Jessica Pratt, Javier Camarena & Konu Kim Lead Donizetti Opera’s 2024 Season

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The Donizetti Opera has announced its 2024 season marking its 10th edition. The festival, which will be held between Nov. 15 and Dec. 1 will inaugurate with “Roberto Devereux.” The tragic opera will be performed in a critical edition by Julia Lockhart for Casa Ricordi realized as part of the National Edition with the collaboration and contribution of the Municipality {…}

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Brenda Rae & Javier Camarena to Headline ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at Opéra National de Paris

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The Opéra National de Paris is set to present Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” starting on Feb. 18, 2023. The opera will be directed by Andrei Serban and conducted by Aziz Shokhakimov. The production features set and costume design by William Dudley with lighting design by Guido Levi. Ching-Lien Wu is the chorus master for the Paris Opera Chorus. Brenda Rae {…}

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Javier Camarena Replaces Stephen Costello in Met’s ‘Rigoletto’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced another cast change for its final performance of “Rigoletto.” The company said that Javier Camarena will sing the role of the Duke replacing Stephen Costello who is ill. In a statement the Met said, “Javier Camarena saves the day! Don’t miss tonight’s performance of Rigoletto, as the star tenor steps in at the eleventh hour {…}

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Eric Ferring, Nina Berman & Javier Camarena Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to hear some world premieres, an album dedicated to the LGBT community, and a critical edition of one of Donizetti’s masterpieces. No Choice but Love: Songs of the LGBTQ+ Community American tenor Eric Ferring releases “No Choice but Love: Songs of the LGBTQ+ Community” with pianist Madeline Slettedahl on Lexicon Classics. The two-CD length album {…}

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Javier Camarena, Brian Mulligan, Cecilia Duarte & Aiden K. Feltkamp Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to hear various world premiere recordings, a tenor singing Donizetti and Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Emily & Sue Adhyâropa Records is set to release a cappella pop-opera album from L.A.-based composer Dana Kaufman and librettist Aiden K. Feltkamp. The work will feature soprano Jasmine Muhammad and Iris Vocal Trio. This piece focuses on the little-known romantic {…}

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Annalisa Stroppa & Javier Camarena Lead Donizetti Opera Festival’s ‘La Favorite’

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The Donizetti Opera Festival is set to present “La Favorite.” The festival will present a critical edition edited by Rebecca Harris-Warrick, which reinstates the original French version as conceived by Donizetti for its first performance at the Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique in Paris in 1840. Riccardo Frizza will conduct the work with a cast that includes Annalisa Stroppa {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Maria Agresta, Cecilia Bartoli & Javier Camarena Lead Opera Monte Carlo’s 2023 Season

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Opera Monte Carlo has announced its 2023 season featuring many of the greatest artists of our time. Cecilia Bartoli stars in Handel’s “Alcina” with Philippe Jarroussky, Sandrine Piau, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Maxim Mironov, and Peter Kalman. Gianluca Capuano conducts the production by Christof Loy. Performance Dates: Jan. 20-26, 2023 Gianluca Capuano conducts Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” with Maria Agresta, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Celso {…}

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Javier Camarena to Present Concert in Monterrey

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Javier Camarena is set to perform a concert in Monterrey, Mexico. The tenor will sing perform at the Arena in Monterrey on Sept. 27 and will sing arias by Verdi and Donizetti. He will be accompanied by the orchestra La Super bajo under the direction of maestro Abdiel Vázquez. The concert will also include music by Méndez, Fuentes, Jiménez y {…}

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Angel Blue, Latonia Moore, Lise Davidsen, Lisette Oropesa, & Javier Camarena Headline Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival

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The Metropolitan Opera is set to launch its Summer HD Festival this August. After a screening of Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” on August 26, the company will showcase “Porgy and Bess” starring Angel Blue and Eric Owens from 2020. Performance Date: August 27, 2022 Next up is “Akhnaten” starring Anthony Roth Costanzo from 2019. Performance Date: August 28, 2022 {…}

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Jessica Pratt, Javier Camarena & Konu Kim Lead Donizetti Opera’s 2024 Season

Brenda Rae & Javier Camarena to Headline ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ at Opéra National de Paris

Javier Camarena Replaces Stephen Costello in Met’s ‘Rigoletto’

Eric Ferring, Nina Berman & Javier Camarena Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Javier Camarena, Brian Mulligan, Cecilia Duarte & Aiden K. Feltkamp Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Annalisa Stroppa & Javier Camarena Lead Donizetti Opera Festival’s ‘La Favorite’

Jonas Kaufmann, Maria Agresta, Cecilia Bartoli & Javier Camarena Lead Opera Monte Carlo’s 2023 Season

Javier Camarena to Present Concert in Monterrey

Angel Blue, Latonia Moore, Lise Davidsen, Lisette Oropesa, & Javier Camarena Headline Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival