Riccardo Frizza opens 2018 with a return to the Paris Opera for Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, with a stunning cast, including performances by René Barbera, Simone Del Savio, Olga Kulchynska, Massimo Cavalletti, and Nicholas Testé. Il barbiere di Siviglia runs January 24 to February 16.

Following his turn in Paris, Riccardo revisits Tokyo for two concert performances of Bellini’s Norma on March 17 and 18.

The Italian maestro then leads a powerful production of Verdi’s seldom performed Luisa Miller at the Opernhaus Zurich, which opens on April 12, 2018.

View Riccardo’s full schedule here.

In advance of the opening of La traviata at the New National Theatre in Tokyo, Riccardo Frizza sat down with Interlude HK for an interview and discussion of Verdi’s great work. The Italian maestro talks about his favorite works, and his experience working on Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Lucia di Lammermoor.

Read the full interview here.