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Rosalind Plowright OBE to Become First Patron of Salisbury Chamber Chorus

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The Salisbury Chamber Chorus has announced that renowned opera singer Rosalind Plowright OBE has become its first Patron. Plowright, a resident of Salisbury, will make her debut public engagement with the Chorus in a masterclass featuring its members on Saturday, 18 October at The Medieval Hall, Salisbury. “We are delighted to have Rosalind as our Patron. Her extraordinary artistry and {…}
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Opera Holland Park 2026 Review: Un ballo in Maschera

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(Photo: Craig Fuller) “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t,” proclaimed Mark Twain. Who knows what he would have made of Verdi’s “Un ballo in Maschera,” currently being performed in London’s Holland Park Opera, where the hugely implausible plot is based on the real-life assassination of King Gustav III {…}
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Ellen Pearson Wins 2024 Hurn Court Opera Singer of the Year Competition

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(Photo credit: Lara Johnson-Perkins) Mezzo-soprano Ellen Pearson has won first prize in the 2024 Hurn Court Opera Singer of the Year Competition. Pearson took home the Nigel Beale Grange Festival First Prize as well as the Anthony Lowrey Audience Prize. Coming in second place was baritone Stephen Whitford. The baritone also received the Wendy Blamire Award for outstanding linguistic and {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazon, Asmik Grigorian, Ludovic Tézier, Jonathan Tetelman, Serena Sáenz & Sondra Radvanovsky Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2025-26 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres Maurizio Benini conducts Verdi’s “Rigoletto” in a new production by Barbara Wysocka. Bekhzod Davronov, Igor Golovatenko, Ludovic Tézier, Serena Sáenz, Nadine Sierra, Riccardo Fassi, and Elmina Hasan star. Performance Dates: March 7-24, 2026 & July 28 & 31, 2026 Lotte de Beer directs a new production of Gounod’s “Faust” with Jonathan {…}
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Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: Andrea Chénier

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(Credit: Mark Brenner) Barely a fortnight after His Majesty the King, opera luminaries, star singers, guests and audience all gathered to bid a fond and emotional farewell to Antonio Pappano as the Royal Opera House’s musical director; the maestro was back on the very same podium, guiding his musical charges through Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier.” Based loosely on the real-life French {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča, Nicholas Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Pretty Yende & Christopher Maltman Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2024-25 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres  Tobias Krazter directs a new production of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” with Nicholas Brownlee, Milan Siljanov, Sean Panikkar, Markus Brück, Matthias Klink, Matthew Rose, Timo Riihonen, Ekaterina Gubanova, Mirjam Mesak, and Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Vladimir Jurowski conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 27, 2024-July 31, 2025 Damiano Michieletto directs Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment” with {…}
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Nicole Heaston, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Jamez McCorkle Headline Spoleto Festival USA 2023

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Spoleto Festival USA has announced its 2023 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances. The company will present “Vanessa” at the Charleston Gaillard Center. The Barber opera will star Nicole Heaston, Zoie Reams, Edward Graves, Rosalind Plowright, and Malcolm MacKenzie. The opera is conducted by Timothy Myers and directed by Rodula {…}
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Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Leona Mitchell, Shirley Verrett Headline Next Month of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the next month of nightly streams which focus on a number of unique themes including operas in English, holiday works, and even an entire work dedicated to one of the most iconic artists of all time.  Week 39– In Plain English Monday, December 7 – Thomas Adès’s The Tempest Starring Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Iestyn Davies, Alek Shrader, {…}

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