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Virginia Opera 2024-25 Review: Loving v. Virginia

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(Photo credit Dave Pearson Photography) During the pandemic, Virginia Opera (VO) made plans to celebrate their fiftieth season, in 2024-25, exploring potential subjects for a commission. In recent talkbacks and receptions, Artistic Director Adam Turner emphasized that the company desired a Virginia-based story for this occasion. Ultimately they settled on that of Richard and Mildred Loving, the appellants in the {…}
News, Season Announcement

Dean Murphy, Jonathan Burton, Stephanie Doche & Guadalupe Paz Lead San Diego Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The San Diego Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci. ” Yves Abel conducts a cast that includes Jonathan Burton, Hailey Clark, and Kidon Choi. Christopher Mattaliano directs. Performance Dates: Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2025 Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” will star Dean Murphy, Minghao Liu, Stephanie Doche, Patrick Carfizzi, and Craig Colclough. Yves Abel conducts the production by {…}
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Sasha Cooke, Heidi Stober, David Portillo, J’Nai Bridges & Jarrett Ott Lead Seattle Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Seattle Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance.” The cast includes Reginald Smith, Jr. as the Pirate King, Thomas Glass as Major-General Stanley, David Portillo as Frederic, Vanessa Becerra as Mabel, and Katharine Goeldner as Ruth. David Charles Abell will conduct Sean Curran’s production. Performance Dates: Oct. 18-Nov. 1, {…}
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The Atlanta Opera Review 2024: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Photo credit: Raftermen “Toi toi toi, y’all,” intones the attractive, Southern-inflected t-shirt at The Atlanta Opera’s pop-up gift shop. An apt tagline for a company having outgrown regional status, still honoring its roots in this de facto capital of the American South. Like Atlanta—now the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the United States, having recently edged past Philadelphia and {…}
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The Atlanta Opera to Present ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

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The Atlanta Opera is set to present Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The opera will be presented at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre between March 2 and March 10 with a live stream on March 8. The production will be directed by Bruno Baker and will be conducted by Louis Lohraseb. The cast will include Sir Iestyn Davies, {…}
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Seattle Opera 2023-24 Review: Das Rheingold

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(Photo credit: Seattle Opera © Philip Newton) Why build an elaborate faux-underwater set for the Rhine scenes in Wagner’s “Ring” when you have an orchestra pit that can make a perfectly plausible stage river? It’s an idea so obvious, you think surely, it must have been tried already. This is the solution found by Brian Staufenbiel, tasked with staging “Das {…}
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Denyce Graves, Kenneth Kellogg & Vanessa Goikoetxea Lead Seattle Opera’s 2023-24 Season

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The Seattle Opera has announced the 2023-24 season featuring four productions. Productions Wagner’s “Das Rheingold“ is set to open the season with Greer Grimsley as Wotan, Frederick Ballentine, Michael Mayes, and the Seattle Opera debut of internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. The cast is rounded by Martin Bakari, Melody Wilson, Kenneth Kellogg, Peixin Chen, and Sarah Larsen. Performance Dates: August {…}
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Robert Garner, Zoya Gramagin, Robert Mellon, Karen Kanaakis, Debby Lennon Headline Union Avenue Opera’s 2022 Season

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Union Avenue Opera has announced its 2022 summer lineup. The St. Louis, MO-based company will open its festival season with Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” The famed work will star Robert Garner in the title role, Zoya Gramagin as Tatiana, William Davenport as Lensky, and Melissa Wilson as Olga. Other cast members include Victoria Carmichael, Debbie Stinson, Andrew W. Potter, Marc Schapman, {…}

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