Due to the shutdown, the Gran Teatre del Liceu could not conclude its run of Mozart’s famed opera Don Giovanni. From November 8 through November 15, the Gran Teatre del Liceu will broadcast Christof Loy’s production featuring Luca Pisaroni as Leporello and an all-star cast. Christopher Maltman stars as the title role alongside Miah Persson as Donna […]
PENTATONE continues its American Opera Series with Houston Grand Opera’s world premiere recording of Tarik O’Regan’s The Phoenix (2019), an opera on the life of Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart’s favorite librettist. Da Ponte (1749-1838) was an adventurer, who not only travelled the world, but in a way also through time, living across what seem to […]
Luca Pisaroni returns to the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona this month, performing his signature role of Leporello in Mozart’s audacious Don Giovanni. Featuring a fascinating production by Christof Loy, Joseph Pons will conduct a fantastic cast of international singers, and the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Liceu Opera Barcelona. Performances will take […]
In 1353, a few years after the Black Death raged in Florence, Giovanni Boccaccio finished “The Decameron,” 100 stories told by seven men and three women holed up in a countryside villa as they awaited the passing of the plague. It’s a classic of literature, many times bawdy, sometimes tragic, and extremely apropos considering our […]
Music Life Magazine Бас-баритон Лука Пизарони – с молодости в числе самых знаменитых и удачливых оперных певцов, но звездная болезнь его миновала. Мир для него полон возможностей, а не препятствий, идет ли речь о незнакомом репертуаре, сценических челленджах или трансокеанских перелетах с двумя собаками. Ая Макарова (АМ) побеседовала с Лукой Пизарони (ЛП) о работе с […]
Forum Opéra Baryton prisé par les plus grandes scènes internationales, Luca Pisaroni a exploré une grande variété de rôles, de Mozart à Offenbach. Il aurait dû interpréter le rôle de Don Giovanni sur la scène du Palais Garnier. Malheureusement la production a dû être annulée en même temps que les représentations de Manon. Il faudra donc attendre […]
“Opera in the Times of COVID” is an interview series in collaboration with photographer Frances Marshall of Marshall Light Studio. We talk to notable figures from around the opera world to get their perspective on how they feel these challenging times may change opera’s present and future. The first time I came into contact with […]