Laura Wilde Headlines Live Stream of Malmö Opera’s ‘Salome’

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Malmö Opera is set to live stream “Salome” on March 9, 2025. The showcase will star Laura Wilde in the title role alongside Lars Cleveman as Herod, Karin Lovelius as Herodias, and Kostas Smoriginas as Jochanaan. Other cast members include Conny Thimander, Mathilda Bryngelsson, Carl Rahmqvist, Tor Lind, Rickard Söderberg, Fredrik Hagerberg, Joel Kyhle, Magnus Lindegård, Darko Neshovski, Caspar Engdahl, {…}

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Malmö Opera Unveils 2024-25 Season

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Malmö Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Verdi’s “Giovanna d’Arco” will be conducted by Daniela Musca and directed by Philipp M. Krenn. The cast will include Ania Jeruc, Magnus Tödenes, Fredrik Zetterström, Gustavo Johansson, and Tor Lind. Performance Dates: Oct. 12 – Nov. 24, 2024 There will be a run of performances of the children’s opera “Snösystern.” Performance Dates: Nov. 16, 2024 {…}

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Opera Vlaanderen Announces 2024-25 Season

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Opera Vlaanderen has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the season. Opera Elena Guseva and Ana Naqe Star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” alongside Łukasz Załęski and Vincenzo Neri. Daniela Candillari conducts the production by Mariano Pensotti. Performance Dates: Sept. 8-Oct. 16, 2024 Gluck’s “Iphigénie en Tauride” is set to star Michèle Losier, Kartal Karagedik, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Wolfgang Stefan {…}

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Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: Carmen

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(Credit: Camilla Greenwell) At the very opening of Damiano Michieletto’s new production of “Carmen,” I was struck by a very vivid sense of déjà vu! Before the curtain rises, a very sombre, spectral lady enters the stage, dressed in black with lace mantilla. For a brief instant, I thought I was back, four days PREVIOUSLY in the same house, where {…}

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Aigul Akhmentshina Headlines the Royal Opera House’s ‘Carmen’ in Cinemas

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The Royal Opera House is set to present Bizet’s “Carmen” in cinemas on May 1, 2024. The company will showcase the new production by Damiano Michieletto and will star Aigul Akhmentshina in the title role. She will be joined by Piotr Beczala as Don José, Kostas Smoriginas as Escamillo, and Olga Kulchynska as Micaëla. The cast will be rounded out by Blaise {…}

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Barno Ismatullaeva, Jacquelyn Wagner, Pumeza Matshikiza, Mario Rojas & Daniel Luis de Vicente Lead Staatsoper Hannover’s 2024-25 Season

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The Staatsoper Hannover has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Philip Glass’s “Satyagraha” will be conducted by Masaru Kumakura and directed by Daniel Kramer. The production will star Shanul Sharma, Meredith Wohlgemuth, Ketevan Chuntishvili, Beatriz Miranda, Lluís Calvet i Pey, Markus Suihkonen, Ruzana Grigorian, Darwin Prakash, and Markus Suihkonen. Performance Dates: Sept. 6-Oct. 31, 2024 Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” will receive a new {…}

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Brandon Jovanovich, Elena Stikhina, Anna Bonitatibus & Christian Gerhaher Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2024-25 Season

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Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Samuel Penderbayne’s “Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig” will be conducted by Thomas Barthel and Ann-Katrin Stöcker. Claudia Blersch directs the production which will star Liliana Nikiteanu, Sylwia Salamonska, Irène Friedli, Philipp Mayer, Stanislav Vorobyov, Valeriy Murga, Gary Martin, Martin Zysset, Carl Hieger, Christian Sturm, Indyana Schneider, Céline Akçağ, Sylwia Salamonska, and Rebeca {…}

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Aigul Akhmetshina & Vasilisa Berzhanskaya Lead Royal Opera House’s New ‘Carmen’

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The Royal Opera House is set to perform a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” directed by Damiano Michieletto. The opera will be performed between April 5 and May 31, 2024 and will be broadcast on May 1, 2024 in the cinema theatres of over 50 countries. Micheieletto has directed three other productions at the Royal Opera House including “Guillaume Tell {…}

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Royal Opera House to Screen ‘Das Rheingold’ in Cinemas

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(© 2023 ROH Photo by Monika Rittershaus) The Royal Opera House is set to present Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” in cinemas in a new production by Barrie Kosky. The opera will be broadcast live from Covent Garden to approximately 800 cinemas in 18 countries on Sept. 20. Antonio Pappano conducts an all-star cast that includes Christopher Maltman, Christopher Purves, Sean Panikkar, {…}

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Laura Wilde Headlines Live Stream of Malmö Opera’s ‘Salome’

Malmö Opera Unveils 2024-25 Season

Opera Vlaanderen Announces 2024-25 Season

Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: Carmen

Aigul Akhmentshina Headlines the Royal Opera House’s ‘Carmen’ in Cinemas

Barno Ismatullaeva, Jacquelyn Wagner, Pumeza Matshikiza, Mario Rojas & Daniel Luis de Vicente Lead Staatsoper Hannover’s 2024-25 Season

Brandon Jovanovich, Elena Stikhina, Anna Bonitatibus & Christian Gerhaher Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2024-25 Season

Aigul Akhmetshina & Vasilisa Berzhanskaya Lead Royal Opera House’s New ‘Carmen’

Royal Opera House to Screen ‘Das Rheingold’ in Cinemas