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October 15, 2024

Max Emanuel Cencic returns to the Viennese State Opera

Whoever missed this year’s Monte Carlo production of Handel’s GIULIO CESARE with Parnassus Star Countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic (Tolomeo) alsongside Cecilia Bartoli (Cleopatra) has got another chance this July as the production will now go to Vienna State Opera. With the premiere on 06 July already sold out, there are only two more performances on 8 and 9 September 2024 left to see the staged production by David Livermore and Gianluca Capuano as musical direction. For this production, Max Emanuel Cencic returns to the State Opera after five years and will perform the role of Tolomeo.

October 5, 2024

The Fifth Edition of the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival Concludes on September 15, 2024. A Rediscovery of Francesco Cavalli is Scheduled for 2025

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On Sunday, September 15, 2024, the fifth edition of the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival successfully concluded. 5,000 visitors from all over the world attended the two staged opera productions, seven concerts, and many other exquisite events in the Baroque city of Bayreuth. Two internationally renowned Baroque ensembles, Les Talens Lyriques under Christophe Rousset and Il Pomo d’Oro under Francesco Corti, were engaged to accompany the festival from September 5 to 15, 2024. Numerous highlights can be streamed on the media libraries of arte Concert and BR Klassik. The next edition will take place as usual in the first half of September 2025, with the program release scheduled for December 6, 2024. At the center of Bayreuth Baroque 2025 will be the rediscovery of a long-unperformed opera by Francesco Cavalli, directed by artistic director Max Emanuel Cencic. Concerts with renowned singers such as Carlo Vistoli and Marina Viotti are also planned.

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