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BARCELONA: Juan Diego Flórez Recital – 19 March 2026
JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ Tenor Vincenzo Scalera Piano Gran Teatre del Liceu,19 March 2026 The final notes of Juan Diego Flórez’s highly anticipated Spanish tour rang out in Barcelona on 19 March. Accompanied by the masterful Vincenzo Scalera at the piano, the Peruvian tenor captivated the Liceu audience, bringing to a close a series
BARCELONA: Manont Lescaut – Giacomo Puccini, 17 March, 2026
Manont Lescaut Giacomo Puccini Lyric drama in four acts Libretto by Domenico Oliva and Luigi Illica with contributions by Marco Praga, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Giacomo Puccini, Giulio Ricordi, and Giuseppe Adami, based on the opera L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost Premiere: 1 February 1893, Teatro Regio (Turin) Barcelona premiere: 5 April
BERLIN: Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Jacques Offenbach, 14 March, 2026
Les Contes d’Hoffmann Opéra fantastique in five acts (1881) Music by Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Jules Barbier, based on the play of the same name by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Musical Director – Pierre Dumoussaud Director – Lydia Steier Revival Director – Leander Teßmer, Katharina Lang Characters and Performers: Hoffmann – Benjamin
Freddie De Tommaso on Opera, Identity, and the Art of Being Yourself
Freddie De Tommaso’s story invites the word “destiny.” What defines it, however, is a musical identity shaped long before the spotlight. Raised in a home where Classic FM hummed steadily and church music set the rhythm of Sundays, he absorbed opera before he ever chose it. What began as atmosphere became orientation In this edition
WIEN: Luisa Miller – Giuseppe Verdi, 16 February 2026
Luisa Miller Libretto Salvadore Cammarano based on the play Kabale und Liebe (“Intrigue and Love”) by Friedrich Schiller Music by Giuseppe Verdi First performed on 8 December 1849 at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples Conductor Michele Mariotti Production & Set Design Philipp Grigorian Cast Count Walter (Graf von Walter) Roberto Tagliavini Rodolfo Freddie De
VIENNA: il Trovatore 15 febbraio 2017
Il trovatore at the Vienna State Opera 15.02.2017 (last performance) Conductor – Marco Armiliato Director – Daniele Abbado Cast: il conte di Luna – Ludovic Tezier Leonora – Anna Netrebko Azucena – Luciana D’Intino Manrico – Roberto Alagna Ferrando – Jongmin Park Ines – Simina Ivan Ruiz – Jinxu Xiahou Un vecchio zingaro –