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Julia Blasco, Carolyn Sampson, Alexander Vinogradov, Anna Lena Elbert, Chen Reiss Headline Quincena Musical de San Sebastián’s 2024 Season

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The Quincena Musical de San Sebastián has announced its 2024 slate. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. Sopranos Julia Blasco and Suzana Nadejde take on works by Mozart, Puccini, Schubert, Offenbach, Rossini, and Brahms alongside pianist Jorge Robaina and clarinettist Javier Povedano. Performance Date: August 1, 2024 Countertenor Nacho Castellanos and pianist Mario Marzo take on {…}

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Leah Crocetto, Stefano La Colla, Alexander Vinogradov Headline Opera Australia’s First Performances in 2021

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Opera Australia will reopen its State Theatre with the Melbourne Premiere of its digital “Aida” production. The company will stage the famed opera for audiences on May 6, 201. The company will follow it up with a production of “Ernani,” which will also have its Melbourne premiere. “It’s fantastic to be in a position to announce a Melbourne season, we {…}

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Andreas Schager & Alexander Vinogradov Join New Year Gala Concert At Deutsche Oper

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(Credits: Andreas Schager official website / Polina Plotnikova) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that heldentenor Andreas Schager and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov will take part in the New Year Gala concert on Jan. 2, 2021. Schager and Vinogradov will join a cast that includes Sara Jakubiak, Anna Pirozzi, Aigul Akhmetshina, and Amartuvshin Enkhbat. The Australian-born Kapellmeister of the Deutsche {…}

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Cast Change: Alexandra Nowakowski to Make Met Opera Debut, Replace Nadine Sierra in ‘La Sonnambula’ Performance

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced another cast change for its Oct. 14, 2025, performance of “La Sonnambula.” The company said that Alexandra Nowakowski will perform the role of Amina, replacing Nadine Sierra, who is ill. This marks Nowakowski’s Metropolitan Opera debut. Earlier in the day, the company announced that Lawrence Brownlee would sing as Elvino, after having performed the role {…}

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Cast Change: Lawrence Brownlee Jumps into ‘La Sonnambula’ at the Met Opera

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its Oct. 14, 2025, performance of “La Sonnambula.” The company said that Lawrence Brownlee will perform the role of Elvino, replacing Xabier Anduaga, who is ill. Brownlee performed the role on Oct. 11, also replacing Anduaga. He is currently in rehearsals for “La Fille du Régiment,” which opens on Oct. 17, {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: La Sonnambula

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(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) The last time the Metropolitan Opera presented a new production of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” was in 2009, when Mary Zimmerman set the opera in a modern rehearsal room. It was a divisive production that ultimately made no sense and deviated completely from the original story. Now in 2025, the Metropolitan Opera is seeking to correct {…}

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Nadine Sierra & Xabier Anduaga to Lead Met Opera’s HD Performance of ‘La Sonnambula’

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(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” is set to open The Met: Live in HD in 2025-26. The broadcast is set to be shown in theaters on Oct. 18 and will showcase Roland Villazón’s new production. Headlining the production will be soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Xabier Anduaga. Conductor Riccardo Frizza {…}

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Rolando Villazón, Nadine Sierra & Xabier Anduaga Lead Metropolitan Opera’s New ‘La Sonnambula’

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(Credit: Ludwig Olah / Semperoper Dresden) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present a new production of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula.” The new production is set to open on Oct. 6 and will star soprano Nadine Sierra in the role of Amina alongside Xabier Anduaga as Elvino. They will be joined by Sydney Mancasola as Lisa and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Rodolfo. {…}