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Beaumaris Festival to Premiere Opera Centering on Princess Diana & Dodi Al Fayet’s Romance

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The Beaumaris Festival is set to premiere Lisa Logan and David Peimer’s “A Silver Spoon” on July 1, 2022. The chamber work is the first to explore the relationship between Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayet, focusing on two criminals who have a plan to steal Diana’s jewels from an upcoming royal exhibition. The opera will star Maggie Cooper as Diana {…}

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The Atlanta Opera 2024-25 Review: Macbeth

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(Photo: Raftermen Photography) The Atlanta Opera (TAO) thrives and even expands while many classical music organizations contract. Their spring mainstage offerings began this month with Verdi’s “Macbeth. ” But not before the announcement of their 2025-26 season, including what few companies can afford to do—“Götterdämmerung,” completing an entire “Ring” cycle. Their season also includes Philip Glass’ “La Belle et la {…}

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Carnegie Hall 2019-20 Review: Hibla Gerzmava In Recital

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Star Russian soprano Hibla Gerzmava performed a recital program featuring art song compositions by Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Prokofiev sprinkled with a dramatic dash of Donizetti and Verdi on  Nov. 1, 2019 at Carnegie Hall. Her appearance was not without controversy. To get to the main entrance, recital-goers needed to push past Pro-Ukrainian activists lining the sidewalk and holding placards in {…}

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Glyndebourne Festival 2019 Review: La Damnation de Faust

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Conceiving an artistically defining experience that tells the story of Faust as an opera might seem overwhelming and too intense of an idea. Especially when one considers how this story was composed and experienced by Berlioz in concert form and that portraying Faust’s journey to hell, could be hell itself.  In “La damnation de Faust,” Berlioz emphasizes the lord of {…}