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Alek Shrader, Mariola Cantarero & Sabina Puértolas Headline Opera de Oviedo’s 2018-19 Season

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The Opera de Oviedo has announced its 2018-19 season. The season will include five productions including some operatic classics and one Spanish opera. The season opens with Jorge Muñiz’s “Fuenteovejuna” with Mariola Cantarero and Raquel Lojendio sharing the role of Laurencia. The opera also stars Antonio Lozano and José Luis Sola sharing the role of Frondoso and Felipe Bou and Ricardo Seguel as Esteban. Santiago Serrate conducts {…}

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Nicole Cabell, Alek Shrader & Miles Mykkanen Lead Minnesota Opera 2018-19 Season

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The Minnesota Opera has announced its 2018-19 season featuring five productions including one world premiere and two modern masterpieces. The season opens with Puccini’s rarely performed “La Rondine,” which tells the tale of Magda a lively courtesan in Paris. Celine Byrne makes her debut in the title role with Leonardo Capalbo as Ruggero. Octavio Cardenas directs the new production which is {…}

Interviews, Stage Reviews

Q & A: Alek Shrader and Daniela Mack on Living Opera Careers Together

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Tenor Alek Shrader and mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack have enormous operatic careers and have sung all over the world both individually and together. The couple has joined forces in such operas as “La Cenerentola” and Handel’s “Partenope” and this summer they will be reunited in Handel’s “Alcina” at Santa Fe Opera. I had the chance to speak with them on my {…}

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San Francisco Opera 2023-24 Season to Star Aleksandra Kurzak, Angel Blue, Jamez McCorkle, Julie Fuchs, Arturo Chacón-Cruz

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San Francisco Opera has announced its 2023-24 season, the 101st in the company’s history. The season will open with an Opera Ball featuring Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak. Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra in a program of arias and duets. Performance Date: Sept. 8, 2023 Next up is “Il Trovatore” starring Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Angel Blue, Anita {…}

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Opera San José Opens 2025-26 Season with ‘Così Fan Tutte’

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(Credit: Bob Shomler) Opera San José is set to open its 42nd season with Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte.” The opera will be directed by Alek Shrader in his OSJ directorial debut, with Music Director and Principal Conductor Joseph Marcheso leading Mozart’s score. The ensemble cast will feature Ricardo José Rivera as Guglielmo, Ricardo Garcia and Benjamin Ruiz alternating as Ferrando, Dale {…}

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Matthew Polenzani Headlines San Francisco Opera’s ‘Idomeneo’

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San Francisco Opera is set to present Mozart’s “Idomeneo” from June 14–25, 2025. Caroline H. Hume Music Director, Eun Sun Kim is set to conduct a production by Lindy Hume. The cast will include American tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role of Idomeneo alongside Daniela Mack as Idamante, Ying Fang as Ilia, Elza van den Heever as Elettra, and tenor {…}

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Emily Jensen, Mikayla Sager, Ricardo José Rivera, Maria Natale Star in Opera San José’s 2025-26 Season

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Opera San José has unveiled its 2025-26 season. First up is “Così fan tutte” starring Ricardo José Rivera as Guglielmo and Dale Travis as Don Alfonso. Alek Shrader directs and Joseph Marcheso conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 14-28, 2025 Next up, Emily Jensen stars in “Madama Butterfly” alongside César Delgado as Pinkerton. Michelle Ainna Cuizon directs and Marcheso conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 16-30, {…}

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Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Team on the Best Performances of the Year

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There’s been a lot of opera in 2024. And quite frankly, there’s been a lot of good opera. So as has become our tradition, here is a look at some of OperaWire’s editorial team’s picks for their personal favorite performances of 2024. Matt Costello: Act three of “Götterdämmerung” – Tanglewood It’s always a tricky thing to think about one’s “Performance {…}