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Central City Opera 2024 Review: La Fanciulla del West

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(Photo credit: Amanda Tipton) Central City Opera (CCO) resurges in 2023-24, the institution entering the Colorado Music Hall of Fame, installing Alison Moritz as Artistic Director and bouncing back from a turbulent 2023 marked by labor strife, now buoyed by the new leadership of CEO Scott Finlay. With a reinforced endowment, CCO’s ambitious 2024 summer festival season programmed Gilbert and {…}

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Sara LeMesh, Karen Chia-Ling Ho & Zach Borichevsky Lead Florentine Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Florentine Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Karen Chia-Ling Ho leads Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly“ with Adam Diegel, Kristen Choi, and Grant Youngblood. Francesco Milioto conducts the production by Mo Zhou. Performance Dates: Oct. 18 & 20, 2024 Handel’s “Acis & Galatea” will star Sara LeMesh, Patrick Bessenbacher, Matt Boehler, and Jerek Fernández. Francesco Milioto conducts the production by E. {…}

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Pacific Opera Victoria Announces 2024-25 Season

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Canada’s Pacific Opera Victoria has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” which will star Canadian Andrew Haji, and Jennifer Tarver. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-22, 2024 Rachel Portman’s “The Little Prince” will showcase Emma Parkinson, Ben Butterfield, and Melody Courage. The show will feature a partnership, with Principal Conductor and Chorus Master, Giuseppe Pietraoria {…}

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Wilmington Concert Opera Unveils 2024 Season

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Wilmington Concert Opera has announced its 2024 season “Voices of Home.” It all kicks off with the virtual recital “Norwegian Fairytales” featuring soprano Claire Galloway and pianist John Henderson. Streaming Date: January 2024 Then comes “Sounds Like Pearls,” another virtual recital in honor of Black History Month. Soprano Jade Dashá and pianist Mark Bilyeu perform. Streaming Date: February 2024 Then {…}

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OperaDelaware Unveils 2023-24 Season

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OperaDelaware has unveiled its 2023-24 season. First up is Verdi’s “Rigoletto” in a production starring Grant Youngblood, Rachel Blaustein, Dane Suarez, Young Bok Kim, Megan Marino, and Joseph Lodato, among others. Kristen Barrett directs and Viswa Subbaraman conducts the production. There will be a microgala prior the opening performance to give audiences a chance to meet the artists of the {…}

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Virginia Opera Announces 2022-23 Season

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The Virginia Opera has announced its 2022-23 season celebrating its 48th year of producing opera. Performances will take place at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk, Virginia, the Carpenter Theatre at the Dominion Energy Center in Richmond, Virginia, and at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Orchestras for the planned productions will include both {…}

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Celebrating Native American Music in Montana – Intermountain Opera Bozeman’s Interim Artistic Director Michael Sakir & Soprano Kirsten Kunkle on ‘Circle of Resilience’

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(Photos: Gillian Riesen; Intermountain Opera Bozeman; Jason Dick) Montana, where Grizzly Bear wade in chilly rivers fed by snowmelt from mountaintops and gobble up Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout. Fly-fishers do much the same but with gentle whips of line. It’s “The Treasure State,” whose motto is “Oro y Plata (Gold and Silver).” The treasure nowadays is the grandeur of the Rocky {…}

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Zachary James, Vanessa Becerra & Troy Cook Headline Virginia Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Virginia Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring four operas. Here is a look at the season. Adam Turner conducts Verdi’s “Rigoletto“ with Stephanie Havey directing. The cast will include Grant Youngblood in the title role, Alisa Jordheim as Gilda, Matthew Vickers as The Duke of Mantua, Joseph Barron as Sparafucile, and Leah Heater as Maddalena. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}