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Kate Lindsey, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Eleonora Buratto, Aušriné Stundyté, Anja Kampe, Juliana Grigoryan, René Barbera & Elbenita Kajtazi Headline Staatsoper Hamburg’s 2025-26 Season

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The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres  Robert Schumann’s “Das Paradies und die Peri” will be directed by Tobias Kratzer and conducted by Omer Meir Wellber and Felix Hornbachner. The work will star Vera-Lotte Boecker, Eliza Boom, Kady Evanyshyn, Kai Kluge, Annika Schlicht, Xavier Sabata, Eric Lunga Hallam, and Christoph Pohl. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Nov. 1, 2025 Glinka’s “Ruslan und Ljudmila” will be {…}
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BBC Philharmonic Announces New Principal Guest Conductor

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(Credit: Marco Borggreve) German conductor Anja Bihlmaier has been named Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra effective September 2024. In her new role, she will work closely with BBC Philharmonic’s Director Adam Szabo to plan and deliver concerts as well as collaborative projects, recordings, and broadcasts for audiences in and around Manchester, as well as on BBC Radio {…}
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera Review 2024: Carmen

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(Photo: © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photography by Richard Hubert Smith) “Carmen” is unquestionably one of the most popular works ever composed and has become an almost permanent fixture in the repertoire of opera houses. However, this presents something of a dilemma for those creative artists and directors who desire to produce the opera in a more contemporary setting and feel {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau, Lise Davidsen, René Pape & Rachel Willis-Sørensen Lead Staatsoper Unter Den Linden’s 2024-25 Season

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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Luca Salsi and Anna Netrebko team up for Verdi’s “Nabucco.” Ivan Magrì, Marina Prudenskaya, and René Pape join them. Anastasia Bartoli also performs. Bertrand de Billy conducts the new production by Emma Dante. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-26, 2024 Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” receives a new production featuring multiple casts. {…}
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Angel Blue, Latonia Moore, Jamie Barton, Corinne Winters & Christopher Maltman Lead BBC Proms’ 2024 Season

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Elim Chan conducts the First Night at Proms with soloists Sophie Bevan and Isata Kanneh‐Mason. The program includes Handel, Ben Nobuto, Beethoven Bruckner, and Clara Schumann. Performance Date: July 19, 2024 British choral groups The King’s Singers and VOCES8 present a Prom that showcases {…}
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Residentie Orkest Names New Chief Conductor

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The Residentie Orkest has named German-Japanese conductor Jun Märkl its new chief conductor starting the 2025-26 season. He will succeed Anja Bihlmaier. Märkl is a sought-after guest conductor and, since the summer of 2021 has been the permanent guest conductor for the orchestra. He will be associated with the orchestra as chief conductor for a minimum of four seasons. The {…}
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Aigul Akhmetshina, Danielle de Niese & Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Lead Glyndebourne Festival’s 2024 Season

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The 2024 Glyndebourne Festival has been announced celebrating its 90th season. The season will open with a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen,” directed by Diane Paulus in her Glyndebourne directorial debut. Music Director Robin Ticciati and conductor Anja Bihlmaier will share conducting duties with two casts. The first cast will include mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb in the role of Carmen and {…}
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Bryan Register, Anush Hovhannisyan & Emily D’Angelo Lead Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España’s 2023-24 Season

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The Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the vocal performances. David Afkham opens the season with Rachmaninoff and Elgar. Soloists include Frank Peter Zimmermann, Anush Hovhannisyan, Pavel Petrov, and Anatoli Sivko. Performance Dates: Sept. 22-24, 2023 Juanjo Mena conducts Brindley Sherratt in a program of music by Mussorgsky, Inés Badalo, and Tchaikovsky. Performance {…}
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Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Julia Kleiter & Sabina Puértolas Orquesta & Coro Nacionales de España’s 2022-23 Season

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The Orquesta and Coro Nacionales de España have announced their 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. The season opens with György Ligeti’s Requiem and Richard Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie conducted by David Afkham with soloists Jenny Daviet and Barbara Kozelj. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-25, 2022 György Ligeti’s Atmosphères and Antonín Dvořák’s Te Deum and {…}

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