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Bayreuth Festival Announces 2024 Season

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The Bayreuth Festival has announced its 2024 season. The festival will open with Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” starring Andreas Schager, Günther Groissböck, Camilla Nylund, Olafur Sigurdarson, Birger Radde, and Ekaterina Gubanova. Semyon Bychkov conducts the production by Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson. Performance Dates: July 25-August 26 2024 Günther Groissböck, Klaus Florian Vogt, Markus Eiche, Olafur Sigurdarson, Jens-Erik Aasbø, and Elisabeth Teige {…}

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Daniela Köhler and AJ Glueckert to Lead Oper Köln’s Season Opening Premiere of ‘Die Frau ohne Schatten’

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On Sept. 17, Oper Köln will kick off its 2023-24 season with the premiere of R. Strauss and Von Hoffmansthal’s “Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow).” Considered exceptionally demanding, and requiring a massive orchestra, the opera is a fairy tale that Strauss believed was his most important work. The story relates the tale of an ethereal Empress {…}

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Joseph Calleja Withdraws from Bayreuth Festival’s ‘Parsifal’

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Joseph Calleja has withdrawn from his upcoming performances of “Parsifal” at the Bayreuth Festival. In a statement, Calleja said, “Due to a persistent throat infection, I was advised by my doctor to withdraw from the current production of Parsifal here in Bayreuth. Goes without saying that this was a very hard decision to take, and I am so sorry for {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Federica Lombardi, Carmen Giannattasio & Asmik Grigorian Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2023-24 Season

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2023-24 season featuring six new productions. Premieres  Puccini’s “Il Trittico”  is set to be directed by Pınar Karabulut and conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles. “Il Tabarro” will star Misha Kiria, Jonathan Tetelman, Mikhail Pirogov, Carmen Giannattasio, and Maria Motolygina. Meanwhile “Suor Angelica” will star Mané Galoyan, Violeta Urmana, and Annika Schlicht. Finally, “Gianni Schicchi” {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin Cancels ‘Das Wunder der Heliane’ Performance

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced the cancelation of the March 2 performance of “Das Wunder der Heliane.” The company said, “dear visitors, due to the short-term illness of the tenor part (Der Fremde) in Korngold’s work, today’s performance (March 2, 2023) has to be canceled to our great regret. Since the work is performed so rarely, it is not {…}

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Royal Opera House 2022-23 Review: Salome

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Photo credit: ROH Salome © Tristram Kenton David McVicar’s production of Richard Strauss’ “Salome”, designed by Es Devlin, was first seen in 2008, and is receiving its fourth revival at Covent Garden with Bárbara Lluch at the helm. It opened the night following the death of Queen Elizabeth II – “Don Giovanni” the night before was cancelled in the circumstances {…}

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Royal Opera House to Close for Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral

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The Royal Opera House has canceled the Sept. 19 performance of “Don Giovanni” due to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. The company said that it will close the opera house “to mark the State funeral of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.” It is the second performance the company cancels after the Queen’s passing. On Sept. 8, the company also canceled {…}

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Bayerische Staatsoper Cancels Another Performance of ‘The Devil of Loudun’

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced changes to its programming. The company noted that “due to the current infection situation and associated staff shortages in the cast of the current new production of ‘The Devil of Loudun,’ the performance on Sun, July 3, 2022 has to be canceled. The remaining performance on July 7th, 2022 is still scheduled to take place.” {…}