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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Angela Gheorghiu, Sondra Radvanovsky, Elīna Garanča, Joyce DiDonato Lead Royal Opera House’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credits: Dario Acosta / © Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical / Angela Gheorghiu official website / Michael Cooper / Kasskara/DG / Chris Singer) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced full details of its exciting 2021-22 season, which will star some of the world’s greatest performers. The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season and digital program will be announced {…}

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Opera Holland Park Announces 2021 Season

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Opera Holland Park has announced its 2021 season. The festival will open in a redesigned, physically-distanced and semi-open auditorium and featuring five full productions: The summer season will open with Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with George Jackson conducting Oliver Platt’s production. The cast is set to include Julien Van Mellaerts, Nardus Williams, Elizabeth Karani, Ross Ramgobin, and Samantha Price. {…}

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OperaVision Announces Record Numbers on World Opera Day

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Opera Europa has announced that on Oct. 25, World Opera Day, there was record participation on the streaming platform. OperaVision, Opera Europa’s free view streaming service supported by the European Union’s Creative Europe program, recorded its highest ever number of views for a single day since the launch of the platform in October 2017.  OperaVision’s dedicated World Opera Day program {…}

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Guildhall School Presents Unique Triple Bill

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Guildhall School in the U.K. will present an opera triple bill via its online platform. The performance, which is set for Monday, Nov. 2 through Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 will feature Mascagni’s “Zanetto,” Wolf-Ferrari’s “Il Segreto di Susanna,” and Donizetti’s “Rita (Two Men and A Woman).” “Il Segreto di Susanna” will star Olivia Boen and Katherine McIndoe as Countess Susanna; {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Isabel Leonard, Luca Pisaroni, Brian Jagde Highlight OperaVision World Opera Day Concert

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(Credits: Michael Cooper / Boston Symphony Orchestra official website / Jiyang Chen / Fay Fox OperaVision has announced, in collaboration with Opera Europa, Opera America, Ópera Latinoamérica, and Opera For Peace, the final program for the big World Opera Day Celebration concert on Oct. 25, 2020. The concert is structured in four acts, in four different time zones. The first {…}

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Guildhall School Presents Digital Double Bill Operas by Respighi & Purcell

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Hundreds of artists have come together to make Guildhall School’s double bill of “Dido and Aeneas” and “La Bella Dormente nel Bosco” into a digital production. The double bill was originally scheduled as part of the organization’s season but had to be canceled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. However, the production team, led by director Olivia Fuchs and conductor {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Elsa Dreisig, Ludovic Tézier Join Opera for Peace

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Opera for Peace has announced that several of opera’s greatest stars are joining the organization as ambassadors and advisors. Tenor René Barbera and sopranos Elsa Dreisig and Joyce El-Khoury have become the organization’s newest ambassadors. Meanwhile, conductor Fabio Luisi, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky, and baritone Ludovic Tézier have signed on as Advisors; they join baritone Thomas Hampson and soprano Sumi Jo, who {…}

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Opera for Peace – Leading Young Voices of the World Announced

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Opera for Peace – Leading Young Voices of the World has been announced as a new leading international cultural nonprofit organization, promoting unity through artistic excellence, global collaborations, and social justice endeavors. The new movement is set to be used in order to reflect the reality of today’s globalized world and will be used as a mission to connecting nations {…}