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Anna Netrebko, Sabine Devieilhe, Dawn Upshaw & Asmik Grigorian Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences can experience a new solo album by one of opera’s reigning divas, two new albums by a great coloratura, a world premiere and two new DVDs from recent productions. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Amata dalle Tenebre Deutsche Grammophon releases Anna Netrebko’s new album “Amata Dalle Tenebre,” which marks the soprano’s first studio {…}
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Holy Fire: Verdi’s Representation in McQueen’s Spring/Summer 1999 Fashion Show

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We are all familiar with the aphorism ‘clothing maketh the man‘ and its related parabolic lesson, regardless of the superficiality of the statement and its inherent inadequacies as a didactic phrase that can be really listened to in any meaningful way. The backward iniquitous core of this phrase most properly resonates as eternally problematic when reworked in George Bernard Shaw’s {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Rossini Opera Festival 2021 Review: Elisabetta Regina d’Inghilterra

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(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) “Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra,” premiering in 1815, was Rossini’s first of eight operas for Naples’ Teatro di San Carlo. Having already established himself in Venice and Milan, he was set on conquering the Neapolitan public. This was no easy task, given the opposition he faced from the local cognoscenti. Such was his determination, however, he gave considerable attention {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Deutsche Grammophon Announces Anna Netrebko’s New Album ‘Amata Dalle Tenebre’

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Deutsche Grammophon has announced Anna Netrebko’s new album “Amata Dalle Tenebre.” The new album will mark the soprano’s first studio album since her 2017 cross-over album “Romanza.” “Amata Dalle Tenebre” comes in celebration of the soprano’s 50th birthday. Recorded in the auditorium of the Teatro alla in Milan, with the Scala Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Chailly, the {…}
News, Streaming

Rossini Opera Festival to Broadcast ‘Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra’

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Rossini Opera Festival is set to broadcast its new production of “Elisabetta regina d’Inghilterra.” The work, which will be presented in a new production by Davide Livermore inspired by “The Crown,” will be broadcast on the Rai5 television channel on Sept. 30. The opera will star Karine Deshayes in the title role, Sergey Romanovsky, Salome Jicia, Marta Pluda, Barry Banks, and {…}
News

Xavier Sabata, Patricia Petibon & Ian Bostridge Highlight Auditori de Barcelona’s 2021-22 Season

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The Auditori de Barcelona has announced its 2021-22 season featuring a variety of music and soloists from around the world. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Juliet Fraser joins the ‎Plus-Minus Ensemble for music by Cassandra Miller. Performance Date: Sept. 30, 2021 Maria Hinojosa and Anna Alàs join Francisco Poyato, Anna Crexells, and the SEED Ensemble for songs {…}
Reviews, Video Productions

San Francisco Opera Virtual Review 2021: Götterdämmerung

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The beauty of “Götterdämmerung” is not only that it is the artful conclusion to the massive cycle of thoughts, ideas, story, and feelings that are its previous operas, but that it is its own lift to all that precedes it. Love and lust, jealousy and power, greed and hate, infinity and finitude, community and individualism – all take their place {…}
News

Updates on Summer Festivals Canceled Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

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***We will update this article as more cancellations are announced. The coronavirus has affected a number of summer festivals. After the cancellation of the Grange Park Opera and the delay of the Glyndebourne Festival, many festivals are weighing in on the summer. The Buxton International Festival has canceled its summer festival which was scheduled for July 2 – 18, 2021. {…}
News

2019 Queen Sonja International Music Competition Finalists Announced

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Last night at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo the six finalists for the 2019 Queen Sonja International Music Competition were announced. They are: soprano Meigui Zhang (China, 26), mezzo-soprano Natalia Tanasaii (Moldova, 28), baritones Sergey Kaydalov (Russia, 27), Adam Kutny (Poland, 27), Stefan Astakhov (Germany, 21), and tenor Theodore Browne (Germany, 28). The finalists will compete on Friday, {…}

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