Soprano Nuccia Focile makes her debut at New Zealand Opera as Contessa Almaviva in  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. Perfroamance dates are:  May 15, 18, 20, 22, June 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 2010

Baritone Massimiliano Gagliardo makes his debut at the Opéra Royale de Wallonie in Liège as Enrico in Gaetano Donizetti's Il Campanello conducted by M° Claudio Scimone in a new production directed by Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera. Performance dates are: May 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 2010.

The opera will be recorded on dvd by Dynamic.

Tenor Gregory Kunde returns to Grand Théâtre de Genève as Rodrigo di Dhu in the new production of Gioachino Rossini's La donna del lago conducted by M° Paolo Arrivabeni and directed by Christoph Loy in co-production with Theater an der Wien. Performance dates are: May 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 2010.

Baritone Luca Grassi makes his debut at ABAO in Bilbao and as Il Conte in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with Al Ayre Espanol conducted by Edoardo Lopez Banzo and directed by Emilio Sagi on May 1, 2010.