature community engagement program, which encourages musicians of all ages and backgrounds to rehearse and perform alongside Chicago Phil's world-class musicians in Chicago's beautiful parks.

Hot off the heels of its popular, critically-acclaimed 2018- 2019 symphonic season, Chicago Phil (named 2019 Community Relations of the Year by the Illinois Council of Orchestras) announces its fifth summer of Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic, presented as part of the Chicago Park District and Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Night Out in the Parks series

From 7 to 22 July, Elba Island will host the fifth edition of the Magnetic Opera Festival that will take place in Capoliveri, the main town of the South-Eastern side of the Tuscan island. The summer musical event organised by the local cultural association Maggyart combines opera and ballet performances at two venues: the historical, magnetite mine of Ginevro (Miniera di Ginevro) and the scenic main square of Capoliveri - Piazza Matteotti.

El llamado verismo nació en Italia como una manera realista de plasmar el mundo, lejos de la idealización romántica y las ilusiones. Este movimiento estuvo presente en la música y formará parte del próximo concierto de Solistas Ensamble de Bellas Artes que ofrecerá el programaMúsica Sacra de Repertorio Verista, con obras de compositores como Leoncavallo, Puccini, Mascagni, Verdi, Zandonai y Chihara.

The Morris Choral Society is pleased to announce that soprano Christina Major will perform as featured soloist in its upcoming Spring Concert "Greatest Hits from Opera and Broadway" in two performances Saturday May 18 at 8:00pm and Sunday May 19 at 3:00pm at the historic United Methodist Church on the Green in Morristown, New Jersey. MCS Music Director Jason Tramm will lead the distinguished Morris Choral Society and guest soloist Christina Major in a concert of unforgettable music written by the greatest composers of Opera and Broadway.  Due to a conflict, Christina Major will replace Susanne Burgess in the program.

En el marco del programa Noche de Museos y después de presentarse en el Anfiteatro Simón Bolívar del Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso con una gran respuesta por parte del público, Solistas Ensamble de Bellas Artes, dirigido por Christian Gohmer, ofrecerá un concierto en el Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola, Vizcaínas, el miércoles 30 de enero a las 19:00 horas

What do an ice princess, druids, a clown, artists, nuns, slaves, a jester, and a pharaoh have in common? They are all seen in a New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera production, just in time for the holiday season. If you missed a production, want to see a performance again, or are looking for a present for a special person, shop locally and give the gift of a Verismo Opera performance on DVD. Funds raised from the DVD sale support the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera's work bringing grand opera and classical music to the community.

La Sala Principal del Palacio de Bellas Artes será el escenario de la presentación, por segunda ocasión, de una de las orquestas más importantes a nivel mundial, la del Teatro Mariinsky, dirigida por Valery Gergiev.

San Francisco Opera opened its 2018-19 Season with a weekend of celebratory events and performances beginning Friday, September 7 with two galas-Opera Ball 2018: ¡Viva La Noche! and the BRAVO! CLUB Opening Night Gala-and a performance of the famous operatic double bill of Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (or Cav/Pag). Opening weekend continued Saturday, September 8 with the highly-anticipated premiere of Gaetano Donizetti's bel canto drama Roberto Devereux and on Sunday, September 9, nearly 15,000 people flocked to Golden Gate Park for the annual San Francisco Chronicle Presents Opera in the Park concert on a beautiful, 71-degree day with blue skies.