Festival
Due to popular demand, Opera Naples is bringing back Maltese top tenor and Naples’ favorite opera icon, Joseph Calleja. Blessed with a golden-age voice that routinely inspires comparisons to “legendary singers from earlier eras: Jussi Björling, Beniamino Gigli, even Enrico Caruso” (Associated Press), Maltese-born Joseph Calleja has quickly become one of the most acclaimed and…
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Composed in 2007, Tom Cipullo’s acclaimed opera Glory Denied is the story of the longest-held American prisoner of war from the Vietnam era, and his agonizing re-introduction to an America that had moved on without him. Based on Tom Philpott’s book of the same name, Cipullo’s masterful adaptation makes a lasting impression with a thrillingly varied score and a…
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Opera Star Concert with Javier Camarena: Mexican tenor Javier Camarena is the preemi-nent Mozart and bel canto specialist of his generation. Praised for his burnished tone, gleam-ing high notes, flawless coloratura, and veracious portrayals, he regularly appears in leading roles alongside today’s foremost stars at the world’s top opera houses, and was the face of…
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On the Town is a musical based on the 1944 ballet Fancy Free, developed by Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. New York City’s pomp and fanfare sets the stage for this story of three sailors looking for love in a whirlwind 24-hour adventure, before heading…
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Puccini’s opera Tosca is a melodrama in three acts set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Guiseppe Giacosa and based on Victorien Sardou’s 1887 French-language drama, La Tosca. Set in Rome at the time of Napoleon’s invasion of Italy, Tosca is a story of love, lust, murder, and political intrigue. Passion and jealousy…
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Puccini’s opera Tosca is a melodrama in three acts set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Guiseppe Giacosa and based on Victorien Sardou’s 1887 French-language drama, La Tosca. Set in Rome at the time of Napoleon’s invasion of Italy, Tosca is a story of love, lust, murder, and political intrigue. Passion and jealousy…
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Blessed with a golden-age voice that routinely inspires comparisons to “legendary singers from earlier eras: Jussi Björling, Beniamino Gigli, even Enrico Caruso” (Associated Press), Maltese-born Joseph Calleja has quickly become one of the most acclaimed and sought-after tenors today. His expansive discography and frequent appearances on the world’s leading opera and concert stages prompted NPR…
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Composed in 2007, Tom Cipullo’s acclaimed opera Glory Denied is the story of the longest-held American prisoner of war from the Vietnam era, and his agonizing re-introduction to an America that had moved on without him. Based on Tom Philpott’s book of the same name, Cipullo’s masterful adaptation makes a lasting impression with a thrillingly varied score and a…
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