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Teatro Nacional de São Carlos 2023-24 Review: Fidelio

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Photo credit: © António Pedro Ferreira / São Carlos This year marks the 50th anniversary of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, a momentous historical event which brought down the totalitarian regime installed by fascist dictator Antonio Salazar in 1974. This bloodless revolution led the small Iberian nation on a path towards a modern, humanist and democratic European republic. This season many of {…}

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Opera Rara’s ‘Il Proscritto’ to Get Historic Broadcast on WFMT

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For the first time in its history, a performance by Opera Rara will get a broadcast on an American classical music station. The company revealed that Chicago-based network WFMT will broadcast the recording of Mercadante’s “Il Proscritto” on July 8, 2023 starting at 12 p.m. Central time. Additionally, those who tune in will get to hear interviews with Opera Rara’s {…}

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Centro Cultural de Bélem 2022 Review: Orphée

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Philip Glass celebrated his 85th birthday last week on January 31, and Lisbon’s Centro Cultural de Bélem joined a handful of worldwide performances honoring the great American maverick composer with a dazzling world-class production of his early opera “Orphée,” composed in 1991 and part of Glass’ groundbreaking trilogy of operas based on films by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. {…}

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Teatro Nacional de São Carlos 2021-22 Review: La Clemenza di Tito

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Opera performances resumed at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon earlier this year as Portugal’s handling of the pandemic was widely praised as possibly the best within the European Union. In Lisbon, ensembles large and small have begun filling up local church series, community performance spaces, and neighborhood stages, while fado singers have returned to smokey late-night bars {…}

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Opera Rara to Record ‘Il Proscritto’ with Ramón Vargas & Sally Matthews

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Opera Rara Artistic Director and 19th-century opera specialist Carlo Rizzi is set to conduct and record Mercadante’s “Il proscritto.” This will be the first performance of one of Mercadante’s most daring and innovative scores since its Naples premiere in 1842. The restored version comes from its original manuscript, which weaves a tragic tale of lost love and political treachery during the {…}

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Cecilia Molinari, Airam Hernández, Zarina Abaeva & Anna Stephany Highlight Teatro Nacional de São Carlos’ 2021 Fall Performances

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(Credit: https://www.visitlisboa.com/) Portugal’s Teatro Nacional de São Carlos has announced the schedule until January 2022. Here is a look at operatic and vocal performances. Operas The season opens with concert performances of Tchaikovsky‘s “Iolanta.” The opera spotlights Misha Didyk, Evgeny Stavinsky, Guriy Guryev, and Zarina Abaeva in the title role. Graeme Jenkins conducts. Performance Dates: Sep. 29 – Oct. 3, 2021 {…}

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Nevill Holt Opera Announces Outdoor Summer Festival Creative Teams, Principal Cast, & Orchestra Partners

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Nevill Holt Opera has announced the creative teams, principal cast, and orchestra partners for its outdoor summer festival kicking off on Aug. 4, 2021. The company will present two operas, Verdi’s “La Traviata,” and Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” on an outdoor stage built to frame the stunning valley views from Nevill Holt. The new outdoor space will accommodate 650 people in {…}

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Roberto Alagna, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Pedro António Avondano Lead CD/DVD Releases

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This week, albums of French song, Monteverdi, and two rarely performed works will be made available. Additionally, audiences will get a chance to hear new releases from one of the great tenors and one of the great interpreters of Monteverdi’s works. Here is a look at what you can stream this week. L’Orfeo  Naive releases a new recording of L’Orfeo, {…}

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Xabier Anduaga, Ekaterina Bakanova & Christopher Ventris Highlight Teatro Nacional De São Carlos, Lisboa’s 2019-20 Season

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Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisboa has announced its 2019-20 season. The season will start off with Welsh National Opera’s production of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” directed by David Pountney. The cast will feature Miklós Sebestyén as the Marquis of Calatrava / Il Padre Guardiano, Cristiana Oliveira / Julianna Di Giacomo as Leonora, Damiano Salerno as Don Carlo di {…}