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Miina-Liisa Värelä & Clay Hilley Lead Canadian Opera Company’s ‘Fidelio’

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The Canadian Opera Company is set to open its 2023-24 with Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” The opera, which will run from Sept. 29 to Oct. 20, 2023, will be directed by Matthew Ozawa. In a statement, the director said, “I would say the biggest takeaway [I would hope for audiences] is that someone comes away from Fidelio reminded that they have the {…}

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Piotr Beczala, Camilla Nylund, Catherine Foster, Klaus Florian Vogt, Tomasz Konieczny Headline Bayreuth Festival’s 2025 Seasn

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The Bayreuth Festival has unveiled its 2025 season. The season opens with “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” starring Michael Spyres, Georg Zeppenfeld, Christina Nilsson, Christa Mayer, and Matthias Stier. Daniele Gatti conducts and Matthias Davids directs. Performance Dates: July 25 – August 22, 2025 Valentin Schwarz’s “Das Rheingold” will be conducted by Simone Young and features Tomas Konieczny, Olafur Sigurdarson, Daniele Behle, {…}

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Glyndebourne Opera Festival 2024 Review: Tristan und Isolde

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(Photo credit: Glyndebourne’s own official trailer highlights its festival as “No Ordinary Opera”. Certainly, the staging for “Tristan und Isolde” is far from ordinary, courtesy of a visually entrancing setting by Ronald Aeschlimann. The performers are basically encased in an elliptical vortex-type form of concentric circles, which I interpreted to be a depiction of some portal-like presence intended to illustrate {…}

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Kristine Opolais, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Tuomas Pursio & Stefan Pop Lead Finnish National Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Finnish National Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres  Leevi Madetoja’s “The Ostrobothnians”, which is known as Finland’s “national opera” will be directed by director Paavo Westerberg. The cast will include Jukka Rasilainen, Ville Rusanen, Jussi Vänttinen, Johanna Lehesvuori, Maria Turunen, Iida Antola, Päivi Nisula, Tuomas Pursio, Aarne Pelkonen, Ilkka Hämäläinen and Mika Pohjonen. The Orchestra of the Finnish National {…}

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Aigul Akhmetshina, Danielle de Niese & Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Lead Glyndebourne Festival’s 2024 Season

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The 2024 Glyndebourne Festival has been announced celebrating its 90th season. The season will open with a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen,” directed by Diane Paulus in her Glyndebourne directorial debut. Music Director Robin Ticciati and conductor Anja Bihlmaier will share conducting duties with two casts. The first cast will include mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb in the role of Carmen and {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury, Vladimir Stoyanov, Daniel Brenna, Johanna Rusanen, Hye-Youn Lee Headline Finnish National Opera & Ballet’s 2023-24 Season

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The Finnish National Opera and Ballet has announced its 2023-24 season. First up is “Das Lied von der Erde” with mezzo-soprano Tuija Knihtilä and tenor Tuomas Katajala as the soloists. Ville Matvejeff conducts. Performance Date: August 3, 2023 Hannu Lintu conducts Verdi’s “Requiem” with soprano Silja Aalto, tenor Mika Pohjonen, mezzo Maiju Vaahtoluoto, and bass Matti Turunen as the soloists. {…}

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Camilla Nylund, Amanda Majeski & Lise Lindstrom Lead Semperoper Dresden’s 2023-24 Season

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the operatic productions of the season. Premieres  Puccini’s “Turandot” is set to star Elisabeth Teige, Aleksei Kulagin, Yonghoon Lee, and Elbenita Kajtazi. Ivan Repušić conducts the new production by Marie-Eve Signeyrole. Performance Dates: Oct. 7-Nov. 25, 2023 Mary Plazas, Katerina von Bennigsen, Peter Tantsits, and Andrew Nolen {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Pene Pati, Amina Edris, Anita Hartig, Adrienne Danrich Headline Canadian Opera Company’s 2023-24 Season

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The Canadian Opera Company has unveiled its 2023-24 season. “The Canadian Opera Company is a beacon for the very best in operatic storytelling and experience,” said Canadian Opera Company General Director Perryn Leech in an official press statement. “In creating this season, we collaborated extensively with creators and companies from all over the world to share new programming with our audiences. {…}

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Bayerische Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Die Frau ohne Schatten’

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its performance of “Die Frau ohne Schatten” on July 31. The company announced that Nina Stemme fell ill and as a result, will be replaced by Miina-Liisa Värelä. Due to short notice, the company had to postpone the performance a few hours in order to allow Värelä to arrive in Munich. {…}