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Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Meet The Person Behind The Voice: Soprano Roberta Mameli

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Italian soprano Roberta Mameli recently finished a run of performances in the title role of Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea,” a part which lies close to her heart. OperaWire met up with her for a short chat to find out more about the person behind the voice. OperaWire: What was the first opera you saw?  Roberta Mameli: I was seven or {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Roberta Mameli on Her Career and Role as Poppea

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(Photo: Laurent Guizard) Soprano Roberta Mameli has a voice that immediately makes an audience sit up and take notice. The fact that she is not even more well-known than she is currently, is no doubt down to the fact that she tends to specialize in baroque and, to a lesser extent, Mozart, with only occasional forays into other repertoire. Hers {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Ravenna 2024 Review: L’Incoronazione di Poppea

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(Photo: Studio B12 di Gianpaolo Guarneri) The duet “Pur ti miro, pur ti godo,” which brought Teatro Aligheri’s presentation of “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” to its conclusion, was rightly met with enthusiastic applause from the audience. The sensitivity, emotional depth and detail that countertenor Federico Fiorio and soprano Roberta Mameli were able to bring to their singing was breathtaking. Their voices {…}
News

Claudia Pavone, Maria Mudryak & Chiara Amarù Lead Teatro Verdi Pisa’s 2023-24 Season

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The Teatro Verdi Pisa has announced its 2023-24 season featuring five operas and four new productions. The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” in a new production by Luigi De Angelis. The cast includes Chiara Amarù, Gurgen Baveyan, Dave Monaco, Arutro Espinosa and Roberto Abbondanza. Francesco Pasqualetti conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 27 & 29, 2023 Puccini’s “La Rondine” {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Lawrence Brownlee, Megan Marino & Paola Prestini Lead CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will experience new music and a number of rare pieces in the repertoire. Rising  Lawrence Brownlee’s is set to release a new album “Rising,” in celebration of Black Music Month. “Rising” features a program of new songs that Brownlee commissioned from six up-and-coming African-American composers (Damien Sneed, Brandon Spencer, Jasmine Barnes, Joel Thompson, and Shawn E. Okpebholo), {…}
IndieOpera

WDR Tage Alter Musik in Herne Announces November 2022 Slate

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The WDR Tage Alter Musik in Herne has announced its festival for 2022. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on opera and vocal performances. It all kicks off with Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia presenting music from the 14th century. Performance Date: Nov. 10, 2022 Next up is La Florida Capella under Marian Polin as they {…}
IndieOpera

Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden to Showcase ‘Globe Baroque’

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The Festival Alte Musik Knechtsteden and the City of Neuss will join forces to present “Globe Baroque” on August 24, 2022. This new collaboration will kick off with a presentation of Alessandro Scarlatti’s “Il Giardino d’Amore.” The serenata, which premiered around 1700, is a half-cantata / half-miniature opera that explores a dialogue between Venus and Adonis. Dorothee Oberlinger will conduct {…}
News

Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Brian Jagde & Charles Castronovo Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2022-23 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2022-23 season featuring 10 new productions. Premieres  Benedict Andrews directs Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” with Vladimir Jurowski conducting a cast that includes Louise Alder, Avery Amereau, Konstantin Krimmel, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Sandrine Piau, and Christian Gerhaher. Performance Dates: Oct. 26, 2022-July 17, 2023 Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will be conducted by François-Xavier Roth and directed by film director {…}
IndieOpera

Potsdam-Sanssouci Music Festival to Present Scarlatti’s ‘I portentosi effetti della Madre Natura’

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The Potsdam-Sanssouci Music Festival is set to present Scarlatti’s “I portentosi effetti della Madre Natura” starting on June 12, 2022. The opera, which will also be presented on June 14016 at the Sclosstheater in the Neues Palais, will be directed by filmmaker Emmanuel Mouret in his operatic debut. The showcase will star Rupert Charlesorth as Celidoro, a man who “stumbles {…}

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