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 […]
On Friday, May 1, starting at 21:00 CET, the Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino will stream an at-home concert featuring some of the world’s greatest opera stars. Live from their living rooms, the performance will feature Luca Pisaroni, Thomas Hampson, Cecilia Bartoli, Vittorio Grigolo, Mikhail Petrenko, Diana Damrau, Ludovic Tézier, Francesco Meli, Lisette Oropesa, Luca Salsi, […]
The Philadelphia Orchestra will rebroadcast a performance of Bach’s monumental St. Matthew’s Passion on April 10 via WRTI 90.1 and the Orchestra’s Listen On Demand virtual site. Performed for Easter in 2013 at Verizon Hall, the occasion marked the Orchestra’s first performance of the famous oratorio in nearly 30 years. Luca Pisaroni sings the role of […]
Luca Pisaroni’s upcoming performances as the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Opéra national de Paris have been canceled due to coronavirus concerns. Opéra national de Paris released a statement regarding COVID-19 saying: “In application of the decree published in the Official Journal on March 14, relating to various measures relating to the fight against the […]
Luca Pisaroni returns to the Metropolitan Opera to star as Guglielmo in the first revival of Phelim McDermott’s popular staging of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. Originally set in Naples, it has been suggested that the preponderance of woodwinds in the score is meant to evoke the breezy atmosphere of the seashore. Phelim McDermott’s production updates […]