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The Opera Buffs to Showcase Masterclass with Rodell Rosel

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The Opera Buffs are set to present a masterclass with tenor Rodell Rosel on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. The event will take place at MiMoDa Studio in Los Angeles from 2 p.m. through 5 p.m. Participants in the masterclass include soprano Talar Arslanian, tenor Krishna Ramen, baritone Leland Smith, and tenor Timothy Simon. Rodell made his Metropolitan Opera as Valzacchi {…}

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Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Katherine Powers, Rodell Rosel Headline LAO At Home Program This Week

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The Los Angeles Opera has announced its streaming slate for the week starting on July 14, 2020. Soprano Katherine Powers and dramaturg Stephanie Lim join forces for “Bard on Broadway” as part of the “Shakespeare Sings” series. They will be joined by tenor Todd Strange in numerous Broadway songs. Streaming Date: July 14, 2020  The LA Opera Orchestra will take {…}

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The Atlanta Opera 2024-25 Review: ‘Siegfried’

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(Photo credit Raftermen Photography) Your reviewer spent childhood in the hills about fifty miles west of Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta then and Atlanta now constitute two different places. In the before-time that preceded the internet, Georgia’s small-town folk with their gaze fixed towards the rest of the world viewed Atlanta as the portal to everything else, not least by way of {…}

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Stefan Vinke & Lise Lindstrom Lead Atlanta Opera’s ‘Siegfried’

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The Atlanta Opera continues its 2024-25 season with Wagner’s “Siegfried.” Tomer Zvulun will direct the new production, which will be presented between April 26 and May 4, 2025, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. The cast includes Stefan Vinke as Siegfried, Greer Grimsley as the Wanderer, and Lise Lindstrom as Brünnhilde. The cast is rounded out by Rodell Rosel as Mime, Zachary Nelson {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: The Magic Flute

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(Photos: © Met Opera) This holiday season’s production of Metropolitan Opera’s “The Magic Flute” brings joy and grandiosity to Met Opera’s stage, and audience members of all ages. Julie Taymor’s beloved production is a nostalgic showcase of thoughtful set designs, costume designs, and dancing. This is the abridged, English adapted version of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” designed to run in under {…}

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The Metropolitan Opera to Present ‘The Magic Flute’ for the Holiday Season

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(Credit: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present the annual holiday presentation of Julie Taymor’s English-language adaptation of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The opera will be performed 17 times from Dec. 12 to Jan. 4. The production is set to star tenor Duke Kim and soprano Aigul Khismatullina as well as Kathryn Lewek who has {…}

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Strauss & C.P.E. Bach Showcases Headline American Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

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The American Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a breakdown of the vocal performances on offer. Leon Botstein conducts music by C.P.E. Bach, including the U.S. premiere of “Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu,” H. 777. The program features the Bard Festival Chorale. Soloists include Leah Wool, Mei Gui Zhang, Terrence Chin-Loy, and Troy Cook. Performance Date: Jan. 24, {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczała, Angel Blue, Lise Davidsen & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. New Productions  Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s “Aida” in a new production by Michael Mayer. Angel Blue, Judit Kutasi, Piotr Beczała, Quinn Kelsey, Dmitry Belosselskiy, and Morris Robbinson. Alexander Soddy conducts the second cast with Christina Nilsson, Elīna Garanča, Brian Jagde, Eri Owens, Michael Chioldi, Amartüvshin Enkhbatyn, Alexander Vinogradov, and Krzysztof Bączyk. John {…}

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J’Nai Bridges, Yonghoon Lee, Russell Thomas, Diego Torre, Vanessa Goikoetxea Headline Seattle Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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Seattle Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. “The 2024-25 season really offers something for everybody,” said general director Christina Scheppelmann in an official press statement. “We’re bringing in some of our audiences’ all-time favorite operas, like ‘Tosca’ and ‘The Magic Flute,’ in addition to a pair of remarkable new pieces from some of today’s most acclaimed and imaginative creators. And {…}