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Following their triumphant performances of Monteverdi's “L'Orfeo” at the Semperoper Dresden in 2023 and 2024, Rolando Villazón, Wolfgang Katschner and the lautten compagney BERLIN reunite to present a new concert programme centering  on the inner world of modern man, as explored in the music of 17th century Italian composers. This year, Viaggio dell’anima can be heard at the Südtirol…

Rolando Villazón is looking ahead to a busy summer performing: he sings open air-gala concerts with Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte on June 22 and with the Luxemburg Philharmonic and soprano Emily Pogorelc on Luxemburg’s Kinnekswiss on July 6. On July 15, he is joined by mezzo Kate Lindsey for the first concert of their new programme “Amore e Follia” at Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival…

At tonight’s ceremony taking place at the Luxembourg Philharmonic, the multi-talent and all-rounder is honored not only for his achievements as a tenor and stage director, but also as a writer, cultural manager, and cultural ambassador. “Culture and music show us how all of humankind can and must come together in freedom and equality, and it is a privilege to stand up for these values with…

Rolando Villazón returns to Dresden’s Semperoper in the title role of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. His portrayal in Nikolaus Habjan’s production was praised as “magnificent” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) last season. The sold-out performances take place on May 26, 31, June 3 and 6, 2024. 

Photo: Deutsche Grammophon

A frequent guest at the festival, Villazón takes part in Davide Livermore’s opera pasticcio Une Folle Journée on May 18 and enjoys double duty as host and performer in a star-studded gala celebrating 50 years of Plácido Domingo in Salzburg on May 20.Photo: Andreas Hechenberger

The tenor presents a program featuring music by Mozart, Verdi, Massenet, Offenbach, and others, on February 17 in Andermatt and on February 24 at the Opéra de Monte Carlo, accompanied by the Swiss Orchestra under the baton of Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer. He brings the programme to Munich’s Prinzregententheater on March 11, accompanied by  the Munich Symphony Orchestra conducted by Guerassim…