Teatro Comunale di Bologna is poised to open their new season on Saturday, January 16 with Salome. Opera Chic was there for last year's inauguration with Daniela Dessì's first ever Norma, and rogue cell phones aside, it rawked.
This year, Italian Maestro (and San Francisco Opera MD) Nicola Luisotti will be on the podium to lead a talented cast, although we're sorry to see that German soprano Nadja Michael, who was supposed to open the season flaunting her minx-like Salome (OC saw her at La Scala in 2007 as the rebellious teen and she was perfection) has been replaced by Swedish-American soprano Erika Sunnegårdh.