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Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Sean Kelly, Angela Yam Headline Opera Parallèle’s 2024-25 Season

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Opera Parallèle has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is “Everest,” which will be presented at the California Academy of Sciences, Morrison Planetarium. The immersive opera fuses graphic novel imagery and operatic storytelling to explore the 1996 famed expedition of the landmark. The opera stars Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Kevin Burdette, Hadleigh Adams, Charlotte Fanvu, Shawnette Sulker, Whitney Steele, and {…}
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Sidney Outlaw, Angela Yam, Craig Colclough, Marietta Simpson Headline Opera Saratoga’s 2022 Festival

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Opera Saratoga has announced the full details of its 2022 season. The season kicks off with Rossini’s “Petite Messe Solennelle” starring Angela Yam, Sable Strout, Morgan Mastrangelo, and Turner Staton. Laurie Rogers conducts. Performance Dates: June 2 & 3, 2022  The company will celebrate 100 years of Broadway with a special cabaret showcase under the baton of Laura Bergquist. Performance {…}
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Angela Gheorghiu, Magdalena Kožená, Sabine Devieilhe, Brian Mulligan, Jennifer Holloway, & Gaëlle Arquez Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences will be able to hear several rarely performed baroque works as well as a Wagner work and a celebration of Angela Gheorghiu’s landmark recordings. Arvo Pärt: And I heard a voice Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve release a {…}
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Kristine Opolais, Michael Volle, Angela Gheorghiu & Evelyn Herlitzius Lead Semperoper Dresden’s 2021-22 Season

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2021-22 season featuring new productions, revivals, jung oper, and Chamber works. Premieres Gaetano d’Espinosa conducts a new production of Peter Konwitschny Bellini’s “Norma” with Yolanda Auyanet in the title role. The cast will also include Dmytro Popov, Alexandros Stavrakakis, and Stepanka Pucalkova. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-31, 2021 Ivan Repušić conducts a new production of {…}
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Angela Gheorghiu, Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel Lead Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s 2021-22 Season

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The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has announced its 2021-22 season featuring concerts, recitals, and operatic productions. Angela Gheorghiu opens the season in a recital with pianist Jeff Cohen. The program will include works by Durante, Paisiello, Bellini, Donizetti, Tosti, Respighi, Schumann, R. Strauss, Rachmaninov, Rameau, Martini, Debussy, Massenet, Brediceanu, Stephanescu, Flotow, and Satie. Performance Date: Oct. 8, 2021 Aleksandra Kurzak leads {…}
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Finn Sagal Wins Gerda Lissner Foundation’s 2025 Art Song Competition

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The Gerda Lissner Foundation has announced the winners of its 2025 Art Song Competition. First prize, and $10,000, went to baritone Finn Sagal, with soprano Magdalena Kuźma getting Second prize and the corresponding $7,000. Finally, soprano Jennifer Robinson won Third prize and $4,500. Sagal, Kuźma, and Robinson will be featured in the Winners Concert on April 29, 2026, at Zankel {…}
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Heartbeat Opera to Present ‘ORGY & BESS: Deep Throats & High Notes’

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Heartbeat Opera will mark the 10th anniversary of its annual drag opera tradition with “ORGY & BESS: Deep Throats & High Notes,” running Oct. 30–31 and Nov. 1, 4, 6–8, 2025, at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village. The production, created by Co-Founder Ethan Heard and Artistic Director Jacob Ashworth, takes inspiration from “Porgy & Bess” while skewering the broader {…}
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Boston Lyric Opera Announces Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artists

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Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) has announced the 15th annual roster of Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artists. The program spotlights a new generation of opera talent through a season of onstage performances, public programs, and collaborative projects. The 2025-26 class will be celebrated at the fall’s Opera Gala 2025 and featured in two major collaborations: a new digital video series with {…}
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Glimmerglass Festival Unveils 2025 Resident Artists

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Glimmerglass Festival has announced its 2025 Resident Artists. The program was formerly called the “Young Artists Program,” but will now be referred to as “Resident Arts Program.” “Our Resident Artists are the heart and soul of the Glimmerglass experience,” said Artistic & General Director Rob Ainsley, per an official press statement issued by the company. “Their strength lies in the {…}

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