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DVD and CD Releases, News

Joyce DiDonato, Anna Netrebko, & Louise Alder Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week three of today’s biggest divas release new albums or DVDs. There are also a number of solo projects including a debut album by one of the most exciting baritones of his generation. Here is a look. Winterreise Joyce DiDonato releases her acclaimed version of Schubert’s “Winterreise.” The mezzo noted that the piece is one of “the masterpieces: those {…}

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Italian Government Announces Limited Reopening on April 26

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(Credit: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino official website) The cabinet of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has adopted a new decree that will allow limited reopenings in the yellow zones of the country’s COVID-19 color-code system. The decree only applies to the low risk yellow zones. Theaters and opera houses will be allowed to reopen with a maximum of 50% capacity or {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Pentatone’s ‘La Fanciulla del West’

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An aesthetic outlier in the grand tradition of Italian opera, “La Fanciulla del West” occupies a singular position both historically and within the growing catalog of Pentatone’s multichannel audio recordings. The Dutch label proposes two contrasting takes on Puccini’s tale of the Wild West; a remastered version of the DG classic (with Carol Neblett’s magisterial  Minnie) and its most recent {…}

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Canadian Opera Company Names Toronto-Based Amplified Opera as Disruptor-in-Residence

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The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has selected Toronto-based Amplified Opera as its first Disruptor-in-Residence, a newly developed program that grew out of the COC’s Company-in-Residence and is part of the COC Academy. Amplified Opera will take part in the two-year residency aimed at providing resources and support for emerging companies. Amplified Opera is a collective co-founded by Canadian performing artists {…}

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Chevalier de Saint-George, J’Nai Bridges, Samuel Ramey, Anthony Roth Costanzo Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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It is going to be a fun opera week with a lot of unique viewing experiences for opera lovers around the world. There are modern operas. There are concerts with famed arias. There’s a mystery story. There’s a battle between two queens. There’s some Schubert songs. And a Rossini mass. And of course, there is a high-profile company premiere of {…}

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John Storgårds Takes Over BBC Proms Concert

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(Credit: Marco Borggreve) BBC Proms has announced a cast change for its upcoming live performance. Conductor Omer Meir Wellber has had to withdraw from the performance on September 2, 2020 due to illness. John Storgårds will take his place. Due to the cast change, the program has been adjusted accordingly. Instead of the Aziza Sadikova’s “Marionettes” and Haydn’s Symphony No. {…}

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Beverly Sills, Jessye Norman Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez Headline Week 16 of Metropolitan Opera’s Nightly Streams

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced week 16 of its Nightly Streams. This coming week’s streams feature a wide range of options including a showcase starring Beverly Sills, Shostakovich opera, a classic Ring performance, some Bel Canto magic, and a historic performance from the 2018-19 season. Monday, June 29 – Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment Conducted by Enrique Mazzola; starring Pretty Yende, Stephanie {…}

Special Features

10 Essential & Historic Opera Recordings of Music by Black Composers (Updated with Addendum)

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June 8th marks the start of African-American Music Appreciation Month. While the talent and musical accomplishments of the black community cannot possibly be summarized in one article, we have compiled a list of notable recordings of not only great singers, but also composers whose works have been overlooked for decades, even centuries.  In recent years more attention has finally been {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury Headlines Drive-In ‘Tosca’ at Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice

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(Credit: Fay Fox) The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice has announced that this year’s live opera staging, typically the highlight of its annual summer music festival will be a drive-in performance of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The performance, set for August 29,  will take place at Tech City in Kingston, New York. As with drive-in movie experiences,  audience members will drive {…}