MASSIMO CAVALLETTI TO RETURN TO THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA AS FORD IN FALSTAFF DIRECTED BY DAMIANO MICHIELETTO AND CONDUCTED BY ZUBIN MEHTA On February 2, 2017 Massimo Cavalletti will return to the Teatro alla Scala as Ford in Falstaff under the musical direction of Zubin Mehta. The production by Damiano Michieletto was first unveiled at the Salzburg Festival in 2013. The series of eight performances will run through February 21, 2017. “Ford is a nouveau rich and a social climber, […]
Massimo Cavalletti to return to the Metropolitan Opera celebrating his 100th performance as Marcello in La bohème On November 16, 2016 Massimo Cavalletti will sing his 100th performance as Marcello in La bohème at the Metropolitan Opera in the historical Franco Zeffirelli production conducted by Marco Armiliato. It is the first of a series of seven performances running through December 8. “Marcello is the role that I have sung most often in my career”, says Massimo Cavalletti. “I am thrilled […]
On TheOperaPlatform you can watch the video of La bohème from the Teatro Regio of Turin with Massimo Cavalletti as Marcello: http://www.theoperaplatform.eu/en/opera/puccini-la-boheme-0
On October 12, 2016 Massimo Cavalletti will sing the role of Marcello in the premiere of a staging of La bohème which, in addition to inaugurating the 2016/2017 season of the Teatro Regio of Turin, will celebrate the 120th anniversary of the creation of Puccini’s immortal masterpiece premiered in 1896 in the Piedmontese capital. The new production by Àlex Ollé will be conducted by Maestro Gianandrea Noseda, the Teatro Regio’s musical director. “Marcello is the role that I have sung […]
Massimo Cavalletti to participate in the inaugural performances of the new Dubai Opera On September 2, 2016 Massimo Cavalletti will participate in the inaugural performances of the new Dubai Opera in the title role of Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia in a production by Giulio Ciabatti and the Teatro Verdi of Trieste conducted by Maestro Francesco Quattrocchi. “I made my debut in this iconic role in 2005 in a production that was part of the Academy of the Teatro […]
On July 16, 2016 Massimo Cavalletti will sing a Belcanto concert at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca alongside mezzo soprano Aya Wakizono and tenor Vicent Romero. Maestro Sesto Quatrini will conduct. The programme includes pieces from Saffo, Poliuto, Roberto Devereux and Il barbiere di Siviglia: http://www.festivaldellavalleditria.it/scheda-spettacolo.aspx?ID=00004K Prior to the concert in Martina Franca, Massimo gave interviews for Radio Classica Pugliese and Televisionario2. Podcast of the interview with Radio Classica Pugliese: http://www.radioclassicapugliese.it/ Interview with Televisionario2: http://www.televisionario2.com/interviste/lirici/
In June and July 2016 Massimo Cavalletti will be back at La Scala as Paolo Albiani in Simon Boccanegra. The prestigious cast also features Leo Nucci and Plácido Domingo in the title role, Carmen Giannattasio and Krassimira Stoyanova as Amelia Grimaldi, Giorgio Berrugi as Gabriele Adorno and Dmitry Beloselskiy as Jacopo Fiesco. Maestro Myung-Whun Chung conducts. The production is by Federico Tiezzi. http://www.teatroallascala.org/en/season/2015-2016/opera/simon-boccanegra.html
On 13 May 2016 Massimo Cavalletti will make his debut at the Teatro de la Maestranza as Belcore in L’ELISIR D’AMORE! Further performances on 16, 18 and 21 May. For more information and the complete cast please click on https://www.teatrodelamaestranza.es/programacion/326_L_ELISIR_D_AMORE.html
Massimo Cavalletti was invited to give an interview during the intermission of the Metropolitan Opera’s radio broadcast of “Maria Stuarda”. Hear him talk about his time in New York, the rehearsals for the new production of “Manon Lescaut” at the MET, the role of Lescaut and much more!