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IndieOpera

Cameron Shahbazi & Mahdieh Mohammadkhani to Perform at UCLA

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Farhang Foundation’s Iranian New Year Celebration in Los Angeles will star countertenor Cameron Shahbazi and  Mahdieh Mohammadkhani. This concert will feature traditional Iranian classical music with modern, global influences. This concert marks Shahbazi’s Southern California stage debut and Mohammadkhani’s first US appearance in over a decade. Together they are joined by Iranshahr Orchestra, an ensemble dedicated to promoting and preserving {…}

Business, News

Cameron Shahbazi Joins Ibermusica Artists

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(Credit: Aleksandra Modrzejewska) Cameron Shahbazi has joined Ibermusica Artists for representation in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. He will be represented by Aleix Palau and Èlia Tell. ‘This season he makes his house debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona as Tolomeo in “Giulio Cesare” and his Vancouver Opera debut in Jonathan Dove’s “Flight.” He is also set to perform {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Cameron Shabazi, Julie Fuchs, Kenneth Overton, Hugh Cutting & Veronique Gens 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. Check the latest solo releases, including a digital concert from a leading countertenor and a world premiere recording of a modern-day requiem. Warsaw Sessions Award-winning Iranian-Canadian countertenor Cameron Shahbazi releases his latest digital concert project, Warsaw Sessions, created in collaboration with pianist Sophia {…}

News, Season Announcement

Beijing Music Festival Announces 2026 Edition

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The Beijing Music Festival (BMF) has announced the programming for it 29th edition, taking place Oct. 9–20, 2026. This year’s festival will be themed “Beijing Cappella,” bringing together internationally renowned orchestras, conductors and soloists alongside leading Chinese artists and emerging musicians. In a statement, Shuang Zou, Artistic Director of the Beijing Music Festival said, “The idea of ‘Beijing Cappella’ reflects both the {…}

News, Season Announcement

Elīna Garanča, Catriona Morison, Julie Fuchs, Emöke Baráth, Teresa Iervolino Lead Palau de la Musica Valencia’s 2026-27 Season

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The Palau de la Musica Valencia has announced its 2026-27 season. Catriona Morison and Adam Fischer perform Mahler’s symphony No. 3. Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2026 Emöke Baráth, Teresa Iervolino, Cameron Shahbazi, Jorge Navarro-Colorado, and Benjamin Appl will perform a Bach program of Cantatas with Rinaldo Alessandrini conducting. Performance Date: Nov. 6, 2026 Elīna Garanča and Michael Weinius perform excerpts from {…}

News

Adriana González, Isabel Leonard, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Sabine Devieilhe to Headline LIFE Victoria Cicle de Lied Victoria de los Ángeles’s 2026-27 Season

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The LIFE Victoria Cicle de Lied Victoria de los Ángeles has announced its 2026-27 season, titled “L’exili” (Exile), dedicated to the memory of soprano Felicity Lott and commemorating the 150th anniversary of the births of Manuel de Falla and Pau Casals. Soprano Adriana González and conductor and composer Pedro Pardo serve as artists in residence, with visual artist Javier Pérez {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Deutsche Oper Berlin 2025-26: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17

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(Photo: Nancy Jesse) Few works have suffered more persistently from the legacy of Orientalist fantasy than Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto.” Ever since Columbia University academic Edward Said published “Orientalism” in 1978, the intellectual foundations underpinning Europe’s imaginative construction of “the East” have been subjected to relentless and often persuasive scrutiny. Said demonstrated that Orientalism was never merely an artistic {…}

News

CAP UCLA Announces ‘Far Away, Here’ Initiative

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The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP UCLA) has announced the launch of “Far Away, Here,” a new multi-year international opera initiative that will debut during the 2026-27 season. According to CAP UCLA, “Far Away, Here” will focus on presenting U.S. premieres of contemporary opera works by creators from Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The initiative will {…}

News, Season Announcement

Anna Netrebko, Lise Davidsen, Asmik Grigorian, Lisette Oropesa, Sondra Radvanovsky, Nicholas Brownlee, Freddie De Tommaso, Ermonela Jaho, Jack Swanson, Sara Blanch & Serena Sáenz Lead Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2026-27 Season

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2026-27 season. Shirin Neshat directs Verdi’s “Aida” with four sopranos taking on the title role. Anna Netrebko, Anna Pirozzi, Olga Maslova, and Ewa Plonka star alongside Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ksenia Dudnikova, Fiorenza Cedolins, Yusif Eyvazov, Piotr Beczała, Arsen Soghomonyan, Artur Ruciński, Igor Golovatenko, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Riccardo Fassi, George Andguladze, Manuel Fuentes, Alexander Köpeczi, {…}