Emily Edmonds & Karen Cargill Headline VOPERA’s ‘L’Enfant et les Sortilèges’

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VOPERA: The Virtual Opera has announced that it will present Maurice Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les Sortilèges” on Nov. 16, 2020. The performance will feature the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Lee Renolds. The opera will star Emily Edmonds in the title role alongside Karen Cargill as Maman and Michael Sumuel as Un Arbre. Other cast members include Marcus {…}

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Tenor Nathan Bryon Wins 2023 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award

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Tenor Nathan Bryon was awarded the 2023 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award. The award comes with a $25,000 in funding to support the development of Bryon’s career. The tenor has performed with such organizations as the Aspen Music Festival and is set to appear with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in “Gianni Schicchi” and Livermore Opera in “The Magic {…}

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Carriageworks to Present ‘earth.voice.body’

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Photo credit: Zan Wimberley “earth.voice.body” will be presented by Carriageworks from Sept. 28 – Oct. 7. The triple bill of new solo works by resident company Sydney Chamber Opera features a new Australian work, a radical interpretation of a 20th century classic, and a major work by a leading 21st century international composer. The program is reflects the major musical {…}

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Carriageworks to Present Sydney Chamber Opera’s ‘Awakening Shadow’

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Carriageworks is set to present the Australian premiere of “Awakening Shadow” starting on Sept. 30, 2022. The opera, by the Sydney Chamber Opera, features Britten’s five “Canticles” in combination with music by composer Luke Styles. The Sydney Chamber Opera has been a major proponent of Britten’s work and this latest production continues with that project. “For almost a decade, SCO {…}

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Ailyn Pérez, J’Nai Bridges, Juan Diego Flórez, Marina Rebeka, Isabel Leonard Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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If you’re looking for some classic operas, this week has quite a few of them in store. If new operas are more your thing, then get ready for a couple of world premieres. But if all you want is some concerts featuring operatic superstars, then you can be content with some of the offerings this week as well. So without {…}

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Melba Opera Trust to Celebrate 160th Birthday of Iconic Diva

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The Melba Opera Trust, in association with Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, will offer “Her Legacy in Concert,” to celebrate 160 years of the birth of Australian artist Dame Nellie Melba, next May 19 at 7 p.m. The concert will be broadcast live from the Athenaeum in Melbourne, Australia, and will be hosted by Mairi Nicolson of The Opera Show on {…}

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Marina Rebeka, Michael Fabiano, Sonya Yoncheva, Deborah Nansteel, Aleksandra Kurzak Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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There’s no doubt that it hasn’t been an easy week in the opera world. With COVID-19 continuing to spread across the world at alarming rates, companies across Europe have entered a second lockdown, ending what many hoped would be a continuation of performances throughout the 2020-21 season. But it has not quite worked out that way. As such, online broadcasts {…}

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‘Denis & Katya’ Set for European Premiere This February / March

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(Credit: Dominic M. Mercier for Opera Philadelphia) Philip Venables and Ted Huffman’s “Denis & Katya” is set to have it European premiere on Feb. 27, 2020 and will tour all throughout the United Kingdom until March 27, 2020. The series of performances kick off in Newport Wales where the work will have its UK Premiere, followed by performances in Mold {…}

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Opera Philadelphia To Open 2019 Festival With ‘Denis & Katya’

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O19, the third edition of Opera Philadelphia’s annual season-opening festival, is set to launch on Sept. 18 with the world premiere of “Denis & Katya” at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. The new work, which was a nominee for the Fedora Generali Prize for Opera, is a chamber opera by composer Philip Venables and librettist-director Ted Huffman, the duo behind the {…}

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Emily Edmonds & Karen Cargill Headline VOPERA’s ‘L’Enfant et les Sortilèges’

Tenor Nathan Bryon Wins 2023 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award

Carriageworks to Present ‘earth.voice.body’

Carriageworks to Present Sydney Chamber Opera’s ‘Awakening Shadow’

Ailyn Pérez, J’Nai Bridges, Juan Diego Flórez, Marina Rebeka, Isabel Leonard Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

Melba Opera Trust to Celebrate 160th Birthday of Iconic Diva

Marina Rebeka, Michael Fabiano, Sonya Yoncheva, Deborah Nansteel, Aleksandra Kurzak Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

‘Denis & Katya’ Set for European Premiere This February / March

Opera Philadelphia To Open 2019 Festival With ‘Denis & Katya’