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Rebecca de Almeida to Headline Virtuosi OPERA’s ‘Carmen’

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The Virtuosi OPERA will present a fully-staged production of Bizet’s “Carmen” across four New England venues this May and June. The opera will be headlined by Brazilian mezzo-soprano Rebecca de Almeida in the title role, American tenor Jax Hassler as Don José, Polish-American baritone Wojciech Bonarowski as Escamillo, and American soprano Makaela Shade-Alexander as Micaëla. The cast also includes Laurentiu {…}
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Connecticut Virtuosi & Lyric Opera to Present ‘Giulio Cesare in Egitto’

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The Conneccticut Virtuosi and Lyric Opera will present “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” starting on May 6, 2022. The showcase will star Madison Marie McIntosh and Rebecca Batista de Almeida in the title role. As Cleopatra, audiences will hear Kelly Whitesell and Olivia Wallace. Meanwhile the role of Cornelia will go to Julie Rumbold while. Rachel Andrews takes on Sesto. Samuel {…}
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Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra & Connecticut Lyric Opera to Present Bach Spring Festival

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The Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and Connecticut Lyric Opera have announced the Spring Bach Festival. There will be two performances starting with a Cantatas showcase featuring soprano Kelly Whitesell, mezzo Rebeca Almeida, tenor Daniel Juarez, and bass Steven Fasano. The quaret will perform such works as BWV 8: “Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?” and BWV 170: “Vergnügte Ruh’, beliebte {…}
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Key’mon Murrah & Les Talens Lyriques to Perform ‘Handelian Heroes’ at LA Opera

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(Photo credit: L2 Artists) LA Opera will present Les Talens Lyriques and countertenor Key’mon Murrah in “Handelian Heroes” at Zipper Hall at The Colburn School on May 24, 2026. Murrah will perform arias from four of Händel’s “Ariodante,” “Julius Caesar,” “Xerxes,” and “Rinaldo.” Also on the program are instrumental works including the Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 2 and the {…}
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Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: La Traviata

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) On March 31, the Metropolitan Opera presented the fourth performance of its current revival of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” At the core of this revival’s first cast was Lisette Oropesa, who returned to the Met after a successful “I Puritani” earlier in January. While that role showed the soprano’s precision and elegance in the bel {…}
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OPERA2DAY & the Netherlands Bach Society 2026 Review: The Opera Circus

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(Photo: Bart Grietens) The production of “The Opera Circus” vividly revives the historical tradition of the Pasticcio, a staple of 18th-century operatic life. By weaving together a curated selection from Handel’s vast sprawling catalog—ranging from the iconic “Alcina” to the lesser-known gems of “Teseo”—the production team mirrors the composer’s own creativity brilliance. This format provides a flexible, 90-minute skeletal framework {…}
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Washington National Opera 2025-26 Review: The Crucible

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(Credit: Scott Suchman) On March 21, the Washington National Opera opened “The Crucible,” its second production of the spring season at the Lisner Auditorium. The Washington National Opera’s decision to showcase this work spotlights the importance of art’s resilience in times where where institutions like the John. F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are being taken over by regimes {…}
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Opéra-Théâtre de l’Eurométropole de Metz 2025-26 Review: Norma

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  On March 6th and 8th, while the opera house was still undergoing renovations, “Norma” was performed in the main hall of the Arsenal in Metz. The grand staircases at the back of the hall, which normally serve as seats, as well as the balconies and side pillars, were used as scenery, thanks to Julien Soulier’s video and Patrick Méeüs’ {…}
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Washington National Opera 2025-26 Review: Treemonisha

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On March 8, the Washington National Opera (WNO) presented its first opera, “Treemonisha,” after having broken ties with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. For the occasion, the company returned to Lisner Auditorium, the venue where it started 70 years ago and a noticeably smaller one when compared to the opera house at the Kennedy Center. As {…}

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