M° Giuliano Carella will conduct Camille Saint-Saëns' La princesse Jaune and Nino Rota's La lezione di guida at Teatro dei Rinnovati in Siena in the framework of the 67th Settimana Musicale Senese for Accademia Chigiana leading Orchestra Regionale Toscana. Soprano Raina Kabaivanska and tenor Giuseppe Sabbatini play the leads in Rota's one act opera. Performance dates are: July 15, 16, 2010.

Soprano Majella Cullagh stars in the tile role of the new recording of Gaetano Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix, recorded live at the 2009 Donizetti Festival in Bergamo on the occasion of the re-opening of Teatro Sociale. The opera has been released on cd by Dynamic.

Soprano Majella Cullagh, bass Mirco Palazzi and mezzo Manuela Custer open the 2010 St. Galler Festspiele singing the roles, respectively, of Sela, Noah and Ada in Gaetano Donizetti's Il diluvio universale conducted by M° Antonino Fogliani in a new production directed by Inga Levant. Performance dates are: June 25, 29, July, 2, 7, 9, 2010. The opera, which marks Mirco Palazzi and Manuela Custer's debut in St. Gallen, will be recorded live and released on dvd.

Baritone Luca Grassi returns to Teatre Principal in Palma de Mallorca as Marcello in Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème conducted by M° Francisco Bonnin in a production directed by Maurizio Di Mattia. Performance dates are: June 25, 27, 2010.