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Simon O’Neill & Anja Kampe Lead San Francisco Opera’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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San Francisco Opera is set to present Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” The opera is set to be presented between Oct. 19 and Nov. 5 for five performances under the baton of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim. Paul Curran makes his company debut directing a cast that will be led by Wagnerian interpreters Simon O’Neill and Anja {…}

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Karen Slack, Aigul Akhmetshina, Anja Kampe & Luciano Pavarotti 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 get to hear two high anticipated album debuts by two celebrated performers. There are also reissues and the completion of an acclaimed Ring Cycle. O Sole Mio – Reissue Decca Classics reissues Luciano Pavarotti’s classic album.  The album showcases {…}

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Saioa Hernández, Anja Kampe, Pumeza Matshikiza 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 there will be two choices of Ring Cycles and a debut album by one of the greatest opera singers in the world. Carlos Simon: Songs of Separation The National Symphony Orchestra led by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda releases “Songs of Separation,” {…}

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Michael Fabiano, Anja Kampe, Irene Roberts, Eve Maud Hubeaux, Matthew Polenzani Headline San Francisco Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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San Francisco Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with the “Opera Ball.” Performance Dates: Sept. 6, 2024 The first opera production is “Un Ballo in Maschera” starring Michael Fabiano, Lianna Haroutounian, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Judit Kutasi, and Meigui Zhang. Eun Sun Kim conducts a production directed by Leo Muscato. Performance Dates: Sept. 6-27, 2024 There will also be an “Opera {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Kampe, Brigitte Geller, Sandrine Piau Headline Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy 2022

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The Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy has announced its sixth annual festival for 2022. The theme for this year is “Vienna – Beethoven Delayed 2022.” For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on the vocal and operatic performances. René Jacobs leads the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Rias Kammerchor Berlin in a performance of Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis.” The {…}

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Ricarda Merbeth Replaces Anja Kampe in Wiener Staatsoper’s ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’

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(Credit: Mirko Joerg Kellner) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that soprano Anja Kampe will not be appearing in the role of Senta in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” for the Nov. 17, 2021 performance. As a result, soprano Ricarda Merbeth will take over the role. Merbeth is a well-known dramatic soprano who has performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, {…}

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Nuria Rial, Anja Kampe & Nancy Fabiola Herrera Lead Palau de la Música de Valencia’s 2021-22 Season

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Spain’s Palau de la Música de Valencia has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. The Teatro Principal will present Nuria Rial and Martin Mitterrutzner in a program of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and J. Strauss. Alexander Liebreich conducts. Performance Date: Dec. 22, 2021 Anja Kampe, Norbert Ernst and Ain Anger perform {…}

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Anja Kampe, Marcelo Álvarez, Michael Volle & Evelin Novak Lead Staatsoper Berlin’s Summer Festival

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(Credit: Staatsoper Berlin official website / Marcus Ebener) Staatsoper unter der Linden has announced that it will end the 2020-21 season with a festival set to take place from June 13 until July 3, 2021. Puccini‘s opera “La fanciulla del West” will open the festival with the premiere scheduled for June 13. The showcase is set to star Anja Kampe {…}

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Jaap van Zweden, Anja Kampe & Georg Zeppenfeld Lead ‘Fidelio’ Broadcast

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(Credits: Simon van Boxtel / Sasha Vasiljev / Berliner Festspiele official website) Conductor Jaap van Zweden will return to the Royal Concertgebouw in the famed NTR Saturday series to conduct Beethoven’s only opera “Fidelio.” Van Zweden, who turns 60 on Dec. 12, will lead the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Dutch Radio Choir in the presentation of Beethoven’s operatic {…}