Soprano Giuseppina Piunti sings again the role of Tigrana in Giacomo Puccini's Edgar (four acts version) at Teatro Comunale in Bologna opposite Josè Cura in the title role in the production directed by Lorenzo Mariani in co-production with Teatro Regio in Turin. Performance dates are: June 18, 20, 23, 24, 2010.

M° Giuliano Carella opens the 88th Festival Lirico Arena di Verona 2010 conducting Giacomo Puccini's Turandot in a new production directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Performance dates are: June 18, July 1, 24, 30, August 13, 20, 2010.

Soprano Raffaella Angeletti makes her debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm with Giacomo Puccini's Tosca conducted by M° Pier Giorgio Morandi in a production directed by Knut Hendriksen in two gala performances of the opera on June 17, 19, 2010.

Bass Markus Hollop makes his debut at the Opéra Comique in Paris with the role of Arkel in Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner in a production directed by Stéphane Braunschweig. Performance dates are: June 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 27, 29, 2010.