Leah Hawkins, Michelle Johnson, Aaron Blake, John Holiday, Wei Wu Headline Des Moines Metro Opera’s 2022 Season

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Des Moines Metro Opera in Iowa has announced its 50th anniversary season. It kicks off with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in a production directed by Suzanne Andrade and Barrie Kosky. The work will star Aaron Blake, Audrey Luna, Andrew Wilkowske, and John Robert Lindsey. Performance Dates: March 5 & 6, 2022 Next up is “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in a {…}

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Talise Trevigne, Marina Costa-Jackson, Wei Wu & John Moore Lead Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s 2021-22 Season

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The Lyric Opera of Kansas City has announced its 2021-22 season featuring four productions. The season opens with “Lyric Opera Goes to Hollywood” which will feature famous arias and instrumental moments included in films like “Pretty Woman,” “Mission Impossible,” and “Up.” Talise Trevigne, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Limmie Pulliam, and Edward Parks will be the soloists with David Charles Abell conducting. Performance {…}

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National Kaoshiung Centre for the Arts (Weiwuying) Unveils Remaining 2023 Performances

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The National Kaoshiung Centre for the Arts (Weiwuying) in Taiwan has unveiled the remainder of its 2023 program. Here is a look at the classical vocal performances in store for audiences. “Opera Aria – Dialogue With God” will feature La Voix d’Amis” as they present music by Bizet, Puccini, Saint-Saëns, Dvorák, and Lucio. Artists include Vauvauwane Titibu, Chen Hui-chen, Wang {…}

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National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) to Present ‘Don Carlo’

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The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) in Taiwan is set to present Verdi’s “Don Carlo” starting on Oct. 27, 2022. The opera, which will run through Oct. 30, 2022 for a total of four performances, will be conducted by Wen-pin Chien. The production by Stefano Mazzonis Di Pralafera (Gianni Santucci will be the revival director) will star Irakli {…}

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Q & A: Soprano Keng Li on the Challenges of ‘La Traviata’ & Her Operatic Debut at Weiwuying

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On March 18, the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts Weiwuying is set to open a production of Verdi’s immortal “La Traviata,” which will be performed for a live audience. For many opera singers, the possibility of returning to the stage in front of a live audience is something truly unique and special, and this is undoubtedly the case for {…}

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Q & A: General & Artistic Director Chien Wen-pin on Live Performances of ‘La Traviata’ & Plans for the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts Weiwuying

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While we are slowly but surely seeing the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, there is a long way to go before industries like the opera world can return to anything approximating “normalcy” that we experienced prior to the pandemic. While some companies have experimented with live performances throughout the past year, the results usually force those organizations {…}

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The Fascinating Story of Bielefeld Opera and the ‘Bielefelder Opernwunder’ Era

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(Photo Credit: Bielefeld Marketing GmbH) In the northwest of Germany lies one of the most important venues for operatic history past and present. Situated in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region of North Rhine-Westphalia, the city of Bielefeld boasts a funny conspiracy theory that the city, in fact, does not exist at all. However, the city does exist, and its cultural history is {…}

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Thomas Weinhappel & Almerija Delic Headline Wagnerian ‘Confrontations’

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(Photo © Elena Prokhorova) Baritone Thomas Weinhappel and mezzo-soprano Almerija Delic will headline “Confrontations,” a recital on Sept. 10, 2024. The showcase, set to take place at the Bank Austria Salon in Old Town Vienna, will showcase music by Wagner. Among the highlights of the evening will be Weinhappel’s interpretation of Amfortas in “Parsifal,” matched by Delic’s Kundry. The two {…}

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Edward Parks, Asmik Grigorian & Fritz Wunderlich Lead CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences get a world premiere recording of a new opera, a legendary recording of Strauss’ work, and a rarely performed Tchaikovsky opera. The Shining Pentatone releases “The Shining,” the world-premiere recording from the Lyric Opera of Kansas City of the opera {…}

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Leah Hawkins, Michelle Johnson, Aaron Blake, John Holiday, Wei Wu Headline Des Moines Metro Opera’s 2022 Season

Talise Trevigne, Marina Costa-Jackson, Wei Wu & John Moore Lead Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s 2021-22 Season

National Kaoshiung Centre for the Arts (Weiwuying) Unveils Remaining 2023 Performances

National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) to Present ‘Don Carlo’

Q & A: Soprano Keng Li on the Challenges of ‘La Traviata’ & Her Operatic Debut at Weiwuying

Q & A: General & Artistic Director Chien Wen-pin on Live Performances of ‘La Traviata’ & Plans for the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts Weiwuying

The Fascinating Story of Bielefeld Opera and the ‘Bielefelder Opernwunder’ Era

Thomas Weinhappel & Almerija Delic Headline Wagnerian ‘Confrontations’

Edward Parks, Asmik Grigorian & Fritz Wunderlich Lead CD/DVD Releases