Baritone Luca Grassi makes his debut at Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for the Temporada de Ópera of the Amigos Canarios de la Ópera with the role of Escamillo in Georges Bizet's Carmen conducted by M° Alain Guingal in a new production directed by Mario Pontiggia. Performance dates are: February 27, 29, March 2, 4, 2012.

Tenor Emanuele D'Aguanno sings once again the role of Ferrando in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in the tour of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich conducted by M° Mark Wiggelsworth in the production directed by Dieter Dorn with scenes and costumes by Jurgen Rose. Performance dates are: February 24, 26, 2012.

Baritone Simone Piazzola sings once again the role of Giorgio Germont in Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata opposite soprano Mariella Devia at Teatro Massimo in Palermo in the production directed by Henning Brockhaus and conducted by M° Carlo Rizzi. Performance dates are: February 21, 23, 26, 29, 2012.

Mezzo Giovanna Lanza sings once again the role of Suzuki in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly at Teatro Regio in Turin in the production directed by Damiano Michieletto and conducted by M° Daniele Rustioni. Performance dates are: February 21, 23, 25, 28, 2012. The performance on February 21 will be broadcast live on the radio by Rai Radio3.

Mezzo Paola Gardina makes her debut at Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice and as Dorabella in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Così fan tutte in the new production directed by Damiano Michieletto conducted by M° Antonello Manacorda and by M° Stefano Montanari (March 3, 2012). Performance dates are: February 19, 24, March 3, 2012.