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Ian Bostridge & The Orlando Consort Highlight Festival de Musica Antigua de Sevilla’s 2020 Season
Annapolis to Present ‘Susannah,’ Say Goodbye to Major Artistic Leaders
J’Nai Bridges, Ryan McKinny, Katie van Kooten Headline Top 6 Operas to See This Weekend – North America
Elliot Madore Joins Promethean Artists
Pretty Yende, Jonas Kaufmann & Lise Davidsen Lead Top 6 International Weekend (2/28-3/1)
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Latest Interviews
Q & A: Conductor Daniela Candillari on the Importance of ‘The Mother of Us All’
(photo credit: Damjan Švarc) Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein’s opera “The Mother of Us All” recently made a historical debut at The Met Museum in honor of Susan B. Anthony’s life and women’s suffrage movement. The production celebrates a unique collaboration between the NY Philharmonic, Juilliard, and The Met, which features some of today’s visionary young artists working in opera. {…}
Q & A: Soprano Camila Ribero-Souza on Her Love for Wagner & Learning About Opera in Brazil
(Credit: Candy Welz) Soprano Camila Ribero-Souza was born in São Paulo, Brazil, where she studied singing with Jocelyne Gallo, Edilson Costa, and Luiz Tenaglia. From March 2011 until January 2018, she was a member of the soloist ensemble of the Meininger Staatstheater. In February 2018, as a spinto soprano, she joined the ensemble at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, where she {…}
Always Together – A Conversation with Nicole Car & Étienne Dupuis
(Credit: Yan Bleney) Soprano Nicole Car and Étienne Dupuis do not like to be apart. The two stars, who are currently at the Metropolitan Opera individually taking on two thirds of the Da Ponte and Mozart trilogy, not only share a home, a two-year-old boy, and as many productions as they can, but this very interview. When it was proposed {…}
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Heartland Opera to Showcase Puccini Double Bill
Heartland Opera is set to showcase a double bill of “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi” on March 6-8 at the Joplin Memorial Hall in Joplin, Missouri. The double bill will feature Kelli Van Meter as Suor Angelica and Kayla Siembieda as La Zia Principessa in the first of the two Puccini operas. In the famed comedy, audiences will see Christian Bester {…}
Capitol City Opera Company to Present ‘Roméo et Juliette’
Atlanta-based Capitol City Opera Company will present a production of Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” to open its 37th season. The opera, which is written by Barbier and Carré, is set to open on March 6, with additional performances on March 7 and 8 at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University. Rachele Eve Holmes and Michael Vavases will star {…}