Theo Hoffman, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen & Fatma Said Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear ambitious vocal projects that include multiple world premieres, rarities, and homages to historical artists. Schubert/Beatles The New York Festival of Song releases Schubert/Beatles on NYFOS Records featuring baritone Theo Hoffman, pianists Steven Blier and Kunal Lahiry, {…}

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Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Los Elementos joins Alberto Miguélez Rouco and soloists Natalie Pérez, Jone Martínez, Carol García, Aurora Peña, Alicia Amo, María Espada, and Judit Subirana for Corselli’s “La cautela en la amistad y robo de las sabinas.” Performance Date: Nov. 10, 2024 Los {…}

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Eleonora Buratto, Anna Prohaska & Katharina Konradi Lead Baden-Baden Festival’s 2024-25 Season

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The Baden-Baden Festival has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Mark Elder conducts Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal,” Prelude and Good Friday Music, and “Tristan und Isolde,” Act two. The concert will include soloists Jonas Kaufmann, Camilla Nylund, Sasha Cooke, Christof Fischesser, and Todd Boyce. Performance Date: August 25, 2024 Le Grand Gare Festival The Singfest with members of the {…}

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CD Review: Glossa’s ‘L’italiana in Algeri’

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Interest in Rossini is famously tied to Maria Callas and the renaissance, both technical and stylistic, of the Belcanto tradition which in the wake of the Divina has inspired as diverse a roster as Teresa Berganza, Marilyn Horne, and Montserrat Caballe to name but a few. Yet in addition to her live performances, her recorded legacy has marked our ear {…}

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Vasilisa Barzhanskaya, Thomas Walker, Henk Neven Headline Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century’s 2022 Tours

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The Amsterdam-based Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century has announced its 2022 tours. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances. First up will be a matinee showcase of “L’Italiana in Algeri” starring Vasilisa Barzhanskaya. Giancarlo Andretta conducts the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and La Cetra Vokalensemble Basel. Performance Date: Feb. 19, 2022 {…}

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Sir Simon Rattle & Magdalena Kožená to Perform Live in Brno

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(Credits: (C) Julia Wesely / Pentatone / Oliver Helbig) Sir Simon Rattle, and the Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená will perform a live concert in the Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic on August 13, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Repertoire for the concert will include songs by Bohuslav Martinů, Erwin Schulhoff, Antonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček, and Petr Eben. Simon Rattle {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Patricia Petibon & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Théâtre des Champs-Elysées’ 2020-21 Season

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(Credit:Javier del Real/© Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical/ Bernard Martinez) The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a vast array of programs and stars. Here are opera and vocal performance highlights of the season: Operas Handel’s Messiah is set to be directed by Robert Wilson with Marc Minkowski conducting. The cast includes Elena Tsallagova, Helena Rasker, Richard {…}

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Theo Hoffman, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen & Fatma Said Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical Announces 2024-25 Season

Eleonora Buratto, Anna Prohaska & Katharina Konradi Lead Baden-Baden Festival’s 2024-25 Season

CD Review: Glossa’s ‘L’italiana in Algeri’

Vasilisa Barzhanskaya, Thomas Walker, Henk Neven Headline Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century’s 2022 Tours

Sir Simon Rattle & Magdalena Kožená to Perform Live in Brno

Jonas Kaufmann, Patricia Petibon & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Théâtre des Champs-Elysées’ 2020-21 Season