Renee Fleming's debut in the demanding role of Imogene in Bellini's "Il Pirata" at the Metropolitan Opera was one of the toughest challenges this highly disciplined artist has set for herself. And set ...

Any doubts about Renée Fleming’s current diva status at the Metropolitan Opera are put to rest by the new production of Bellini’s Il Pirata. The Met has never shown much enthusiasm for indulging prima ...

ll pirata (The Pirate) is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with an Italian libretto by Felice Romani which was based on a three-act mélodrame from 1826. This play was itself based upon a ...

'Il Pirata' di Vincenzo Bellini ritorna al Teatro Massimo di Catania come evento clou della quinta edizione del Bellini International Context, il festival promosso e organizzato dall'assessorato ...

Being an opera singer is a little like walking a tightrope without a net--no matter who you're singing with, you're out there on stage, alone, for the crowd to cheer but, also for everyone to hear ...

The soprano appeared in more than two dozen productions at the house in Milan as she rose to become opera’s leading lady. Here are six highlights. By Farah Nayeri Mario Bellini, Gaetano Pesce and ...

A Catania c’è la civile usanza, ogni 23 settembre, giorno della morte di Vincenzo Bellini, di metterne in scena un’opera. I catanesi sono giustamente orgogliosi del loro Cigno, e lo celebrano nel modo ...

The libretto was by Felice Romani, with whom Bellini was to collaborate on all his subsequent operas except for the last, I puritani. The setting is 13th-century Sicily and the story is a prototype ...