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By Mary Jane Cryons January 24 Gianni Schicchi Cast Opera Carolina’s recent pairing of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica was far more than an evening of beautifully performed repertoire. It signaled a striking shift in the company’s artistic trajectory. Having attended past seasons, I arrived curious and left deeply impressed, with a clear sense that the company now operates with the ambition, polish, and casting caliber typically seen in major international houses.

By G. Filippo Calgagno (Operamundus) When we think of Italian opera in the United States of America, our minds are naturally drawn to the splendor of hallowed venues such as the Metropolitan Opera or Carnegie Hall in New York City. We would be gravely mistaken, however, if we assumed that outside the already mentioned Big Apple—or other major metropolitan areas renowned for their great orchestras and halls (such as Chicago, San Francisco, or Washington)—there were not an equa

September 12 – Teatro Goldoni, Livorno – Festival Mascagni The Festival Mascagni’s presentation of L’amico Fritz was a striking example...

by Mary Jane Cryons August 19, 2025 The long-awaited new staging of Verdi’s La Traviata made its dazzling debut at the Ancient Theater...

Per l’avvio della manifestazione oggi nella chiesa di San Lorenzo la composizione di Raphael Fusco, che sarà presente Il Giornale di...

Bryant Park audience You will often hear the refrain that “opera has an accessibility problem,” but not so on Friday night in Bryant...

Opera Carolina è lieta di annunciare la nomina del Maestro Stefano Vignati come Direttore Musicale e Direttore Principale , con effetto...

Stefano Vignati American conductor Stefano Vignati will step into the role Opera Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina, has announced...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A new music director and principal conductor has been named for Opera Carolina. Maestro Stefano Vignati took over the...

Opera Carolina has named Stefano Vignati to the position of Music Director and Principal conductor. He started his new role on May 1,...

Stefano Vignati Maestro Stefano Vignati , Artistic Director of the Tuscia Operafestival, is at work in Sardinia on La Cenerentola . And...