Opera Ithaca 2020 Review: Gianni Schicchi

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(Photo credit: Opera Ithaca) Diving headfirst into creating a film production of an opera in the middle of a pandemic is a risk that most companies might shy away from taking right now. Social distancing and the tedious task of troubleshooting with technology, video editing, and sound design are all vital factors that must be adhered to and mastered. However, {…}

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Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Stéphanie d’Oustrac Headline Top 10* Operas to Stream This Week

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This week’s recommendations list comes with a caveat – there are actually more that 10 performances to stream among our recommendations. The reason? Some of the companies are presenting package deals that were simply too good to ignore. If you are a lover of the standard repertory, we have a lot of unique options for you among this week’s recommendations. {…}

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Chen Reiss, Claudia Pavone & Zuzana Marková Highlight Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Autumn Season

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced a new autumn season for the Teatro Costanzi following restrictions due to the COVID-19 crisis. The company announced that due to the state of emergency it is canceling “Notre-Dame de Paris,” “The Rake’s Progress,” and “Oedipus Rex.” In August there will be a series of concerts with the Orchestra e il Coro del {…}

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Natalie Dessay, Diana Damrau & Marina Rebeka Lead Konzerthaus Dortmund’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Sony Classical/Baden-Baden/Tatiana Vlasova) The Konzerthaus Dortmund in Germany has unveiled its 2020-21 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal or operatic performances. The season opens with Haydn’s “Die Schöpfung” with soloists Robin Johannsen, David Fischer, and Florian Boesch. The Collegium Vocale Gent and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is led by Philippe Herreweghe. Performance Date: {…}

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Regina Opera 2020 Review: Gianni Schicchi & Golden Jubilee

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(Credit: Steven Pisano) I have always been partial to small and regional opera companies as they struggled to hold the flag high for the art of opera, often in the unlikeliest places. First, it seemed to me those small companies mirrored what was the norm in Europe, with so many of the small towns with their own opera theater and {…}

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Pacific Opera Project 2020 Review: Gianni Schicchi & L’Enfant et les sortileges

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[Credit: Martha Benedict] For the first production of their 10th anniversary season, Los Angeles’s Pacific Opera Project chose to pair two one-act operas, Puccini’s late comic opera “Gianni Schicchi” with Ravel’s magical “L’Enfant et les sortilèges.” The performance took place at Thorne Hall at Eagle Rock’s Occidental College. Pacific Opera Project (POP) claims that this is the first time these {…}

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Rosa Feola, Klaus Florian Vogt & Hye Jung Lee Highlight Top 5 International Weekend (1/3-5)

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(Credit: © Olaf Struck) It’s the first week of the year and many festivals are underway. This week we focus on some of the standard repertoire and some rising stars. L’Elisir d’Amore – Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Austria Sesto Quatrini conducts Dorothea Kirschbaum’s production of “L’Elisir d’Amore” with a cast that includes Benedetta Torre, Sam Handley, Jonathan Abernethy, Mikołaj Trąbka, and {…}

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Best of 2019 – OperaWire’s Staff on the Best Performances of the Year

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(Credit: Marty Sohl/Karen Almond-Metropolitan Opera/Ken Howard-Santa Fe Opera/ Gianfranco Rota-Donizetti Opera) We hope that the end of your 2019 is a prosperous one and that the start of 2020 is even better. As we look forward to the next calendar year, we are taking some time to reflect on the opera performances that defined 2019 for many of us. As {…}

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Renée Fleming, Nicole Car & Étienne Dupuis Highlight Opera Australia’s Sydney 2020 Season

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Opera Australia has announced its its 2020 Sydney season, presenting an exciting program of rare gems and some of the greatest operas. Sydney Summer Season The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” with conductor Carlo Goldstein leading Gale Edwards’ production. The opera stars soprano Karah Son in the role of Mimì and tenor Kang Wang making his Opera Australia debut in {…}

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Opera Ithaca 2020 Review: Gianni Schicchi

Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Stéphanie d’Oustrac Headline Top 10* Operas to Stream This Week

Chen Reiss, Claudia Pavone & Zuzana Marková Highlight Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Autumn Season

Natalie Dessay, Diana Damrau & Marina Rebeka Lead Konzerthaus Dortmund’s 2020-21 Season

Regina Opera 2020 Review: Gianni Schicchi & Golden Jubilee

Pacific Opera Project 2020 Review: Gianni Schicchi & L’Enfant et les sortileges

Rosa Feola, Klaus Florian Vogt & Hye Jung Lee Highlight Top 5 International Weekend (1/3-5)

Best of 2019 – OperaWire’s Staff on the Best Performances of the Year

Renée Fleming, Nicole Car & Étienne Dupuis Highlight Opera Australia’s Sydney 2020 Season