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San Francisco Opera 2023-24 Season to Star Aleksandra Kurzak, Angel Blue, Jamez McCorkle, Julie Fuchs, Arturo Chacón-Cruz

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San Francisco Opera has announced its 2023-24 season, the 101st in the company’s history. The season will open with an Opera Ball featuring Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak. Eun Sun Kim conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra in a program of arias and duets. Performance Date: Sept. 8, 2023 Next up is “Il Trovatore” starring Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Angel Blue, Anita {…}
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Seattle Symphony Announces Holiday Slate of Performances

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The Seattle Symphony has announced its lineup of holiday concerts at Benaroya Hall. This year marks the first time since 2019 that the symphony will perform its full suite of programs in person. Among the events is the tradition of Handel’s “Messiah” featuring soprano Nicole Cabell, contralto Sara Couden, tenor Steven Soph, bass Damien Geter, and the Seattle Symphony Chorale {…}
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Opera Parallèle Unveils 2022-23 Season

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San Francisco-based Opera Parallèle has announced its 2022-23 season. The season kicks off with “Everest: An Immersive Experience.” The Talbot and Scheer opera will be conducted by Nicole Paiement and directed by Brian Staufenbiel. Sasha Cooke, Nathan Granner, Kevin Burdette, Hadleigh Adams, Charlotte Fanvu, Matt Boehler, Shawnette Sulker, Whitney Steele, and Kevin Gino. Performance Dates: Feb. 2-12, 2023 Paul Moravec {…}
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San Francisco Opera 2022-23 Review: Antony and Cleopatra

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(Credit: Cory Weaver) “I am fire and air; my other elements I give to baser life.” So sings Cleopatra in John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra.” The baser life about which Cleopatra sings is everything that is not she and everything that was not Antony. So Adams tells us in the latest from his roster of remarkable operas. San Francisco Opera {…}
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San Francisco Opera to Present World Premiere of ‘Anthony & Cleopatra’

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The San Francisco Opera is set to present the world premiere of John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra.” The production, which opens on Sept. 10 and runs through Oct 5, 2022, was created especially for San Francisco Opera’s 100th season and continues the company’s relationship with John Adams. The composer’s “Doctor Atomic (2005)” and “Girls of the Golden West (2017)” were {…}
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San Diego Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Romeo et Juliette’

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(Credit: Devon Cass) The San Diego Opera has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of “Roméo et Juliette.” The company noted that the role of Juliette will be sung by Nicole Cabell, replacing Kristina Mkhitaryan who withdrew from four of her upcoming engagements due to family reasons. Cabell is a winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World {…}
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Steven LaBrie Withdraws from ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at Florida Grand Opera

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Steven LaBrie has withdrawn from the Flordia Grand Opera’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The baritone was forced to cancel the upcoming production as he will be joining Il Divo on tour over the month of February. As a result, the role of Stanley Kowalski will be performed by Hadleigh Adams. In a statement the FGO’s CEO and general {…}
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Opera Parallèle Announces 2021-22 Season

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California-based Opera Parallèle has announced its 2021-22 season. The season kicks off with the world premiere of the orchestral version of Marcus Shelby and Roma Olvera’s “Harriet’s Spirit.” The opera will be directed by L. Peter Callender and conducted by Nicole Paiement. The cast will feature Tiffany Austin as Harriet Tubman, Christabel Nunoo as Modesty, Bradley Kynard as “Montgomery,” and {…}
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Hawai’i Opera Theatre Announces 2021-22 Season

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Hawai’i Opera Theatre has announced its 2021-22 season. The company will open in October with a one-act program of opera arias directed by Artistic Advisor Jamie Offenbach. The performance, which will star soprano Elena Galván and baritone Hadleigh Adams, will be led by conductor Mark Morash. Performance Dates: October 2021 The company will also present an Opera Ball at the {…}

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