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Lianna Haroutounian Joins Intermusica for Management

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(Credit: Tatjana Dachsel) Armenian soprano Lianna Haroutounian has joined the Intermusica roster for worldwide general management (excluding Spain and Portugal). Haroutounian has established an international career for her compelling artistry and musicianship. She has performed at many of the leading opera houses in the world including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro San Carlo, San Francisco Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Lyric Opera of {…}

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Irina Lungu, Nicola Alaimo, Vittorio Grigolo, Arturo Chacón-Cruz & Lianna Haroutounian Lead Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Giampaolo Bisanti conducting a production by Thaddeus Strassberger. Irina Lungu, Dmitry Korchak, and Simone Piazzola star. Performance Dates: Sept. 13-24, 2024 Leoš Janáček’s “Kát’a Kabanová” will star Anush Hovhannisyan, Anton Rositskiy, Nino Surguladze, Sergei Skorokhodov, Jana Kurucová, Dmitry Cheblykov, {…}

Artist of the Week, Special Features

Artist of the Week: Lianna Haroutounian

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As the year winds down, the Teatro Verdi Salerno will open a production of Puccini’s “Turandot” to conclude the 2022 season. The production will include formidable interpreters of the work and will also feature a highly anticipated role debut. Lianna Haroutounian will make her role debut as Liu after singing many of the great Puccini heroines in the repertory. To {…}

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Lianna Haroutounian & Brian Jagde Headline San Francisco’s ‘Manon Lescaut’

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(Credit: Terrence McCarthy/San Francisc Opera) The San Francisco Opera is set to present Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.” The company will present a revival of director Olivier Tambosi’s production reuniting soprano Lianna Haroutounian and tenor Brian Jagde for role debuts in yet another Puccini opera, after their last appearance together in San Francisco Opera’s 2014 “Tosca.” The stars will be led by former San {…}

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Lianna Haroutounian, Jonathan Tetelman & Christopher Ainslie Highlight Malmö Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Malmö Opera in Southern Sweden has announced its plans for the 2019-20 season. Sebastian Fagerlund’s “Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata)” gets to open the new season. The conductor will be Patrick Rinborg and the promising cast will include Charlotte Hellekant, Erika Sunnegårdh, Fredrik Zetterström, Helena Juntunen and Nicholas Söderlund. “Höstsonaten” was originally created in 2017 at the National Finnish Opera and is {…}

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Ana Lucrecia García Replaces Lianna Haroutounian As Aida At the Teatro Real

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Soprano Lianna Haroutounian will no longer sing the role of “Aida” at the Teatro Real. The soprano, who was expected to perform the title role in the third cast of the production, has been replaced by Ana Lucrecia García. The Teatro Real gave no explanation for the change but it is the latest in a line of changes that have {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Lianna Haroutounian Set To Conquer Hamburg State Opera In Her House Debut As ‘Madama Butterfly’

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The title role in “Madama Butterfly” is one that many sopranos, both past and present, have made their own. Lianna Haroutounian is among the artists on that list and this week she reminds audiences why as she brings her acclaimed portrayal of Cio-Cio-San to the Hamburg State Opera in her house debut. The Armenian soprano recently performed the work in San {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

San Francisco Opera 2024-25 Review: Un Ballo in Maschera

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(Photo by Cory Weaver) Festivities galore flooded the San Francisco’s Civic Center Friday night – Opera Ball, Opera Dinner, and the opera itself, Verdi’s, “Un Ballo in Maschera.” Opening night at San Francisco Opera sparkled with taffeta gowns and tux, platform heels and feathers, jewelry glittering up and down arms and nifty bowties. In honor of the entitled opera and {…}