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Andrew G. Manea Replaces Artur Ruciński At San Francisco Opera

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The San Francisco Opera has announced that Romanian-American baritone Andrew G. Manea will make a major role debut. The baritone will replace Artur Ruciński in the role of the Duke of Nottingham. The company announced that Ruciński withdrew due to lung injuries sustained in a serious bicycling accident involving a car in his native Poland. He is expected to make {…}

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Opéra National Montpellier Occitanie to Present ‘Falstaff’

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Opéra National Montpellier Occitanie is set to present a new production of “Falstaff” this January. The production, directed by David Hermann, will be conducted by Michael Schønwandt. The title role of Verdi’s final masterpiece will be performed by baritone Bruno Taddia, with American-Romanian baritone Andrew Manea as Ford and tenor Kevin Amiel—an ADAMI Classical Discovery and AROP Prize winner—as Fenton. {…}

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Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie 2025-26 Season to Feature Kathryn Lewek, Bruno Taddia, Sheva Tehoval, & Maciej Kwasnikowski

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The Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie announces its 2025-26 season. This article features operatic events only. A double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” open the season. Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Azer Zada, Julie Pasturaud, Tomasz Kumięga, Reut Venturo, Giuseppina Merli, Galina Cheplakova, Maciej Kwasnikowski, and Leon Kim are among the cast. Silvia Paoli directs. Yoel Gamzou conducts. Performance Dates: October {…}

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Nicole Cabell, Caitlin Gotimer, Efraín Solís, Jonathan Burton Headline North Carolina Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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North Carolina Opera has unveiled its 2025-26 season. First up is Massenet’s “Cendrillon” with Nicole Cabell as Cinderella, Kate Farrar as the Prince, and Lucia Bradford as Madame de la Haltière. Joseph Mechavich conducts the production by Joseph Marvel. Performance Dates: Oct. 17 & 19, 2025 Then comes “Madama Butterfly,” starring Caitlin Gotimer as Cio-Cio-San, Efraín Solís as Sharpless, and Lisa {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Lyric Opera of Chicago 2024-25 Review: Rigoletto

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(Photo by Todd Rosenberg Photography) Lyric Opera of Chicago’s first season without erstwhile General Director Anthony Freud began as his last concluded: with Verdi. Lyric opened 2024-25 and John Mangum’s tenure far more successfully than last season’s dispiriting staging of “Aida,” with Verdi’s indestructible mid-career masterpiece “Rigoletto.” On opening nights, Lyric usually mounts either a new production or one new-to-Chicago, {…}

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Maryland Opera 2023-24 Review: Tosca

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(Photo credit Madeline Grey) Lacking public monies common in Europe, opera becomes ever harder to produce in the USA, but its enthusiasts are a determined lot. The Old Line State used to enjoy a typical American setup for presenting opera, an established twentieth-century organization, the Baltimore Opera Company, situated in a sizable venue in Maryland’s largest city, the Lyric Opera {…}

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Leah Crocetto, Carl Tanner, Vanessa Vasquez, Claudia Chapa, William Clay Thompson Headline North Carolina Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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North Carolina Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is “Ernani” in Concert. The Verdi opera stars Leah Crocetto, Carl Tanner, Andrew Manea, and Anthony Robin Schneider. Jakob Lehmann conducts. Performance Date: Nov. 10, 2024 Then comes “Florencia en el Amazonas” with a cast starring Vanessa Vasquez, Richard Ollarsaba, Marlen Nahhas, Jason Karn, Levi Hernandez, and Claudia Chapa. Joseph Mechavich conducts and John Hoomes directs. Performance Dates: Jan. 31 {…}

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Vanessa Vasquez to Headline North Carolina Opera’s ‘La Traviata’

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North Carolina Opera is set to present “La Traviata” on Oct. 27 and 29, 2023. The production, which kicks off the 2023-24 season, will be conducted by Joseph Mechavich and directed by John Hoomes. The opera will star Vanessa Vasquez as Violetta with Jonathan Johnson as Alfredo. Andrew Manea will take on the role of Giorgio Germont. Rounding out the {…}