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Joyce DiDonato Returns To Carnegie Hall For Master Classes

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Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is set to return to Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing for her annual much-anticipated series of master classes for young professional opera singers. This year, soprano Alexandra Nowakowski, mezzo-soprano Maya Amir, countertenor Keymon Murrah, and tenor Aaron Crouch were selected to participate in the master classes. They will be accompanied by pianist Justina Lee and Shannon McGinnis. The master classes will {…}

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Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Announces Five Winners

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The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions has announced its 2019 winners. Out of nine finalists Thomas Glass, Miles Mykkanen, William Guanbo Su, Elena Villalón, and Michaela Wolz won the competition, each receiving $15,000 cash prize. The winners took home the prize after a months-long series of auditions involving more than 1,000 singers at the district, regional, and national levels. The 65th annual auditions was hosted {…}

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Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (3/29-31)

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This weekend’s selections run the gamut from a world premiere, the return of a famed but rarely performed opera (at least in the States), a superstar cast in a Mozart opera, and two other works by prominent composers. Here is a rundown of our top five selections of the weekend (in alphabetical order by company).  L’Incoronazione di Poppea – Florentine {…}

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Chelsea Opera Group To Showcase Boito’s ‘Mefistofele’

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The Chelsea Opera Group is preparing to mount a rare performance of Boito’s “Mefistofele” at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre on Sunday, March 24. The concert performance will be lead by Matthew Scott Rogers and will feature Vazgen Gazaryan as the devil himself. Pablo Bemsch will take on the role of Faust while Elizabeth Llewellyn will interpret the {…}

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Met Opera 2019-2020 Season: Here Is All The Information For This Season’s Live in HD Performances

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The Metropolitan Opera revealed its 2019-20 season on Wednesday afternoon. Among the major announcements were the company’s schedule for its ever-popular Live in HD slate.  Here is a look at the list of performances that will be broadcast to audiences around the world. Worthy of note is that of the 10 productions set to screen in cinemas, three will be {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato Headline The Metropolitan Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2019-20 season with five new productions, a New Year’s Eve gala, and a recital. Here is a look at what to expect. New Productions  The season opens with Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” in a new production by James Robinson. The production stars Eric Owens and Kevin Short sharing the title role of Porgy and {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (1/25-27)

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It’s a weekend filled with diverse repertoire and some rarely performed gems. It’s also a weekend highlighted by superstars and veterans liked Jonas Kaufmann, Brabndon Jovanovich, and Annick Massis. Here is a look! Faust – Opera Royal de Wallonie, Belgium Marc Laho, Anne-Catherine Gillet, and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo star in Gounod’s most popular opera. Patrick Davin conducts Stefano Poda’s new production. {…}