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Gothic Opera to Present UK Stage Premiere of ‘Die Rheinnixen’

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Gothic Opera returns to Battersea Arts Centre this Halloween with the UK staged premiere of Jacques Offenbach’s “Die Rheinnixen” (The Nixies of the Rhine). Performances will take place Oct. 30 and 31, and Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee on Nov. 2 at 5 p.m. The Offenbach piece will be directed by Max Hoehn, who noted that “this {…}
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Gothic Opera to Present ‘Rip Van Winkle’

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Photo credit: Antonin Amy-Menichetti The female-led company Gothic Opera is set to present its updated version of Robert Planquette’s 1882 “Rip Van Winkle.”  Conductor Robin Wallington leads Robert Garland in the title role, with co-founder and artistic director Béatrice de Larragoïti as Gretchen, Stephen Whitford as Derrick, co-founder and communications director Alice Usher as Katrina, Valerie Wong as Hans, and {…}
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Gothic Opera to Present U.K. Premiere of Rare Gounod Opera

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Gothic Opera has announced that it will present the U.K. premiere of Gounod’s “La Nonne sanglante.” The showcase, which kicks off on Oct. 29, 2021 and features four subsequent performances through Nov. 3, will take place at London’s Hoxton Hall. Audiences will see a new chamber orchestra arrangement by composer Leon in a production by Director Franciska Éry, who will {…}
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Gothic Opera 2021 Review: Bluebeard’s Castle

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(Credit: Nick Rutter) Gothic Opera is one of the newest fringe opera companies to spring up in London. As the name suggests, they turn to works – generally treading lesser-known paths through the repertoire – that summon the uncanny, the ghoulish, and the frightening. Last week they made west London’s Porchester Hall their home for a new production of Béla {…}
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Decibel Magazine Unveils First Track from Gothic Opera ‘Livre Troisième’

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Decibel Magazine is now streaming “Chant III – Le Reflet” by “Les Chants du Hasard.” The track is part of “Livre Troisième,” an eight-part “neoclassical bombast, gothic opera” that features major elements of metal. The work was created by Hazard and is set for an album release on April 9, 2021. The album will feature Hazard as well as soprano {…}
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The Atlanta Opera 2025 Review: La Belle et la Bête

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Philip Glass is a living national treasure. Many of his projects innovate in strange ways. Likewise, The Atlanta Opera (TAO), under Tomer Zvulun’s direction, has displayed a knack for enticing opera audiences in novel fashions. This has included a run of “La Bohème” interlaced with its heir “Rent,” seen last year, and a slightly operatic presentation of the Broadway musical {…}
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Wexford Festival Opera 2025-26 Review: Der Zwerg

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(Photo: Padraig Grant) As well as its featured operas, the Wexford Opera Festival also puts on an array of other events, including performances of its “pocket operas,” that is, short works or abridged versions of larger works, sung to a piano accompaniment, presented in the smaller Jerome Hynes Theatre, rather than on the theatre’s main stage. One of the “pocket {…}
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Opéra Royal Château de Versailles 2025-26 Review: Theodora

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Opéra Royal Château de Versailles celebrated their 2025-26 season opening with Händel’s “Theodora” in the Chapelle Royale to a sold out crowd of locals and internationals. The Chapelle Royale was completed in 1710 under the reign of King Louis XIV. It was the last chapel built at Château de Versailles and features Gothic architecture with dramatic illustrated narratives in honor {…}
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Independent Opera Company to Present U.S. Premiere of ‘The Fair at Sorocyntsi’

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On Nov. 14 and 15, 2025, The Independent Opera Company (IOC) opens its 14th season with the U.S. premiere of Mussorgsky’s “The Fair at Sorochyntsi.” The opera will be presented in a concert-style performance, accompanied by piano at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in Los Angeles, CA. The cast includes Phil Meyer, Alexis Wesley, Jessica Berns, David Ingram, Timothy {…}

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