San Diego Opera to Showcase Nicolas Reveles’ ‘Ghosts’

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San Diego Opera is set to world premiere Nicolas Reveles’ “Ghosts” on April 14, 2023. The work is comprised of three operas including “Eden,” “Dormir,” and “House.” “Eden,” which is based on a libretto by John de los Santos, is a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe. “Dormir” was written by Michael Vegas Mussman and explores what might happen when Old {…}

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Andrea Carroll Headlines Canadian Opera Company’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Canadian Opera Company is set to present “The Marriage of Figaro.” The Mozart masterpiece will be performed eight times at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts between Jan. 27 and Feb. 18, 2023. The acclaimed Claus Guth production will be revived by Marcelo Buscaino of Brazil; the production had a previous run in 2016 and has also {…}

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Raven McMillon, Briana Hunter & Adam Smith Lead Cincinnati Opera’s 2023 Season

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The Cincinnati Opera has announced its 2023 season featuring four productions. The season opens with Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” featuring a cast that includes Raven McMillon, Santiago Ballerini, Anthony Clark Evans, Griffen Hogan Tracy, Terrence Chin-Loy, and Sahel Salam. Renato Balsadonna conducts the production by Jose Maria Condemi. Performance Dates: June 22 & 24, 2023 The World Stage Premiere of {…}

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Marina Costa-Jackson, Michelle Bradley, Stephanie Blythe, Maria Katzarava, Teresa Alzadon Headline San Diego Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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San Diego Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. Kicking things off will be the world premiere of “El ultimo sueño de Frida y Diego” by Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz. The work will star Guadalupe Paz, Maria Katzarava, and Alfredo Daza. Lorena Maza directs while Roberto Kalb conducts. “Frida Kahlo has been a hero since my girlhood. Before I {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, J’Nai Bridges, Karita Mattila & Olga Busuioc Lead Canadian Opera Company’s 2022-23 Season

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The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven productions and a world premiere. The season kicks off with Richard Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” directed by Christopher Alden and stars Danish bass-baritone Johan Reuter. The cast also includes Marjorie Owens as Senta, Franz-Josef Selig, Miles Mykkanen, Christopher Ventris, and Rosie Aldridge. COC Music Director Johannes Debus leads the {…}

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Isabel Leonard, Michael Fabiano, Quinn Kelsey, Kangmin Justin Kim, Jamie Barton Headline Santa Fe Opera’s 2022 Season

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Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2022 festival, which will run between July 1 through August 27, 2022. The season will include five new productions, 38 performances, one world premiere, one company premiere, and an international co-production. In sum, there will be 26 artists making their debuts and another 29 returning to the company. It all kicks off with “Carmen,” {…}

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Opera Meets Film: How Haymarket Opera Creates a Unique Operatic Experience Through its ‘Orlando’ Film

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(Credit: Anna Cillan) Following the halt on live performances due to COVID-19, opera houses and companies alike were forced to reform how they brought music to their traditionally in-person audiences. Via digital means, like prerecorded content, subscription-based videos, and online events, the traditional venues of opera were radically altered. But as lockdowns start to end, and restrictions begin to be {…}

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Haymarket Opera Company 2021 Review: Orlando

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Fifteen years ago, I had just enrolled in my second year at university studying economics. I was working at the small gallery of contemporary art and enjoyed daily communication with living artists, interpretations, ideation, and everything my 18-year-old brain could give to the visual arts. And for five long years, I was absolutely sure that I was doing a great {…}

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International Handel Festival Göttingen 2021 Review: Ariodante

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(Photo: Theodore da Silva) Just behind Göttingen train station is the Lokhalle, a large industrial building built between 1917 and 1920, which until 1976 was used for repairing locomotives, when it was closed and sold for development. Fortunately, it was not demolished along with the other buildings on the site. Instead, it was converted into an events center which, among {…}

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San Diego Opera to Showcase Nicolas Reveles’ ‘Ghosts’

Andrea Carroll Headlines Canadian Opera Company’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

Raven McMillon, Briana Hunter & Adam Smith Lead Cincinnati Opera’s 2023 Season

Marina Costa-Jackson, Michelle Bradley, Stephanie Blythe, Maria Katzarava, Teresa Alzadon Headline San Diego Opera’s 2022-23 Season

Sondra Radvanovsky, J’Nai Bridges, Karita Mattila & Olga Busuioc Lead Canadian Opera Company’s 2022-23 Season

Isabel Leonard, Michael Fabiano, Quinn Kelsey, Kangmin Justin Kim, Jamie Barton Headline Santa Fe Opera’s 2022 Season

Opera Meets Film: How Haymarket Opera Creates a Unique Operatic Experience Through its ‘Orlando’ Film

Haymarket Opera Company 2021 Review: Orlando

International Handel Festival Göttingen 2021 Review: Ariodante