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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende, Marina Rebeka Headline Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s 2025-26 Season

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The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Productions  Jakob Lehmann conducts Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust” in a production by Silvia Costa. Benjamin Bernheim, Viktoria Karkacheva, Christian Van Horn, and Thomas Dolié star. Performance Dates: Nov. 3-15, 2025 Offenbach’s “Robinson Crusoé” will be conducted by Marc Minkowski and directed by Laurent Pelly. Lawrence Brownlee, Julie Fuchs, Laurent {…}
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Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition Announces 2024 Winners

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The Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal competition has announced the 2024 winners. The Marcello Giordani prize of $5,000 was awarded to tenor Michael Butler while the Dmitri Hvorostovsky prize of $5,000 was given to baritone Darren Drone. The Athena Music Foundation prize of $5,000 was taken by tenor Ben Reisinger while soprano Dalia Medovnikov won the Renata Scotto Prize of $5,000. {…}
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Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024 Review: Pelléas et Mélisande

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(Photo credit: Jean-Louis Fernandez) Eight years ago, Katie Mitchell’s staging of “Pelléas et Mélisande” was opera-lovers’ favorite summer topic. Echoes of its greatness could be heard in the wintery Brazilian July, and in the fall, when I was in Scotland, people still commented how great—or heterodox—it was. Its return to Aix’s stage reminds us of its scenic beauty and proves {…}
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Karine Deshayes, Jacquelyn Wagner, Matthias Goerne & Patricia Petibon Lead Opéra National de Bordeaux ‘s 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra National de Bordeaux has announced its 2024-25 Season. Opera The season opens with “Le Pavillon aux pivoines” with Guo Xaionan directing. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-19, 2024 “Il Cappello di paglia di Firenze” will be conducted by Salvatore Caputo and directed by Julien Duval. Performance Dates: Nov. 7-9, 2024 Lucie Leguay conducts “Les sentinelles” with Chloé Lechat directing. The {…}
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Julia Bullock Withdraws from Festival d’Aix En Provence’s ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’

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The Festival d’Aix en Provence has announced a cast change for its production of “Pelléas et Mélisande.” The company said that due to personal reasons, Julia Bullock will not be able to come to Aix this summer. Chiara Skerath will take over the role of Melisande. Bullock took to social media and said, “It’s with some sadness to share that {…}
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Ermonela Jaho, Julia Bullock, Huw Montague Rendall, Corinne Winters, Marina Rebeka Headline Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024

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The Festival d’Aix-en-Provence has announced its 2024 slate. Here is a rundown of the vocal and operatic works on offer. First up is “Iphigénie en Aulide” and Iphigénie en Tauride,” presented as a double bill. The Gluck operas will feature Corinne Winters in the title role of both works. In “Aulide,” she is joined by Russell Braun, Véronique Gens, Alasdair {…}
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L’Orchestre de l’Agora Announces 2023-24 Season

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Canadian company L’Orchestre de l’Agora has unveiled its 10th season. Here is a look at the vocal performances on offer. First up is “L’Incoronazione di Poppea.” Nicolas Ellis conducts a cast starring Ilanna Starr, Emma Fekete, Ian Sabourin, Sophie Naubert, Rachèle Tremblay, and Chelsea Kolic, among others. Aria Umezawa directs. Performance Dates: Nov. 18 & 19, 2023 Next up is {…}
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Opéra de Montréal Presents ‘Emily’ With Atelier lyrique

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Members of Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal will present Christopher Allen and Johnathan McCullough’s new concert titled “Emily.” Allen and McCullough put together a theatrical production of Aaron Copland and Ricky Ian Gordon’s music set to poems by Emily Dickinson. Atelier lyrique’s sopranos Karoline Podolak, Lucie St-Martin, and Emma Fekete, mezzo-soprano Martina Myskohlid, and tenor Angelo Moretti take the stage {…}

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