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Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: Shostakovich Reimagined In Andrey Khrzhanovsky’s ‘The Nose’

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Censorship. Repression. Scorn. Brutality. Humor. Absurdity. Hysteria. Russia’s relationship with self-expression has been a fraught one throughout its tumultuous history. Full of danger and hardship, with no guarantee that your vision will be seen, respected, or even tolerated unless it is confined to authorized narratives, music has always been that one art form whose voice is hard to control and {…}

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Obituary: Acclaimed Bass Yevgeny Nesterenko Dies at 83 of COVID-19

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Yevgeny Nesterenko has died at the age of 83 of COVID-19 in Vienna, Austria. The basses family confirmed the news noting that the bass had died in the hospital after contracting a severe case of COVID-19. Born in Moscow, Russia on Jan. 8, 1938, Nesterenko first took up architecture and graduated from the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute in Leningrad. However, {…}

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Mezzo TV to Broadcast Angela Gheorghiu’s Turkish Concert

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(Credit: Mikhailovsky Theatre official website) Mezzo TV is set to broadcast Soprano Angela Gheorghiu’s concert from Turkey. The concert, which was held on Dec. 4, 2020, showcased the soprano at the grand opening of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Ankara, Turkey. Mezzo TV will broadcast the concert on Dec. 28, 2020 at 6:35 p.m. CET. The concert also {…}

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Obituary: Conductor Alexander Vedernikov Dies at 56

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(Credit: Marco Borggreve) Famed Russian conductor Alexander Vedernikov has died at the age of 56, after having been diagnosed with COVID-19. Vedernikov died on Friday, Oct. 30 after being put on a ventilator for few days following the diagnosis. Born in Moscow, Vedernikov was the son of the bass Alexander Filipovich Vedernikov and Natalia Nikolaevna Gureeva. The conductor went on {…}

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Jonathan Tetelman Replaces Riccardo Massi In Dresden’s ‘Tosca’

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Jonathan Tetelman is set to make his Semperoper Dresden debut. The company announced that Tetelman will sing Mario Cavaradossi in “Tosca” on Nov. 14, replacing Riccardo Massi. Tetelman is coming off a run of “Tosca” at the Teatro Regio di Torino and is set to sing the opera at the Malmö Opera in December. He also sings in a production {…}

Reviews, Special Features, Stage Reviews

Winning in Norway – The Experience of Taking in the Final of the 2023 Queen Sonja Singing Competition

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Finals for singing competitions are an interesting experience to cover. On one hand, everyone on stage is a winner. In the case of the 2023 edition of the Queen Sonja Singing Competition, the six singers who took the stage on August 26 were picked from an overall pool of 521 contestants from around the world; not mention that the competition {…}