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Kyle Ketelsen, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Kate Lindsey & Philippe Sly Headline ‘Don Giovanni’ at Wiener Staatsoper

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(Credit: © Peter Mayr) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the upcoming premiere of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” which due to the nationwide lockdown in Austria, will be performed without live audiences. The cast for the opera includes Hanna-Elisabeth Müller as Donna Anna, Kate Lindsey as Donna Elvira, Philippe Sly as Leporello, Stanislas de Barbeyrac in the role of Don Ottavio, Ain {…}
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Layla Claire, Rame Lahaj, Marie-Josée Lord, Philippe Sly, John Brancy Headline Opéra de Montréal’s 2021-22 Season

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The Opéra de Montréal has announced its 2021-22 season which will feature three opera productions plus an “Opera à la carte” series. First up, the company will present a double bill of “Riders” at Sea” and “Le Flambeau de la Nuit,” which will star Allyson McHardy, Andrea Núñez, Lucie St-Martin, Geoffrey Schellenberg, Sarah Dufresne, Mishael Jedidah Eusebio, and Matthew Li. {…}
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Bourgie Hall to Present Concert with Philippe Sly & Jana Miller

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Bourgie Hall will a concert showcase featuring soprano Jana Miller and bass-baritone Philippe Sly on May 29 and 30. The duo will be accompanied by pianist Jean Marchand in two Lieder cycles composed by Schumann, “Frauenliebe und -leben” and “Dichterliebe,” both considered an ode to femininity, love, and poetry. Also on the program will be, Schumann’s “Kinderszenen” for piano. Sly, one {…}
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Philippe Sly Headlines ‘La Voie de la Passion’ Online Project

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(Credit: Adam Scotti) La Tuque Complexe culturel Félix-Leclerc and Complexe Multimédia are set to present “La Voie de la Passion,” a three-part web showcase starting on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The celebration of opera, lyric singing, and classical music will be headlined by internationally renowned bass-baritone Philippe Sly as well as an instrumental ensemble. The group will perform music by {…}
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CD Review: Philippe Boesmans’ ‘On purge bébé!’

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“This could be my last opera,” predicted Philippe Boesmans in February of last year, just two months before his death at 85. “I’ve done tragedies…so I decided that I have to finish with total lightness, total insouciance.” Virtually unknown in the U.S., the Belgian composer garnered European success with exquisite settings of serious drama: Schnitzler’s “Reigen“ (1993), Shakespeare’s “Winter’s Tale” {…}
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Tucson Desert Song Festival 2017-18 Review: Phillippe Sly and John Charles Britton Deliver Mesmerizing Night of Schubert

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On February 3, 2018, the Tucson Guitar Society and the University of Arizona Bolton Guitar Studies Program presented bass-baritone Philippe Sly and guitarist John Charles Britton in an all-Schubert recital. This was yet another part of the Tucson Desert Song Festival. At first, I wondered about Schubert with a guitar instead of a piano, or to be more historically informed {…}
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Philippe Jordan Tapped For Top Vienna State Opera Position

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Philippe Jordan has been tapped as music director for the Vienna State Opera position. According to the Associated Press, Bogdan Roscic, the incoming Vienna State director says he has signed conductor Jordan as the opera house’s music director. Roscic described Jordan as “one of the few conductors of note who focused on opera from the start of their artistic career.” {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Lise Davidsen, Sonya Yoncheva, Elīna Garanča, Juan Diego Flórez, Jonas Kaufmann, Asmik Grigorian & Ludovic Tézier Lead Wiener Staatsoper’s 2024-25 Season

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Philippe Jordan conducts Verdi’s “Don Carlo” in a new production by Kirill Serebrennikov. The production stars Asmik Grigorian, Roberto Tagliavini, Joshua Guerrero, Étienne Dupuis, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, and Dmitry Ulyanov. The second cast will include Nicole Car, Elīna Garanča, and Vitalij Kowaljow. Performance Dates: Sept. 26, 2024-March 23, 2025 György Kurtág’s “Fin {…}
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Adriana González, Christopher Lowrey, Jodie Devos, Alix Le Saux, Olga Kulchynska Headline Opéra de Lausanne 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra de Lausanne has announced its 2024 season. First up is “Guillaume Tell.” The production will star Jean-Sébastien Bou, Olga Kulchynska, Julien Dran, Elisabeth Boudreault, Frédéric Caton, and Géraldine Chauvet. Bruno Ravella directs and Francesco Lanzillotta conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 6-15, 2024 Emiliano Gonzalez Toro leads a concert performance of “La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isolea d’Alcina.” The opera stars {…}

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