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Dubai Opera Unveils September 2024 Slate

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Dubai Opera has announced its September 2024 performances. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances. The season starts with “Aida” in a production directed by Roberto Laganà Manoli and conducted by Patrick Fournillier. The work is performed by the Polish National Opera and stars Marigona Querkezi and Oxana Nosatova in the title roles; Agnieszka Rehlis and Monika Ledzion as {…}
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Opéra National de Paris 2024 Review: Don Quichotte

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(Photo credit: Emilie Brouchon / Opéra national de Paris) I’ve been told that one reads “Don Quichotte” three times in life: in one’s twenties to laugh, in one’s forties to think, and in one’s sixties to cry. This saddening saying reflects the multivocal quality of the Chevalier of La Mancha’s myth: painfully delusional and carnally human, his hallucinatory deeds are {…}
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Aleksandra Kurzak, Atalla Ayan, Aleksandra Olczyk & Sebastian Catana Lead Polish National Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Polish National Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. New Opera Productions The first new production is Krzysztof Penderecki’s “The Black Mask” directed by David Pountney. Bassem Akiki conducts a cast that includes Jacek Laszczkowski, Natalia Rubiś, Katarzyna Drelich, Anna Lubańska, Szymon Rona, and Wojtek Gierlach. Performance Dates: Nov. 22-29, 2024 Ill-starred love is also the theme of Łukasz Godyla’s “Wòlô bòskô.”  The cycle of {…}
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Opéra National de Paris to Present ‘Don Quichotte’ with Christian Van Horn & Gábor Bretz

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Opéra National de Paris is set to present a new production of Massenet’s “Don Quichotte.” Patrick Fournillier will conduct the new production by Damiano Michieletto. The cast will include Christian Van Horn and Gábor Bretz in the title role, Gaëlle Arquez as La Belle Dulcinée, Étienne Dupuis as Sancho Pança, Emy Gazeilles and Marine Chagnon playing the roles of Pedro and {…}
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Polish National Opera Unveils 2023-24 Season

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The Polish National Opera has unveiled its 2023-24 season. First up is a concert featuring the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra in protest of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The event will feature conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson leading a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth symphony with such soloists as Olga Kulchynska, Nicole Chirka, Dmytro Polov, and Vladyslav Buialsk. Performance Date: August 20, 2023 There will be {…}
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Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Announces 2023-24 Season

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The Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano has announced its 2023-24 Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The inaugural concert will feature Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Tuomas Katajala and Georg Nigl are the soloists and Andrey Boreyko conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 10, 2023 Kolja Blacher conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and Mahler/Schönberg’s {…}
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Polish National Opera to Present New Production of ‘La Forza del Destino’

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(Credit: Krzysztof Bieliński) The Polish National Opera is set to premiere a new production of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino.” The production, which is set to open on Jan. 13, will be directed by Mariusz Treliński’ whose staging is a co-production between the Polish National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, where it premieres during the 2023-24 season. The production will {…}
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Francesca Aspromonte, Barbara Hannigan, Ian Bostridge, Fleur Barron, Matthias Goerne Headline MITO SettembreMusica 2022 Festival

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(Credit: Ribalta Studio) MITO SettembreMusica has announced its 16th edition, which will feature 116 concerts. For the purposes of this article, we will focus solely on the vocal performances, which will take place in Milan and/or Torino. Francesca Aspromonte will team up with violinist and conductor Boris Begelman and the Academia Montis Regalis for music by Scarlatti and Händel. Performance {…}

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