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Joyce DiDonato, Angela Gheorghiu, Nadine Sierra, Pretty Yende & Renée Fleming Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2022-23 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Matthias Pintscher conducts Olga Neuwirth’s “The Outcast” with a cast that includes Susanne Elmark, Otto Katzameier, Andrew Watts, Georgette Dee, Johan Leysen, Steve Karier, Johannes Bamberger, and Peter Brathwaite. Performance Date: Sept. 26, 2022 Matthias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Nadine Sierra & Sondra Radvanovsky Headline New CD/DVD Releases

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This week, two of the great divas of the opera world release albums. But there are also some exciting albums of new works and a new documentary by one of the most important lieder singers of our generation. Here is a look at the new releases! The Understanding of All Things Pulitzer Prize-nominated composer, performer, and writer Kate Soper releases {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Ailyn Pérez, Olga Peretyatko & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Staatsoper Hamburg’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Christoph Köstlin/Javier del Real/Chris Singer) (Artcle In collaboration with Dejan Vukosavljevic) The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced its 2021-22 Season featuring new productions, revivals and Opera Stabile. Here is a look at what audiences can expect. Premieres Bernhard Lang’s “Playing Trump” will star Donatienne Michel-Dansac. Performance Dates: August 20-25, 2021 Daniele Finzi Pasca directs a new production of Offenbach’s “Les {…}

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Nadine Sierra, Brian Jagde & Franco Fagioli Headline San Francisco Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The San Francisco Opera has announced its 2019-20 season featuring seven new productions and two new revivals. There will also be a notable company premiere with many rising and established stars taking the stage. Main Stage The 2019–20 season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” in a new production by Jean-Louis Grinda. The opera returns after a 31-year absence with {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Nadine Sierra & Mariella Devia Lead Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia’s 2018-19 Season

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The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has announced its 2018-19 season featuring an array of diverse repertoire. For this season announcement, we will only focus on the vocal performances. Orchestra Concerts  The season opens with Bernstein’s “West Side Story” with Nadine Sierra and Alek Shrader in the lead roles with Antonio Pappano conducting. Jessica Vosk, Mark Stone, and Aigul Akhmetshina {…}

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Marina Rebeka, Nadine Sierra & Levy Sekgapane Headline Opera de Bordeaux’s 2018-19 Season

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The Opera de Bordeaux has announced its 2018-19 season featuring six productions, recitals and a number of concert performances of diverse repertoire for opera lovers. The season will also include a number of international opera singers making role debuts and anticipated debuts. Here is a look. Operas  Bordeaux opens a new production of Offenbach’s “La Perichole” with Aude Extremo in the {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Buxton International Festival 2024 Review: Ernani

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(Photo: Genevieve Girling) Set in early 14th century Spain, “Ernani” is a simple tale of three men competing for the love of the same woman, in which the society’s values and codes of chivalry dictate the course of the narrative. Providing that one accepts the context uncritically, it can be a gripping, quick-moving drama that rattles along with plenty of {…}

IndieOpera

Chelsea Opera Group to Present ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’

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U.K.’s Chelsea Opera Group has announced its 2023-24 season. First up is “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The opera stars Marius Vlad, Phillip Rhodes, Nadine Benjaming MBE, Alison Langer, Maria Schellenberg, Arthur Bruce, Thomas D. Hopkinson, Jack Holton, Magnus Walker, and John Vallance. Anthony Negus conducts. Performance Date: Oct. 22, 2023 There will be a currently unnamed opera. Gianluca Marcianò conducts. Performance {…}