Susan Bullock, Stacey Alleaume, Helena Dix & Roland Wood Lead Scottish Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Scottish Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex” with Stuart Stratford conducting and Roxana Haines directing. The cast will include Shengzhi Ren, Kitty Whately, Roland Wood, Callum Thorpe, Seumas Begg, and Emyr Wyn Jones. Performance Dates: August 12-19, 2024 Britten’s “Albert Herring” will be conducted by William Cole and directed by Daisy {…}

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Christophe Dumaux, Kang Wang, Samantha Clarke, Stacey Alleaume, Cathy-Di Zhang Headline Opera Australia’s 2024 Sydney Season

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Opera Australia announced its 2024 summer season which will feature five Sydney Opera House premieres. Guest Creative Director Lindy Hume curated the season. The program highlights the scope of Australian talent both “on and off the stage,” as well as international guest artists and opera in contemporary storytelling. Hume’s program includes several milestone partnerships for Opera Australia including Victorian Opera, {…}

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Krassimira Stoyanova, Aimee Berwick, Mariola Cantarero, Luvuyo Mbundu, Stacey Alleaume Headline OperaVision’s April 2023 Slate

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OperaVision has announced its April 2023 slate. First up, the company will showcase “Aida” from the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.” The production stars Krassimira Stoyanova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Gregory Kunde, and Vladimir Stoyanov in a production by Davide Livermore. Michele Mariotti conducts. Streaming Date: April 7, 2023 Next up is Birmingham Opera Company’s “The Decision.” The opera stars Aimee Berwick, Paksie {…}

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Opera Australia Unveils 2025 Season

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Opera Australia has announced its 2025 season. Sydney The season opens with Massenet’s “Cendrillon.” Evan Rogister and Tahu Matheson conduct. Laurent Pelly directs a cast starring Emily Edmonds, Margaret Plummer, Sian Sharp, and Emma Matthews. Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2024 – March 28, 2025 “The Barber of Seville,” in a production by Elijah Moshinsky, stars Samuel Dale Johnson, Samuel Dundas, {…}

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Opera Australia 2024 Review: Il trittico

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) It is considerably to Puccini’s credit that with “Il trittico,” which premiered at the Met in 1918, he found three strikingly contrasting storylines for an idea that he had contemplated over many years: an evening of three One Act operas. It is interesting to consider the ideas he rejected. At one time it seemed to be {…}

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Marigona Qerkezi, Adela Zaharia, Ramona Zaharia, Konu Kim, Liana Aleksanyan, Alasdair Kent & Scott Hendricks Lead Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s 2024-25 Season

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The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Verdi’s “Nabucco” will be directed by Ilaria Lanzino. Vitali Alekseenok and Katharina Müllner conduct a cast that includes Alexey Zelenkov, Eduardo Aladrén, Jussi Myllys, Liang Li, Svetlana Kasyan, and Marigona Qerkezi. Performance Dates: Sept. 15-Dec. 25, 2024 Christoph Stöcker and Katharina Müllner conduct Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein, and Sheldon Harnick’s {…}

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Vitalij Kowaljow Joins TACT’s Artist Roster

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Bass Vitalij Kowaljow has joined TACT for worldwide management. The bass has performed at such major organizations as the Met Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, London Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Orquestra Nacional de España, among many others. “We are honored to welcome Vitalij Kowaljow to our agency’s roster, and we look forward to supporting {…}

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Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso, Elsa Dreisig, & Attilio Glaser Lead Theater an Der Wien’s 2024-25 Season

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2024-25 season. Monteverdi’s “Combattimenti” will star Ferran Albrich, Johanna Rosa Falkinger, Luciana Mancini, Ambra Biaggi, and Ilyà Dovnar. David Bergmüller conducts the production by Olivier Fredj. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 18, 2024 David Bates conducts Mozart’s “Idomeneo” in a new production by Stefan Herheim. The cast includes Attilio Glaser, Emily Sierra, Jeanine De Bique, Elena Tsallagova, Ya-Chung Huang, and Levente {…}

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Opera Australia 2024 Review: The Magic Flute

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” has a bit of everything – part-serious opera, part-singspiel, part-burlesque, part-ritual. Music commentators often seem much exercised with how to categorize it. That thought arose while watching Kate Gaul’s new production of “The Magic Flute” on February 1. This was the third opera in Opera Australia’s 2024 summer season at Sydney Opera {…}

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Susan Bullock, Stacey Alleaume, Helena Dix & Roland Wood Lead Scottish Opera’s 2024-25 Season

Christophe Dumaux, Kang Wang, Samantha Clarke, Stacey Alleaume, Cathy-Di Zhang Headline Opera Australia’s 2024 Sydney Season

Krassimira Stoyanova, Aimee Berwick, Mariola Cantarero, Luvuyo Mbundu, Stacey Alleaume Headline OperaVision’s April 2023 Slate

Opera Australia Unveils 2025 Season

Opera Australia 2024 Review: Il trittico

Marigona Qerkezi, Adela Zaharia, Ramona Zaharia, Konu Kim, Liana Aleksanyan, Alasdair Kent & Scott Hendricks Lead Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s 2024-25 Season

Vitalij Kowaljow Joins TACT’s Artist Roster

Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso, Elsa Dreisig, & Attilio Glaser Lead Theater an Der Wien’s 2024-25 Season

Opera Australia 2024 Review: The Magic Flute