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Aix-en-Provence Festival Announces Its 2019 Festival

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The Aix-en-Provence Festival has announced its 2019 festival. The season will be the first under the leadership of Pierre Audi and is set to take place from July 3 to 22, 2018. The season will be made up of five works, all of which will appear in the program of the Aix-en-Provence Festival for the first time. The Productions  Mozart’s “Requiem” will {…}

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Bayerische Staatsoper 2017-18 Review – Così Fan Tutte: Eye-Catching Couples, Comedy and Camaraderie Display Mozart’s Magic

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“Così fan tutte” has often been a vehicle for some terrific singing as the third and final Mozart opera penned by Lorenzo Da Ponte. That was again the case Friday night at the Bayerische Staatsoper as a cast of rising stars showcased their respective talents in octogenarian Dieter Dorn’s production. When something has lasted for almost a quarter century, there {…}

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Ludovic Tézier Among Highlights of 2017-18 Opera de Lille Season

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Opera Lille has announced its 2017-18 season, which will feature five operas, among a number of other major events. The opera season kicks off on Sept. 30, 2017, with Mozart’s “Così fan tutte,” starring Ruzan Mantashyan, Virginie Verrez, Jaël Azzaretti, Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Alessio Arduini, and Nicolas Rivenq. The production, which will be directed by Christophe Honoré, will run for {…}

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Daniele Rustioni To Lead 3 Verdi Operas & Britten’s War Requiem As Part of Opera de Lyon’s 2017-18 Season

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Conductor Daniele Rustioni is poised to change things up at the Opera de Lyon in coming seasons. The Italian maestro was presented as the newly minted Music Director of the company at a private reception in New York on Thursday at the Bar Boulud on Broadway. Along with him was Lyon Opera’s own General Director Serge Dorny to reveal the {…}

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Cathedral Choral Society Names Interim Executive Director

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Cathedral Choral Society has announced that Catherine Ort-Mabry will be its Interim Executive Director. Ort-Mabry is the recent chief-marketing and communications officer for the American Society for Microbiology. In her new role, she will provide support to the Cathedral Choral Society team as it seeks out its next executive director. She will focus on staff and operational leadership, board governance, {…}

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Carlo Vistoli Wins San Francisco Opera’s Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition

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San Francisco Opera has announced that Italian countertenor Carlo Vistoli has won the 2023–24 Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Competition for his American stage and role debut in Händel’s “Partenope.” Vistoli was named 2024 Emerging Star of the Year based on a popular vote conducted online at sfopera.com from July 11 to August 2, 2024. As the {…}

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Richmond Symphony Names New VP of Marketing & Sales

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The Richmond Symphony has announced that Christopher Anderson will join the company as Vice President of Marketing and Sales, effective June 17, 2024. “I am honored to join the Richmond Symphony and a team dedicated to expanding audiences through the power of music,” said Anderson in an official press release issued by the company. “Throughout my career in the music industry {…}

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Philippe Jaroussky Wins 2024 Traetta Prize

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Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky ⁦ has been named the 16th Traetta Prize 2024 winner. The famed singer is being honored “in recognition of his passionate and enduring commitment to giving voice to the rediscovery of the European roots of 18th-century music.” The prize, which was established in 2009, is assigned by the Traetta Society and was conceived and promoted by the {…}

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Central City Opera Appoints New Artistic Director

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Central City Opera has announced the appointment of stage director Alison Moritz as its new Artistic Director. Moritz was selected from a vast pool of talented applicants through a rigorous and highly competitive national search process led by Jonathan West on behalf of Management Consultants for the Arts (MCA) and CCO’s volunteer Search Committee, chaired by CCO Board of Directors {…}