Daniel Brenna & Katarina Karnéus Highlight Göteborg Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Göteborg Opera has announced its 2020-21 season, which features one world premiere and a number of new productions. Here is a look:Puccini’s “La Bohème” opens the 2020-21 season featuring a cast that includes Ida Falk Winland, Jung Soo Yun, Luthando Qave, and Sofie Asplund. Henrik Schaefer conducts the production. Performance Dates: August 30-Sept. 20, 2020 Offenbach’s “Champagne Tears” gets a {…}

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Göteborgs Operan Announces 2023-24 Season

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The Göteborgs Operan has announced its 2023-24 season featuring nine productions of classics and modern works. Mats Persson leads Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Tomas Lind, Mats Almgren, Zoya Tsererina, and Ann-Kristin Jones. Giancarlo Andretta conducts the production by Jacopo Spirei. Performance Dates: August 26-Sept. 23, 2023 Joachim Bäckström, Kerstin Avemo, Ann-Kristin Jones, Åke Zetterström, and Ingrid Tobiasson leads “Mythomania” by Paula af Malmborg Ward and Kerstin Perski. Andreas Hanson {…}

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Florida Grand Opera 2024 Review: La Bohème

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(Photo credit: Daniel Azoulay) Florida Grand Opera’s final production of Puccini’s “La Bohème” on May 4 was merely spectacular. The Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, FL was alive with the spirit of opera. The nearly 3,000-seat theatre was packed with culture, diversity, and love for the arts. Illuminating Authenticity The curtain rose revealing the familiar scene, {…}

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Barbara Hannigan Extends Contract with Göteborgs Symfoniker

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The Göteborgs Symfoniker has announced that Barbara Hannigan has extended its contract with the orchestra. The orchestra said, “We can announce that Barbara Hannigan continues as our first guest conductor for three more seasons!” Hannigan added, “I am incredibly proud to continue my collaboration with the Göteborgs Symfoniker. We’ve had so many exciting and inspiring concerts over the past few {…}

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Q & A: Karah Son on ‘Madama Butterfly’ & Singing at Opera Australia

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Opera Australia is currently presenting “Madama Butterfly” on the Sydney Harbour with Karah Son. The Korean soprano is one of today’s most sought-after Cio-Cio Sans which OperaWire has called a “tour-de-force whose journey we raptly followed.” She has performed the title role in Tampere, Leipzig, Warsaw, Berlin (Deutsche Oper), Goteborg, and Turin and is set to perform it in San {…}

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Opera Europa Elects New President

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Opera Europa has selected a new president. The association announced that Teatro Real’s General Director Ignacio García-Belenguer will be the new President of Opera Europa, the association that brings together more than 200 lyric theaters and festivals in Europe, China, New Zealand, India and Israel, among others. The association also selected Martin Glaser, General Director of Narodni divadlo Brno, as {…}

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Royal Swedish Opera to Hold New Year’s Eve Concert

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The Royal Swedish Opera is set to hold a New Year’s Eve concert featuring conductor Vincenzo Milletarì. The conductor will join forces with the soloists of the Royal Swedish Opera including Miriam Treichl, Daniel Johansson, Vivianne Holmberg, and Håkan Ekenäs. The performance will also feature graduating students from the opera program at Stockholm University of Dramatic Arts. The festive program {…}

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Greek National Opera to Showcase New ‘Don Giovanni’

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The Greek National Opera will presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” on Oct. 21-29, 2022 . The opera will be staged by the Director of Opera and Artistic Director of the Royal Danish Opera John Fulljame with Ondrej Olos conducting. This production is presented in collaboration with the Göteborg Opera and the Royal Danish Opera. The cast includes baritone Dionysios {…}

News, Streaming

Jonas Kaufmann, Jessye Norman, Christine Goerke, Lawrence Brownlee Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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With the Easter holiday coming at the end of the week, there should be no surprise that there are a lot of Wagnerian offerings in the operatic streaming world. And so Wagner figures prominently on this week’s list. But there’s also a lot more going on that we’re happy to share. So without further ado, here come the top 10 operas {…}

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Daniel Brenna & Katarina Karnéus Highlight Göteborg Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Göteborgs Operan Announces 2023-24 Season

Florida Grand Opera 2024 Review: La Bohème

Barbara Hannigan Extends Contract with Göteborgs Symfoniker

Q & A: Karah Son on ‘Madama Butterfly’ & Singing at Opera Australia

Opera Europa Elects New President

Royal Swedish Opera to Hold New Year’s Eve Concert

Greek National Opera to Showcase New ‘Don Giovanni’

Jonas Kaufmann, Jessye Norman, Christine Goerke, Lawrence Brownlee Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week