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Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Il Trovatore’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its Dec. 6 performance of “Il Trovatore.” The company said, “For tonight’s performance of Verdi’s ‘Il Trovatore,’ the role of Manrico will be sung by Arturo Chacón-Cruz.” The Mexican tenor will replace the originally scheduled Gwyn Hughes Jones. This performance will mark Chacón-Cruz’s fourth performance at the Met following his surprise {…}
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Michael Fabiano & Rachel Willis-Sørensen Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Il Trovatore’

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(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” with Michael Fabiano singing the lead role of Manrico. The American tenor will make his role debut in Sir David McVicar’s acclaimed Goya-inspired production. Manrico will also be performed by Gwyn Hughes Jones in the final two performances, reprising the last role he sang at the {…}
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Oksana Dyka, Carlos Álvarez, Karita Mattila, Silvia Tro Santafé & Ermonela Jaho Lead Bilbao Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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Bilbao Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Simón Orfila, Enric Martínez-Castignani, María José Moreno, Sofía Esparza, Francesco Demuro, Juan Antonio Sanabria, and Damián del Castillo lead the cast. Maestro Sesto Quatrini conducts Emiliano Suárez’s production. Performance Dates: Oct. 19-28, 2024 The second opera is Puccini’s “Il Trittico.” “Il Tabarro” will star Carlos {…}
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Barbara Hannigan, Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna, Jakub Józef Orliński & Ruzan Mantashyan Lead Grand Théâtre de Genève’s 2024-25 Season

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The Grand Théâtre de Genève has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” opens the season with Gwyn Hughes Jones, Burkhard Fritz, and Elisabet Strid in the title roles. Marc Albrecht conducts the production by Michael Thalheimer. The cast will also include Tareq Nazmi, Kristina Stanek, Craig Colclough, and Julien Henric. Performance Dates: Sept. 15-27, 2024 Tomáš Netopil {…}
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Pretty Yende, Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez, Allan Clayton, Lise Davidsen, & Lisette Oropesa Lead Royal Opera House’s 2024-25 Season

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The Royal Opera House has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the season. Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” will open the season with a cast that includes Luca Micheletti, Ying Fang, Huw Montague Rendall, Jacquelyn Stucker, and Ginger Costa-Jackson. Performance Dates: Sept. 2-15, 2024 Verdi’s “La Traviata” will feature two casts. The first cast will be headlined {…}
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English National Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Peter Grimes’

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The English National Opera has announced a cast change for its performance of “Peter Grimes” on Oct. 6, 2023. The company said, “Unfortunately, Gwyn Hughes Jones has not yet fully recovered and is unable to perform in ‘Peter Grimes’ tonight. Therefore the role of Peter Grimes will be performed by John Findon and the role of Bob Boles by Adam {…}
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English National Opera 2023-24 Review: Peter Grimes

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(Photo: ENO’s Peter Grimes 2023 © Tom Bowles) David Alden’s “Peter Grimes” begins with the curtain up. Upstage the people of the Borough mill about restlessly, occasionally breaking into shouts of anger and impatience. Alden’s 2009 production, on its second revival, breaks with any wistful or bucolic notions about the seaside community of the Borough, who drive the equally unrelenting {…}
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Welsh National Opera Releases Open Letter in Protest of Funding Cuts from ACE

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The Welsh National Opera has released an open letter in response to budget cuts it has received from the Arts Council England and its perceived “campaign against opera.”  The letter, which was undersigned by Sir Richard Amstrong, Dame Hilary Boulding, Matthew Epstein, Rebecca Evans, John Fisher, Anthony Freud, Helena Gaunt, David Jackson, Gwyn Hughes Jones, Samantha Maskrey, Sir Brian McMaster, {…}
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Grange Park Opera 2023 Review: Tristan und Isolde

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(Photo: Marc Brenner) “Tristan und Isolde” isn’t an opera generally known for its laughs. Indeed, sniggers from the audience generally indicates that something has gone drastically wrong in the direction department with this particular work. But in the this new production from Grange Park Opera, just outside of London, a sprinkling of giggles and smiles are testament to the zippy {…}

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