ROSSINI OPERA COVERAGE - PAGE 2

Luca Pisaroni Kicks Off New Season with Met's Leporello

Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni looks forward to a stellar 2011-2012 season, beginning with two starring turns at the Metropolitan Opera. (more...)

Seven New Productions Headline Met Opera's 2011-12 Season

The Metropolitan Opera's 2011-12 season will feature the world's leading singers, conductors, and stage directors in seven new productions, including a world premiere, a Met premiere, and the first co... (more...)

Il Barbiere di Siviglia Returns to the Met 10/1

Rossini's comic favorite Il Barbiere di Siviglia returns to the Met on October 1 for a 14-performance run featuring two extraordinary casts in Bartlett Sher's hit production. In the first cast, Peter ... (more...)

Met Opera's Monica Yunus Sings at Usdan Gala 8/3

The young Metropolitan Opera soprano Monica Yunus, who will be featured in the Met production of Rossini's Le Comte D'Ory next season, will be the soprano soloist in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at the ... (more...)

Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau Lead Met's Le Comte Ory On Thirteen 7/24

A trio of bel canto stars--Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, and Joyce DiDonato--headline the Met's first-ever production of Le Comte Ory, Rossini's final comic masterpiece. (more...)

Met Opera's Monica Yunus Sings at Usdan Gala 8/3

The young Metropolitan Opera soprano Monica Yunus, who will be featured in the Met production of Rossini's Le Comte D'Ory next season, will be the soprano soloist in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at the ... (more...)

Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau Lead Met's Le Comte Ory On Thirteen 7/24

A trio of bel canto stars--Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, and Joyce DiDonato--headline the Met's first-ever production of Le Comte Ory, Rossini's final comic masterpiece. (more...)

Joyce DiDonato Stars in New Met Production of Rossini’s Le Comte Ory

Gramophone's Artist of the Year Joyce DiDonato returns to the Metropolitan Opera to make her role debut as Isolier in Rossini's Le comte Ory, which opens tonight, Thursday, March 24. Directed by Bartl... (more...)

Joyce DiDonato Stars in Met's Ariadne auf Naxos May 7-13

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato - coming off rave reviews for her role debut as Isolier in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Rossini's rarely-seen Le comte Ory - takes to the Met stage again on ... (more...)

2011-2012 Season Announced for Opera in Cinema, Ballet in Cinema

Emerging Pictures, North America's largest supplier of alternative content for movie theaters, today announced the 2011-2012 schedule for the company's highly acclaimed "Opera in Cinema" and "Ballet i... (more...)

Fabio Luisi Conducts First Met Performances of Ariadne auf Naxos 5/10

Met Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi will conduct his first house performances of Richard Strauss's tragicomic opera-within-an-opera, Ariadne auf Naxos, in a revival opening Saturday, May 10. (more...)

Juan Diego Flórez Leads Met Opera’s Le Comte Ory

Tenor superstar Juan Diego Florez, widely regarded as the world's greatest bel canto tenor performing today, tonight adds another new production at the Metropolitan Opera to his long list of accomplis... (more...)

Joyce DiDonato Stars in Met's Ariadne auf Naxos May 7-13

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato - coming off rave reviews for her role debut as Isolier in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Rossini's rarely-seen Le comte Ory - takes to the Met stage again on ... (more...)

Patti LuPone and Stephanie Blythe To Host Opera News Awards 4/17

Broadway icon Patti LuPone and acclaimed mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe will co-host the sixth annual Opera News Awards, which will take place on April 17 at The Plaza in New York City. (more...)