Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Extends Principal Conductor Daniela Candillari’s Contract

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The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced that it will extend Principal Conductor Daniela Candillari’s contract. The conductor will remain with the company through September 2028. Candillari made her OTSL debut in 2021 conducting the “New Works, Bold Voices Lab” and began her tenure as OTSL’s Principal Conductor in 2022. In a statement, the conductor said, “Since joining OTSL as {…}

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Daniela Candillari Appointed Principal Opera Conductor of Music Academy of the West’s Summer Festival

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(Credit: Damjan Švarc) The Music Academy of the West has announced the appointment of Daniela Candillari as the new Principal Opera Conductor of the Summer Festival. Candillari has already engaged with the company by conducting the west coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s “Cold Mountain,” and led several works on a program of all contemporary vocal chamber music in 2021. In {…}

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Q & A: Conductor Daniela Candillari Discusses Her Met Debut Conducting ‘Eurydice’ and Her Approach to Score Study

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(Photo credit: Damjan Svarc) Conductor Daniela Candillari makes her Met Opera podium debut on Wednesday, December 8th, pacing Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl’s ‘Eurydice.’ OperaWire connects with Candillari to discuss her creative process leading up to ‘Eurydice’ and how she constructs her perspective. OperaWire: What moments in Aucoin’s work do you enjoy most and how do they resonate with you? Daniela {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Conductor Daniela Candillari on the Importance of ‘The Mother of Us All’

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(photo credit: Damjan Švarc) Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein’s opera “The Mother of Us All” recently made a historical debut at The Met Museum in honor of Susan B. Anthony’s life and women’s suffrage movement. The production celebrates a unique collaboration between the NY Philharmonic, Juilliard, and The Met, which features some of today’s visionary young artists working in opera. {…}

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Russell Thomas, Iestyn Davies, Kseniia Proshina, Quinn Kelsey & Karen Cargill Lead Canadian Opera Company’s 2025-26 Season

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The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2025-26 season. The company opens its new season with Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” starring Bekhzod Davronov and Kseniia Proshina. The cast also includes Robert Pomakov, Gordon Bintner, Korin-Thomas Smith, Owen McCausland, Alex Halliday, and Alex Hetherington. Yves Abel conducts Amy Lane’s production. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 18, 2025 Robert Carsen’s production of Gluck’s {…}

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New Orleans Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Samson and Delilah’

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The New Orleans Opera has announced a cast change for its Nov. 10 performance of “Samson and Delilah.” The company said, “We regret that Limmie Pulliam will be unable to perform today. However, we are THRILLED to announce that international tenor (and veteran Samson) Carl Tanner will be jumping in for what will be his New Orleans Opera debut!” Tanner {…}

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Trinity Church to Perform Gabriel Kahane’s ’emergency intake shelter form’

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Trinity Church will present the New York premiere of Gabriel Kahane’s oratorio “emergency shelter intake” form on Oct. 24, 2024. The piece was scored for a large orchestra, a soprano soloist, and a trio of soloists. The work explores the various aspects of America’s housing crisis and addresses eviction, the practical difficulties of being unhoused, the frustratingly bureaucratic process of {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: Julius Caesar

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(Photo: Eric Woolsey) For their 2024 mainstage summer festival season, Opera Theatre Saint Louis (OTSL) paired two fixtures in top-ten performance frequency, “The Barber of Seville” and “La Bohème,” with two exciting, less offered menu items. Philip Glass’s “Galileo Galilei” (2002) received just its fourth staging anywhere, while George Frideric Händel’s operatic capolavoro, “Julius Caesar” (“Giulio Cesare in Egitto,” 1724) {…}

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Music Critics Association of North America Announces 2024 Best New Opera

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The Music Critics Association of North America has announced that “10 Days in a Madhouse” was named the Best New Opera for 2024. The opera was composed by Rene Orth and features a libretto by Hannah Moscovitch. The work was commissioned by Opera Philadelphia and Tapestry Opera and was world premiered in 2023 as part of Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O23. {…}

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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Extends Principal Conductor Daniela Candillari’s Contract

Daniela Candillari Appointed Principal Opera Conductor of Music Academy of the West’s Summer Festival

Q & A: Conductor Daniela Candillari Discusses Her Met Debut Conducting ‘Eurydice’ and Her Approach to Score Study

Q & A: Conductor Daniela Candillari on the Importance of ‘The Mother of Us All’

Russell Thomas, Iestyn Davies, Kseniia Proshina, Quinn Kelsey & Karen Cargill Lead Canadian Opera Company’s 2025-26 Season

New Orleans Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Samson and Delilah’

Trinity Church to Perform Gabriel Kahane’s ’emergency intake shelter form’

Opera Theatre Saint Louis 2024 Review: Julius Caesar

Music Critics Association of North America Announces 2024 Best New Opera