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Nadine Sierra, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Asmik Grigorian & Marina Rebeka Lead London Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

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The London Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Performance Dates: Oct. 20 & 23, 2024 André J Thomas conducts the Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir and LSO Community Voices in music by Brandon Boyd, Nolan Williams, Margaret Bonds, Brandon Waddles, André J Thomas, Moses Hogan, Rosephanye Powell, Joe Pace, Carol Cymbala, Kurt Carr, Raymond Wise, and Frances Fonza Smith. Performance {…}

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Marina Rebeka, Serena Sáenz & Carolyn Sampson Lead BCN Classics’ 2024-25 Season

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Barcelona’s BCN Classics announces its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Josep Vicent conducts Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Orfeón Donostiarra, Sabrina Gárdez, Rafael Quirant, and Milan Perišić. Performance Date: Dec. 4, 2024 Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Mozart Requiem with the Bach Collegium Japan and soloists Carolyn Sampson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Shimon Yoshida, and Dominik Wörner. {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Marina Rebeka’s ‘Essence’

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“Essence” is Marina Rebeka’s fifth solo recital on her very own label, “Prima Classic.” Although it was recorded all the way back in 2021, the album was released only last November; its program therefore does not reflect the soprano’s current engagements nor does it acknowledge her accomplishments in the French repertory. Instead, it presents like a best-of compilation, with arias {…}

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Claire de Monteil Jumps in for Marina Rebeka During Recent ‘Medée’ Performance at Teatro alla Scala

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  There was a major cast change during the Jan. 26, 2024 performance of “Medée” at the Teatro alla Scala. Soprano Marina Rebeka, who started the run on Jan. 14, 2024, but had to withdraw from performances on Jan. 20 and 23 due to illness, returned to the stage to open the Jan. 26 performance. However, due to illness, she {…}

News, Streaming

Medici.TV to Stream Teatro alla Scala’s ‘Médée’ with Marina Rebeka

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(Credit: Teatro alla Scala / Brescia – Amisano) Medici.TV is set to stream the Teatro alla Scala’s new production of Cherubini’s “Médée.” The streaming platform will showcase the opera on Jan. 27 in co-production with Rai. Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka stars in the title role in a new production by Damiano Michieletto. She is joined by a cast that includes {…}

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Marina Rebeka, Lidia Fridman, Luciano Ganci & Francesco Meli Lead Festival Verdi’s 2024 Season

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The Festival Verdi has announced its 2024 season. The festival will take place in Parma and Busseto from Sept. 21 and Oct. 21, 2024. Opera The season opens with the Verdi Street Parade at the Parma, Centro storico and Oltretorrente. Performance Date: Sept. 21, 2024 Verdi’s “Macbeth“ will be presented at the Teatro Regio di Parma in its French version {…}

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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 {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Marina Rebeka, Diana Damrau & Nino Machadize Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will experience albums from some of the top divas in the opera world as well as Christmas albums that will be great for the holiday season. Essence Marina Rebeka releases a new album on Prima Classic. The soprano sings a selection {…}