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Maria Agresta, Martin Muehle, Pretty Yende, & Angelo Villari Among Performers at 2025 Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund

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(Photo credits: Elisa Rinaldi, Simon Pauly, & Gregor Hohenberg) Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund announces its 2025 lineup. Soprano Maria Agresta and tenor Martin Muehle perform opera classics from Verdi to Puccini in the Italian opera gala. Carlo Montanaro conducts the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen. Performance Date: June 1, 2025 Works by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and those who inspired his writing {…}
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Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces Cast Change for Mozart’s Requiem

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The Gran Teatre de Liceu has announced a cast change for its concert of Mozart’s Requiem. The company said soprano “Emőke Baráth joins today’s concert of Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ at the Sagrada Família replacing Anna Prohaska, due to a medical prescription.” Baráth has performed at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Salzburger Mozarteum, Opéra national du Rhin, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and Teatro dell’Opera di {…}
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Opéra National du Rhin Names New Assistant Conductor

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Matthew Straw has been appointed Assistant Conductor at Opéra National du Rhin. In his new position, the conductor will assist with several productions, including “Ariodante” and “La Traviata.” He will also conduct performances of “The Tales of Hoffmann” in February and March 2025. Straw is currently Assistant Conductor of the Utah Symphony and has assisted Kazushi Ono at the Brussels {…}
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National Forum of Music Announces 2024-25 Season

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The National Forum of Music announces its 2024-25 and tenth anniversary season. For the purposes of this article only vocal works are included. Andrzej Kosendiak conducts the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic and soloists Anett Fritsch, Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział, Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak, and Paweł Horodyski in Mozart’s “Mass in C minor,” KV 427. They are joined by the NFM Choir under the direction {…}
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Javier Camarena, Ramón Vinay & Ian Bostridge Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences are in for a number of legendary recordings as well as two world premiere recordings. There are also some debut albums and some new works that are exciting. Archetype  Lexicon Classics releases the debut album by two-time Grammy Nominated baritone Stephen Powell. Titled “Archetype,” this orchestral album, mixed by 18-time Grammy®-Winning engineer Mark Donahue and produced by {…}
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Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León Announces 2023-24 Season

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Spain’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the vocal performances. Christoph Koncz conducts a program of music by Mahler and Mendelssohn with Ian Bostridge, Alicia Amo, and Ulrike Haller. Performance Dates: March 8 & 9, 2024 Thierry Fischer conducts Siobhan Stagg in a program of music by Mahler and Mozart. Performance Dates: April {…}
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Opéra de Lausanne Announces New Director

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The Opéra de Lausanne has announced that Claude Cortese will be the company’s next Director. The company said that following a recruitment process that began in September 2022, the Commission selection committee unanimously proposed to the Foundation Board and the Municipality of Lausanne to appoint de Cortese. He will succeed current Opéra de Lausanne director Eric Vigié in July 2024 Cortese {…}

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