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Anja Harteros, Saioa Hernández, Rolando Villazón & Nina Stemme Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2022-23 Season

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven new productions. Premieres R.Strauss’ “Arabella” will be conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles in a new production by Tobias Kratzer. Albert Pesendorfer, Doris Soffel, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Elena Tsallagova, and Russell Braun. Performance Dates: March 18-April 6, 2023 Arne Gieshoff and Franziska Angerer’s “Bear” will have its world premiere. Performance Dates: {…}
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Bayerische Staatsoper Delays Opening of ‘Peter Grimes’ Due to COVID-19

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has postponed the opening of “Peter Grimes.” The company noted that “due to several Corona cases in the technical and artistic departments and the associated high number of contact persons, the premiere of Peter Grimes will be postponed to Sunday, 6 March 2022.” The opera was originally set to open on Feb. 28 and there was also set {…}
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Angel Blue, Russell Thomas, Rhiannon Giddens & Renée Fleming Lead LA Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The LA Opera has announced its 2022-23 Season featuring six operatic productions including an LA premiere. The season opens with Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Amanda Woodbury and Liv Redpath sharing the title role. They will be joined by Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Alexander Birch Elliott, and Eric Owens with Lina González-Granados conducting Simon Stone’s production. Performance Dates: Sept. 17-Oct. 9, 2022 Rhiannon {…}
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Renée Fleming, J’Nai Bridges, Lawrence Brownlee & Joshua Guerrero Headline Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2022-23 Season

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The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2022-23 season featuring two newly-commissioned world premieres, three premieres of works never before seen on Lyric’s stage, and a host of classic favorites. Here is a look. Russell Thomas sings the title role in Verdi’s “Ernani.” He is joined by Tamara Wilson, Quinn Kelsey, and Christian Van Horn. Enrique Mazzola conducts the production by Louisa {…}
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Wiener Staatsoper Cancels ‘Tosca’ & All Remaining Performances of ‘Die Fledermaus’

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(Credit: © Peter Mayr) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cancellation of all the remaining performances of popular Johann Strauss’ operetta “Die Fledermaus” in January 2022, due to rising COVID-19 cases in the artistic groups. The popular work was set to star Andreas Schager as Gabriel von Eisenstein, Rachel Willis-Sørensen in the role of Rosalinde, Wolfgang Bankl as Frank, Christina {…}
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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Changes For ‘Die Fledermaus’

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(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper official website) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that tenor Hiroshi Amako and soprano Johanna Wallroth will take over the roles of Alfred and Ida in Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus,” respectively, for all performances in the run. The operetta opens on Dec. 31, 2021, and will last until Jan. 5, 2022 for a total of four performances. Amako {…}
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Juan Diego Flórez Replaces Stephen Costello in Wiener Staatsoper’s ‘Faust’

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(Credit: Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Music Entertainment) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that tenor Juan Diego Flórez will replace Stephen Costello in the title role of Gounod’s “Faust” for the final performance on Nov. 11, 2021. Costello was previously replaced for the performance on Nov. 7, 2021, by tenor John Osborn. Juan Diego Flórez, who premiered the production during the {…}
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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Multiple Cast Changes

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(Credits: Matilde Fasso / Salzburger Festspiele / Doris Wild) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced multiple cast changes for the upcoming performances of Gounod‘s “Faust” and Verdi‘s “Nabucco.” Per an official press release, tenor John Osborn will sing the title role in “Faust” on Nov. 7, 2021, replacing Stephen Costello. Osborn joins a cast that includes Rachel Willis-Sørensen as Marguerite, Adam {…}

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