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Glyndebourne Festival Opera Review 2025: Parsifal

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(Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) A new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal” is always a big deal, given the imaginative and actual scale of the work and the special aura that surrounds it – a triumph of Bayreuth marketing, truly, to try and restrict its performances for so many years. But this new staging at Glyndebourne Festival Opera signals the first time {…}
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Opernhaus Zürich 2024-25 Review: Agrippina

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(Foto: Monika Rittershaus / Courtesy of Opernhaus Zürich) George Frideric Händel composed “Agrippina” during his Italian tour, a work that marked a pivotal moment in his career. It solidified his grasp of Italian opera, represented his first genuine operatic triumph, and remains the earliest of his operas for which the complete score has survived intact. The libretto, written by Cardinal {…}
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Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa, Anastasia Bartoli, Xavier Sabata, Kathrin Zukowski & Seth Carico Lead Oper Köln’s 2024-25 Season

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Oper Köln has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Marc Minkowski conducts Haydn’s “The Creation” in a production by Melly Still. The production will star Kathrin Zukowski, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Alex Rosen, Giulia Montanari, and André Morsch. Performance Dates: Oct. 5-20, 2024 Allison Oakes stars in Strauss’ “Elektra” alongside Lioba Braun, KS Dalia Schaechter, Astrid Kessler, Martin Koch, Karl-Heinz Lehner, and Insik {…}
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Bregenz Festival Announces ‘Tancredi’ for 2024 Season

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Austria’s Bregenz Festival has announced its plans to present Rossini’s “Tancredi” during the 2024 season. The festival said in a press conference that the opera will run for three performances in Bregenz, opening on July 18, 2024. The day before that the Bregenz Festival will open for its 78th season with the lake stage premiere of Carl Maria von Weber’s {…}
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Yolanda Auyanet, Jessica Muirhead & Daniel Johansson Lead Essen’s Aalto-Theater’s 2022-23 Season

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Essen’s Aalto-Theater has announced its 2022-23 season featuring five new productions. Premieres Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” will star Daniel Johansson, Karl-Heinz Lehner, Daniela Köhler, Deirdre Angenent, Heiko Trinsinger, and Albrecht Kludszuweit. Tomáš Netopil conducts the new production by Paul-Georg Dittrich. Georg Fritzsch also conducts with Corby Welch and Sebastian Pilgrim performing other shows. Performance Dates: Sept. 24, 2022-Jan. 7, 2023 Jessica Muirhead {…}
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Aurelia Florian, Maximilian Schmitt & Daeho Kim Lead Oper Graz’s 2021-22 Season

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Oper Graz in Austria has announced its 2021-22 season featuring a number of new productions and concerts. For the performances of this article, we will only focus on operatic and vocal performances. Opera Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino“ will receive a new production by Eva-Maria Höckmayr and will star Aurelia Florian, Mariusz Godlewski, Jordan Shanahan, Aldo Di Toro, Mareike Jankowski, {…}
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Theater Essen Announces 2021-22 Season Featuring Seth Carico, Hila Fahima & Jessica Muirhead

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The Theater Essen has announced its 2021-22 season. The season opens with “Rigoletto,” conducted by Tianyi Lu and directed by Frank Hilbirch. The opera will star Fabián Lara, Ivan Krutikov, and Tamara Banjesevic. Performance Date:  Sept. 12 – Nov. 1, 2021 Next up will be “La Finta Giardiniera” starring Richard Samek, Giulia Montanari, Dmitry Ivanchey, Sophia Brommer, Bettina Ranch, Christina {…}
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Staatstheater Braunschweig Announces 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: ©Volker Conradus) The Staatstheater Braunschweig has announced its 2021-22 season featuring concerts, operas, and musical theater. Here is a breakdown of the vocal and operatic performances. Srba Dinić conducts Antonín Dvořák’s “Rusalka” in a production by Dirk Schmeding. Premiere Date: Sept. 25, 2021 Jason Robert Brown’s “The Last Five Years” will be conducted by Johanna Motter and directed by {…}
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Seth Carico, Gaston Rivero & Jessica Muirhead Lead Theater Essen’s 2020-21 Season

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The Theater Essen in Germany has announced its 2020-21 season featuring six new productions. Premieres Tomáš Netopil conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser.” The new production by Paul-Georg Dittrich stars Daniel Johansson in the title role, Karl-Heinz Lehner, Daniela Köhler, Deirdre Angenent, Heiko Trinsinger, and Albrecht Kludszuweit. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Dec. 27, 2020 Jessica Muirhead sings the title role {…}

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