{"id":71747,"date":"2021-07-28T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T18:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=71747"},"modified":"2021-07-29T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T16:27:13","slug":"scoop-toronto-city-opera-signs-deal-rossini-opera-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/07\/28\/scoop-toronto-city-opera-signs-deal-rossini-opera-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Toronto City Opera Signs Deal With The Rossini Opera Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_71748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71748\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Rossini_Opera_Festival-TORONTO.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Goryachova as Isabella in the 2013 Rossini Opera Festival production of L\u2019Italiana in Algeri (Photo courtesy of ROF)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna Goryachova as Isabella in the 2013 Rossini Opera Festival production of L\u2019Italiana in Algeri (Photo courtesy of ROF)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Toronto City Opera has announced they have signed a framework agreement which includes collaborating with the Rossini Opera Festival to bring Rossini&#8217;s music to Toronto during the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Authentic Rossini<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>First established in 1980, the Rossini Opera Festival is held annually in August in Pesaro, Italy \u2014 the birthplace of the composer Gioachino Rossini.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What they&#8217;re saying:<\/strong> &#8220;This is an important day in the history of Toronto City Opera, and an achievement for opera and the arts in Toronto, Ontario and Canada,&#8221; said Toronto City Opera General Director, Richard Paradiso. &#8220;I am pleased that after two very difficult seasons because of the global phenomenon, this result has risen from my journeys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Other possible collaborations include a simultaneous festival of Rossini in Toronto in partnership with the Rossini Opera Festival with productions from both companies \u2014 digital and in person, in August 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto City Opera will be holding a gala to launch the partnership, including &#8220;La Cucina di Gioachino Rossini \u2014 Rossini Gourmet&#8221;, an initiative of Aspes SpA to promote Italian cuisine in Fall 2021.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto City Opera has announced they have signed a framework agreement with Italy&#8217;s Rossini Opera Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":71748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38476,39,43,59,63],"tags":[39759,39758,39757],"yst_prominent_words":[10459,29449,8800,8399,7412,6616,26155,20049,17686],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Rossini_Opera_Festival-TORONTO.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-iFd","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71762,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71747\/revisions\/71762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71747"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=71747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}