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Teatro alla Scala 2024-25 Review: Tosca (2019 Revival)

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(Photo: Brescia e Amisano) It was December 7, 2019, when the curtain of Teatro alla Scala rose before the select audience that annually attends the Sant’Ambroeus performance, better known among opera lovers as “La prima della Scala,” the event that inaugurates the new season of the prestigious Italian theater. To open the 2019-20 season—unaware that it would soon be brutally {…}

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Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival Unveils 2023 Slate

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The Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival has unveiled its 2023 summer schedule. Here is a look at the vocal performances. First up is “Mendelssohn and Friends” featuring soprano Christina Gansch. The performance will also feature the {oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna and the program will include music by Mendelssohn, Rossini, Spohr, Meyerbeer, and von Weber, among others. Performance Dates: June 10, 2023 Next up {…}

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Innsbruck Early Music Festival 2021 Review: Idalma

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(Photo: Birgit Gufler) Bernardo Pasquini (1637 – 1710) is not a particularly well-known name in opera circles, yet in his day he was considered the foremost composer of dramatic works for the stage in Rome, with his high point coming in the 1670s and 80s, after which he was slowly displaced by, amongst others, Alessandro Scarlatti. As well as 15 {…}

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Jakub Józef Orlinski, Lea Desandre, Davide Luciano Headline the 2021 Innsbruck Festival of Early Music

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The Innsbruck Festival of Early Music has announced its 2021 season, which includes over 50 events between July 13 through August 29, 2021. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Operas It all starts with Pasquini’s “Idalma.” The showcase will star Arianna Vendittelli, Anita Rosati, Margherita Maria Sala, Rupert Charlesworth, Juan {…}

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Christophe Dumaux, Delphine Galou, Franco Fagioli Among Stars of Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2020

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The Innsbruck Festival of Early Music has announced its 2020 season, which features a wide range of early music in concert and opera. For the purposes of this article, we will focus solely on opera and vocal related program. The season opens with Ferdinando Paër’s “Leonora,” which will be directed by Mariame Clément with musical direction by Alessandro de Marchi. {…}

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Innsbruck Early Music Festival 2018 Review: Gli Amore d’Apollo e Dafne

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One of the highlights of the Innsbruck Early Music Festival is the “Cesti Competion,” for singers specialising in the baroque repertoire. Now in its ninth year, one of the prizes on offer for the contestants who qualify for the final round is the opportunity to sing in an opera at the following year’s festival. It is presented as “Barockoper: Jung,” {…}