In his double role as countertenor and musical director, over the coming months Raffaele Pe will be touring with the baroque ensemble he created, La Lira di Orfeo, and performing in some of the most important European concert halls, like the Wigmore Hall in London, the MusikTheater an der Wien, and Santa Cecilia in Rome.
«A tragedy linked to man’s immaturity, to Don José’s inability to accept his own reality, eventually leading him to a tragic act, emblematic of his persistent infantilism». This is how stage director Damiano Michieletto describes his new production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen, on stage at the Royal Opera House in London from 5 April 2024.
The countertenor will be interpreting the title role in a concert version of Haendel’s opera, next to Cecilia Bartoli and with Gianluca Capuano conducting Les Musiciens du Prince Monaco, from 19 October to 1 November 2023
During the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Opera House, Damiano Michieletto will be directing a new production of Jacques Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann). After staging Cavalleria Rusticanaand Pagliacci in
The Free State of Saxony has appointed the Italian conductor Daniele Gatti as the next Chief Conductor of Dresden’s Sächsische Staatskapelle. The Saxon Minister of Culture and Tourism, Barbara Klepsch
Featuring an unprecedented and captivating line-up, the Verona Arena Opera Festival celebrates its 100-year anniversary with eight beloved operas performed in the iconic Roman amphitheatre. From 16 June to 9
«It’s a civil war, where people are not ready for violence, where death is cruel because it steps into the everyday life, into families, among children. I don’t want to
Lisette Oropesa has been awarded the title of “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French minister of Culture. The Order is granted to «people who have
The Italian conductor Michele Spotti has been nominated, at the young age of 29, Musical Director of Marseille’s Opera House and Philharmonic Orchestra. It was announced this morning by Marseille’s
There will be a new Star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame: that of the great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who died in 2007 at the age of 71. As usual, the Star will be
In a joint statement, Stefano Lo Russo (Mayor of Torino) and Giuseppe Sala (Mayor of Milano) declared that «the ‘light’ is back with the return of MITO SettembreMusica, after two
Francesco Micheli is the fourth Italian director to stage a new opera production in the 88-year-long history of the Glyndebourne Festival, the famous event that takes place in the county
«A lonely and somewhat clumsy man, who can’t do one thing right». This is how Damiano Michieletto describes the lead character of Georg Friedrich Händel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, the opera
Raffaele Pe makes his debut in the title role of Händel’s Tamerlano at The Grange Festival and sings for the first time at London’s Wigmore Hall: a double debut in June in
«It’s a journey into the discovery of love, or better, the rediscovery of love. A love giving us new eyes, and a new vision of our beloved one». This is how
She was the first female conductor to perform in the Wagnerian temple of Bayreuth, and she is now the first woman at the head of an Italian Opera and Symphony
