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Julie Roset, Sabine Devieilhe, & Reginald Mobley Lead Saint-Denis Festival 2025

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Saint-Denis Festival has released details of its 2025 season. This year the festival puts women in the spotlight, as a “demonstration of the important place that women now occupy in the musical world, particularly in orchestral conducting.” Only vocal works are included in this article. First up is a preview concert featuring Apolline Raï-Westphal, Louise Bourgeat-Roulleau, Jordan Mouaïssia, Léo Guillou-Keredan, {…}

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Laurène Paternò, Sabine Devieilhe, Julien Henric, & Mathias Vidal Star in the 2025 Festival Pulsations

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Festival Pulsations releases its 2025 programming. Opening the festival is “Les Indes Galantes – De la voix des âmes,” an fusion of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque opera and of hip-hop and krump. Laurène Paternò, Mathias Vidal, Ana Quitans, and Andreas Wolf, along with Rualité Structure, the Namur Chamber Choir, and Cappella Mediterranea perform under the baton of Leonardo García-Alarcón. Bintou Dembélé {…}

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Piotr Beczala, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Elīna Garanča Lead Festspielhaus Baden-Baden’s 2026 Easter Festival

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The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden has announced the Easter Festival for 2026. Joana Mallwitz conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” by Johannes Erath. The cast includes Piotr Beczała in the title role, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, and Samuel Hasselhorn. Performance Dates: March 28 & 31, 2026 Klaus Mäkelä conducts Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion. Performance Date: March 30, 2026 Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem is {…}

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Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart Presents ‘Bach and Latin America: Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart’

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The Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart has announced the first “Bach and Latin America: Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart” to take place March 9-23. For the purposes of this article, only vocal works are included. “Bach and Latin America” ​​begins with Ariel Ramírez’s ‘Creole Mass.” Soloists are mezzo-soprano Cecilia Fontaine and baritone Matías Bocchio. Lydia Schimmer conducts. Performance Date: March 9, 2025 Sopranos Miriam {…}

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Opera House Spotlights Part Two: Ecuador

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Opera exists throughout the world, from more traditional forms that depart from Westernized forms such as Peking opera, to more blended forms like the Zarzuela. Outside the European framework, opera has taken on an incredibly diverse range of complexions, from the Savoy opera to the Farsa. And while many more categories exist, it cannot be denied that European-styled opera is a global {…}

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Opera House Spotlights Part One: Mongolia

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(Photo Credit: New.MN) Opera exists all throughout the world, from more traditional forms which depart from the Westernized form like Peking opera, to more blended forms like the Zarzuela. Outside the European framework, opera has taken on an incredibly diverse range of complexions, from the Savoy opera to the Farsa. And while many more categories exist, it cannot be denied {…}

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Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Controversial’ ‘Aida’ Set for Cinemas

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) Verdi’s “Aida” will be the next HD in the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series. The new production of “Aida” opened on Dec. 31 to controversy and mixed reviews with OperaWire noting, “Mayer’s production was passable, especially by his standards. Whether the execution justified its own existence is certainly a question for those managing {…}

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Netia Jones Jones Royal Ballet and Opera as Associate Director

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The Royal Ballet and Opera has announced that Netia Jones will take up the newly created position of Associate Director of The Royal Opera. Jones will take the position on Dec. 3, 2024, and will be responsible for commissioning and creating bold, adventurous projects in the Linbury Theatre. She will work alongside Oliver Mears (Director of Opera) and will play {…}