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Interviews, Special Features

At Home With – Stage Director Julia Burbach in London

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“At Home With… ” is a new series collaboration between OperaWire and photographer Frances Marshall of Marshall Light Studio, combining original photography with insightful interviews. In this second edition, OperaWire spoke with Stage Director, Julia Burbach. “Truth be told, I only realized that things were accelerating when I was in Iceland, rehearsing ‘Valkyrie.’ We were going to do a week {…}

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Anja Harteros, Catherine Foster & Andreas Schager lead Staatstheater Wiesbaden Mai Festspiele 2020

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Staatstheater Wiesbaden has just announced its May Festival program, featuring seven operas and number of vocal works. Operas Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde” will spotlight Catherine Foster, Lance Ryan, Andreas Schager, René Pape, Tobias Kehrer, Thomas de Vries, Margarete Joswig, Andreas Karasiak, Julian Habermann, and Erik Biegel. Ryan and Schager will alternate in the title role of Tristan, while Pape and Kehrer will {…}

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Jamie Barton Headlines American Composers Orchestra’s Opening Concert

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American Composers Orchestra opens its 2019-20 concert season with New England Echoes on Nov. 13, 2019 at at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. The concert is set to feature the world premiere of 2017 ACO Underwood Commission winner Hilary Purrington’s concerto for guitar and orchestra, Harp of Nerves, with guitar soloist JIJI. Jamie Barton will sing in the world premiere of new orchestrations of Charles {…}

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Volksoper Wien Announces 2019-20 Season

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The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2019-20 season featuring an array of opera and operetta and five new productions that are sure to entice opera lovers. Premieres Marius Felix Lange’s “Das Gespenst von Canterville” is set to get a new production by Philipp M. Krenn. Anita Götz, Regula Rosin, Paul Schweinester, Rebecca Nelsen, and Birgid Steinberger star with Gerrit Prießnitz conducting.  Performance Dates: Oct. 18, {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko & Plácido Domingo Headline Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2019-20 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2019-20 season, which is undeniably one of the biggest there is. It includes eight new productions to go along with a plethora of revivals. New Productions  Jonas Kaufmann and Marlis Petersen headline a new production of Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt” with Simon Stone directing. Kirill Petrenko conducts the production which also stars  Andrzej Filonczyk, Jennifer Johnston, {…}