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Freddie de Tommaso, Andrè Schuen & Mika Kares Headline New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to experience a solo debut album and two complete opera recordings. Here is a look at our recommendations. Passione Freddie De Tommaso releases his debut album “Passione.” The new album represents an homage to tenor Franco Corelli and features arrangements made for other star tenors including Henry Mancini, Mantovani, and Giancarlo Chiaramello. There are also {…}
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Golda Schultz, Michael Volle & Rolando Villazón 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 get to explore a new album by one of the most acclaimed Mozart sopranos of our time and a new Ring Cycle. There are some rarely performed composers being explored. La Serenissima Composer and vocalist Esbe will release her {…}
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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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Benjamin Bernheim, Lisette Oropesa, Ludovic Tézier & Asmik Grigorian Lead Opéra de Paris’ 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Verdi’s “Falstaff” opens the season with a cast that includes Ambrogio Maestri, Olivia Boen, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Andrei Kymach, Gregory Bonfatti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Iván Ayón-Rivas, and Federica Guida. Michael Schønwandt conducts the production by Dominique Pitoiset. Performance Dates: Sept. 10-30, 2024 Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will star Eleonora Buratto, Elena Stikhina, Aude {…}
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Ailyn Pérez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Kenneth Kellogg, & Javier Camarena Lead Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2024-25 Season

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The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the productions. Verdi’s “Rigoletto” is set to star Igor Golovatenko, Soloman Howard, Javier Camarena, and Mané Galoyan. Enrique Mazzola conducts the production by Director Mary Birnbaum. Performance Dates: Sept. 14-Oct. 6 2024 Elza van den Heever, Russell Thomas, Mika Kares, and Brian Mulligan star in {…}
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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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Benjamin Bernheim Asmik Grigorian, Juan Diego Florez, Elīna Garanča & Cecilia Bartoli Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2024 Season

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(Credit: © SF / Peter Rigaud) The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2024 Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Opera Strauss’ “Caprricio” is set to be performed in concert form with Elsa Dreisig and Bo Skovhus as Countess and Count. The cast also includes Sebastian Kohlhepp (Flamand), Konstantin Krimmel (Olivier), Mika Kares (La Roche), Ève-Maud Hubeaux (Clairon), {…}
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Opéra de Paris Cancels ‘Turandot’ Performance Due to Strike

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Opéra de Paris has canceled its Nov. 9, 2023 performance of “Turandot.” The company said that due to the mobilization of some of its employees as part of a national strike movement relating to the rights of intermittent workers in the entertainment industry, the Paris Opera is not able to present the opera ‘Turandot’ this Thursday, November 9 at 7:30. The {…}

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