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Opera Philadelphia Extends Anthony Roth Costanzo & Corrado Rovaris’ Contracts

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Opera Philadelphia‘s Board of Directors has unanimously approved contract extensions for Anthony Roth Costanzo, General Director and President, and Corrado Rovaris, the Judy & Peter Leone Music Director. With these extensions, Costanzo and Rovaris are now under contract through May 31, 2029. Costanzo’s initial three-year term began June 1, 2024, and was originally set to conclude in 2027, the same {…}
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Opera Philadelphia To Celebrate Corrado Rovaris ‘s 20th Anniversary

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Opera Philadelphia is set to pay tribute to Jack Mulroney Music Director Corrado Rovaris next season. The conductor will celebrate his 20th anniversary with the company since making his house debut in 1999. The company will shine a spotlight on all the Music Director and all he has accomplished over the past two decades, showcasing his leadership in three contrasting {…}
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Macerata Opera Festival Announces 2027 Season

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The Macerata Opera Festival has announced its 2027 season celebrating its 63rd edition. The new season will present three productions from July 17 to August 8, 2027. Puccini’s “Tosca” is set to be presented in a new production with Tomer Zvulun directing and Ramón Tebar conducting. The following production will be a revival of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” in a production by Damiano {…}
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Anthony Roth Costanzo Announces Debut Book ‘Countertenor’

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Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo will publish his debut book, “Countertenor,” with Farrar, Straus and Giroux on Oct. 27, 2026. The book combines the artist’s memoir, queer history, and cultural criticism, tracing the early evolution of opera and the history of the castrati through the science of the human voice, the modern history of countertenors, and the role of falsetto in {…}
News, Season Announcement

Lise Davidsen, Angel Blue, Lisette Oropesa, Cecilia Bartoli, Charles Castronovo, David Butt Philip, Eleonora Buratto, Thomas Hampson & Camilla Nylund Lead Palau de les Arts’ 2026-27 Season

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The Palau de les Arts has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera “Estètica i massacre” will star Maria Patak, Carlos Varela, Pablo Meléndez, Álvaro Rodríguez, Claudia López, and Jorge Bosch. Carles Prat conducts the production by Oriol Pla. Performance Dates: Sept. 17 & 18, 2026 Vasilisa Berzhanskaya stars in Bizet’s “Carmen” with Charles Castronovo, Ruth Iniesta, and Davide Luciano. Michele Spotti conducts {…}
News, Season Announcement

Lawrence Brownlee, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Lauren Snouffer, Mikaela Bennett, Tiffany Townsend & Jonathan Burton Lead Opera Philadelphia’s 2026-27 Season

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Opera Philadelphia has announced its 2026-27 season. Emma Griffin directs the company premiere of Mozart’s “Mitridate, re di Ponto” starring Lawrence Brownlee in the title role, Anthony Roth Costanzo as Farnace, Lauren Snouffer as Aspasia, Meredith Wohlgemuth as Sifare, Nola Richardson as Ismene, Sarah Coit as Arbate, and Minghao Liu as Marzio. Corrado Rovaris conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 9 – {…}
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Anastasia Bartoli, Günther Groissböck, Carlo Vistoli Max Emanuel Cencic, Ambur Braid, Vera-Lotte Boecker & Julia Lezhneva Lead Theater an der Wien’s 2026-27 Season

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2026-27 season. Christina Pluhar conducts Cavalli’s “La Calisto” with Stefan Herheim directing. Vera-Lotte Boecker, Milan Siljanov, Luciana Mancini, Arnaud Gluck, Giuseppina Bridelli, Marcel Beekman, Renato Dolcini, Jake Arditti, Juan Sancho, and João Fernandes star. Performance Dates: Sept. 6-28, 2026 Luciana Mancini, Eszter Vörös, and Éva Gárdos perform Corazon Abierto featuring Tangos. Performance Date: {…}
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Opera Philadelphia & Temple University Announce Major Partnership

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(Credit: Ray Bailey) Opera Philadelphia and Temple University have announced a new partnership that will encompass new opera recordings, student entrepreneurship opportunities, and expanded educational programming. Through the collaboration, Temple’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, the home to BCM&D Records and its five Grammy nominations, will produce and release recordings of new operas that receive world premieres in Philadelphia. {…}
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Q & A: Gregory Spears on ‘Fellow Travelers’ & His Upcoming Opera ‘Sleepers Awake’

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Composer Gregory Spears is in the middle of celebrating his breakthrough opera “Fellow Travelers,” which premiered 10 years ago. The opera, which is based on the Thomas Mallon novel set in Washington D.C., during the McCarthy era of the 1950s and focuses on the “lavender scare,” a witch hunt and mass firings of gay people from the United States government, {…}

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