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Elgin Symphony Orchestra Announces Fourth-Annual ‘Sing-Along Messiah’
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Edmonton Opera Cancels Production of ‘Indians on Vacation’
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Q & A: Sonya Yoncheva on Giordano, ‘Andrea Chenier,’ ‘Marina’ & HD Recordings
(Credit: Manfred Baumann) Soprano Sonya Yoncheva is one of the most unique modern opera stars in the world. Where most take the conventional path, the soprano tends to experiment and move in directions that are constantly surprising. She’s engaged with the baroque repertoire, the bel canto, works by Mozart, romantic repertory, and verismo with a fluidity and mastery that few {…}
Q & A: Ilanah Lobel-Torres on What Inspires Her Most as an Opera Singer
(Photo: Angéline Moizard) As a young singer from New York, Ilanah Lobel-Torres never imagined that a few bars of music in a supporting role {…}
Q & A: Soprano Emily Michiko Jensen Singing Cio-Cio San, the Role ‘That Started it All’
In childhood soprano Emily Michiko Jensen performed as a “super” for San Diego Opera’s production of “Madama Butterfly,” along with her sister. Now, she will star as Cio-Cio San in Opera San José’s “Madama Butterfly”, which opens on Nov. 16 and runs through the 30th. Jensen, a Japanese-American San Diego native who draws from her rich heritage as a woman {…}
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Gothic Opera to Present UK Stage Premiere of ‘Die Rheinnixen’
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 {…}
Sarah Brailey Gives World Premiere of Newly Restored Song Cycles of John Harbison at Token Creek
(Photo credit: Brynn Bruijn) Token Creek Chamber Music hosted a concert on Oct. 9 showcasing works by John Harbison. Soprano Sarah Brailey and pianist Tomasz Lis gave the North American premiere of the complete and restored version of Harbison’s “Miłosz Songs.” The cycle was originally commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for soprano Dawn Upshaw in 2006. The piano version {…}