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Jonas Kaufmann & Renée Fleming Highlight Salzburg Easter Festival’s Streaming Platform

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The Salzburg Easter Festival is launching a streaming platform in collaboration with Unitel. From April 4 through 16, the dates of the festival, there will be free videos of the opera productions from the era of Christian Thielemann/Staatskapelle Dresden from 2013 to 2017. The program kicks off with a 2017 recording of “Die Walküre,”  in a production by Vera Nemirova {…}

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Emily Magee, Klaus Florian Vogt & Andris Nelsons Highlight Gewandhaus Leipzig’s 2020-21 Season

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The Gewandhaus Leipzig has announced its 2020-21 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances that will featured throughout the season. Gotthold Schwarz conducts Bach’s Weihnachts-Oratorium with soloists Mojca Erdmann, Elvira Bill, Julian Prégardien, Martin Lattke, and Klaus Mertens. Performance Dates: Dec. 11-13, 2020 Andris Nelsons conducts Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with soloists Amanda Majeski, Mihoko Fujimura, Klaus Florian Vogt, {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros & Anna Netrebko Headline Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2020-21 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper announced its 2020-21 season which includes eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres The first new production of the year will be “Die Vögel” by Walter Braunfels, who also penned the libretto. Ingo Metzmacher conducts a production by Frank Castrof that will star Wolfgang Koch, Günter Papendell, Caroline Wettergreen, Emily Pogorelc, Eliza Bloom, and Yajie Zhang, among {…}

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Vienna State Opera to Offer Daily Live Streams From its Opera Archives

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Despite being closed for public performances, the Wiener Staatsoper has resolved to open up its streaming service to provide audiences with daily opera. Starting on Sunday, March 15, 2020, the company will start to stream operas from its archives for free on www.staatsoperlive.com. The online program is set to follow along with the same opera that audiences would have seen {…}

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Plácido Domingo Cancels Staatsoper Hamburg Performances Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

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(Credit: Chad Batka) Plácido Domingo has canceled his upcoming performances at the Staatsoper Hamburg. The theater announced in a press release that due to medical recommendations regarding his regarding age and a higher risk of infection of the coronavirus, Domingo has opted out of performances scheduled on March 22, 26, and April 2. The Staatsoper Hamburg stated, “We understand and {…}

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Opéra National de Bordeaux Postpones Ildar Abdrazakov’s Recital

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Ildar Abdrazakov’s recital at the Opéra National de Bordeaux has been postponed due to a travel ban imposed by the Coronavirus outbreak. The bass announced that due travel restrictions he will not be able to travel to Bordeaux. In a statement via social media the bass said, “FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY THAT ME AND MY PIANST Mzia {…}

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Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Announce 2020 Winners

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(Credit: Richard Termine/Metropolitan Opera) The 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions have announced its winners. The winners will each receive a $20,000 cash prize up from $15,000, the first increase since 1998 and the prestige and exposure that comes with winning the competition that has launched numerous international careers. This year the winners include mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Beteag of the Southeast {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces Semifinalists for National Council Auditions

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The 2020 semifinalists for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions have been announced. The semifinalists this year are made up of 10 sopranos, four mezzo-sopranos, one countertenor, three tenors, two baritones, two bass-baritones, and one bass. The 10 soprano semifinalists are Erika Baikoff (Upper Midwest Region: New York, New York), Claire de Monteil (Middle Atlantic Region: Paris, France), Cara Gabrielson {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Joyce DiDonato & Piotr Beczala Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled its 2020-21 season, which features five new productions and 17 revivals. New Productions Anna Netrebko opens the Metropolitan Opera in a new production of Verdi’s “Aida” directed by Michael Mayer. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the production which also stars Anita Rachvelishvili, Piotr Beczała, Dmitry Belosselskiy and Ludovic Tezier. The production will also showcase Latonia Moore and {…}