The Crossing Announces Its 2019-20 Season

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Grammy Award-winning choir The Crossing has announced its 2019-20 season, which will include several world premieres. Dan Henriksson and Donald Nally will direct the choral-theatre work “Aniara: fragments of time and space,” presented by Finnish National Opera at Almi Hall in Helsinki. The Crossing will be joined by Klockriketeatern, with featured performers Matti Raita and Carl Alm. Performance Dates: Sept. 16 {…}

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Opera Saratoga 2019 Review: Hansel and Gretel

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Last weekend, I had the opportunity to experience a number of unique performance opportunities outside of the confines of opera’s mecca, Manhattan. After a glorious “La Traviata” at the Glimmerglass Festival, I headed over to Saratoga Springs for a matinee of Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” It was remarkable and greatly unexpected. It was set in the stunning Saratoga State Park {…}

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Ben Bliss, Emily D’Angelo Among Stars Of Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend (North America)

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There are four operas that rarely get performances in North America, making them all the more essential viewing for the weekend. Here are our top five operas to see this weekend (in alphabetical order by company). Billy Budd – Central City Opera Britten’s masterwork kicks off on Saturday with a production conducted by John Baril and directed by Ken Cazan. {…}

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Corinne Winters, Sarah Connolly & Sean Panikkar Headline English National Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The English National Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring seven new productions and three revivals, the greatest number of new productions in five years. The season will also include four new productions that present the same story: the Orpheus myth will be seen in four operas spanning 230 years, interpreted by four directors from radically different theatrical disciplines, all within the {…}

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Pretty Yende, Brandon Jovanovich & Sonya Yoncheva Among Opera Awards Finalists

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The opera awards have announced the 2019 nominees with multiple singers and companies competing for top prizes. The nominees for Female Singer of the Year are Anna Caterina Antonacci, Daniela Barcellona, Sabine Devieilhe, Rosa Feola, Asmik Grigorian, and Pretty Yende. Meanwhile, the category for Male Singer of the Year is headlined by Charles Castronovo who competes with Alex Esposito, Brandon Jovanovich, John Osborn, Xavier Sabata, and Georg Zeppenfeld. {…}

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‘Vireo,’ Featuring Deborah Voigt, Getting DVD & CD Release

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Composer Lisa Bielawa, librettist Erik Ehn, and video director Charles Otte’s “Vireo” will receive a DVD and CD release. The episodic opera, which was ready-made for the binging habits of modern audiences, will be released via Orange Mountain Music on Feb. 28, 2019; however, those with interest in getting a headstart on the experience can go to Apple Music and {…}

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Best of 2018: OperaWire Staff Picks Most Memorable Opera Performances Of the Year

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Yes, it’s that time of the year where we wax poetic about transformative experiences we have had over the course of the last 300 or so days. Sometimes we curate these experiences as rankings to fuel some individual emotions, and at other moments we simply do what we are doing with this piece – let a few different people chip {…}

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Top 6 Operas To See This Weekend – USA (10/5-7)

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We have another six offerings this week because a number of companies are getting their season started. You’ll see two world premieres among this week mixed in with some repertory favorites. The Mile Long Opera: A Biography of 7 O’Clock – The High Line Looking for a unique experience in New York City? “The Mile-Long Opera” is probably going to {…}

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San Francisco Opera 2018-19 Review: Roberto Devereux

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“I saw the Queen of England weep!” It is true, at least in the brilliant portrayal of Elizabeth I by soprano, Sondra Radvanovsky, in the San Francisco Opera’s production of “Roberto Devereaux.” In Donizetti’s third and most popular Tudor Queen opera (“Anna Bolena” and “Maria Stuarda” being the other two), Radvanovsky sings with moving beauty as she dramatized the role {…}

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The Crossing Announces Its 2019-20 Season

Opera Saratoga 2019 Review: Hansel and Gretel

Ben Bliss, Emily D’Angelo Among Stars Of Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend (North America)

Corinne Winters, Sarah Connolly & Sean Panikkar Headline English National Opera’s 2019-20 Season

Pretty Yende, Brandon Jovanovich & Sonya Yoncheva Among Opera Awards Finalists

‘Vireo,’ Featuring Deborah Voigt, Getting DVD & CD Release

Best of 2018: OperaWire Staff Picks Most Memorable Opera Performances Of the Year

Top 6 Operas To See This Weekend – USA (10/5-7)

San Francisco Opera 2018-19 Review: Roberto Devereux