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Benjamin Bernheim, Lisette Oropesa, Ludovic Tézier & Asmik Grigorian Lead Opéra de Paris’ 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Verdi’s “Falstaff” opens the season with a cast that includes Ambrogio Maestri, Olivia Boen, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Andrei Kymach, Gregory Bonfatti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Iván Ayón-Rivas, and Federica Guida. Michael Schønwandt conducts the production by Dominique Pitoiset. Performance Dates: Sept. 10-30, 2024 Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will star Eleonora Buratto, Elena Stikhina, Aude {…}
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Erin Morley, David Butt Philip, Pretty Yende, Maria Agresta & Maria Bengtsson Lead Semperoper Dresden’s 2024-25 Season

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Arrigo Boito’s “Mefistofele” is conducted by Andrea Battistoni and directed by Eva-Maria Höckmayr. The production will star Krzysztof Bączyk, Bekhzod Davronov, Marjukka Tepponen, and Martina Gedeck. Performance Dates: Sept. 28-Oct. 24, 2024 Richard Strauss’s “Intermezzo” will be conducted by Patrick Hahn and directed by Axel Ranisch. The cast will include Maria {…}
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Craig Verm, Teresa Perrotta, Liv Redpath, Christophe Dumaux, Louise Alder Headline Opera Omaha’s 2024-25 Season

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Opera Omaha has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” which returns to Opera Omaha for the first time since 2011. Craig Verm, Teresa Perrotta, Erika Baikoff, Edwin Jhamal Davis, Mary Evelyn Hangley, Terrence Chin-Loy, and Zachary Nelson. Judith Yan conducts and Kristine McIntyre directs. Performance Dates: Oct. 18 & 20, 2024 Steven White will conduct “The {…}
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Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Piotr Beczala, Gabriella Reyes, Angel Blue Headline Carnegie Hall’s 2024-25 Season

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Carnegie Hall has unveiled its 2024-25 season. Here is a breakdown of the vocal events on offer. Opening Night will feature Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic as they present works by Rachmaninoff and Ginastera. Baritone Gustavo Castillo and pianist Lang Lang will be the soloists. Performance Date: Oct. 8, 2024 Joyce DiDonato will give several masterclasses. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}
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Opéra de Paris Cancels ‘Cendrillon’ Performance Due to Strike

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The Opéra de Paris has canceled its Nov. 7 performance of “Cendrillon” due to the National Strike. The company said, “due to a nationwide strike affecting the cultural sector and involving some staff at the Paris Opera, the performance of the opera ‘Cendrillon’ scheduled on Tuesday 7th November 2023 at 7:30 pm at the Opéra Bastille is unfortunately cancelled.” The company added {…}
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Salzburg Festival 2023 Review: Les Troyens

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Photo: © Marco Borrelli Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” is one of those operas that is larger than life. Arguably, two operas in one night. Everything sounds like the realization of romanticism’s epic promise and showcases the musicians’ talents overflowing in the hall. It is hard to not expect a lot from a performance of Berlioz’s opera with a revolutionary and Romantique {…}
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Royal Stockholm Philharmonic to Open Season with Swedish Program

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The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic is set to open its 2023-24 season on Sept. 7, 2023, with a Swedish program. The concert will feature Sven-David Sandström’s “The High Mass,” with soloists Marisol Montalvo, Elin Rombo, Jeannette van Schaik, Paula Murrihy, Emma Sventelius, and the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir. In a statement, Chief Conductor Ryan Bancroft said, “I am delighted to begin {…}
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Santa Fe Opera to Broadcast Nico Muhly’s ‘Orfeo’

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Photo Credit: Curtis Brown Santa Fe Opera’s production of Nico Muhly’s “Orfeo” will be available for broadcast on Classical Public Radio KHFM for unlimited streaming from August 29 to Sept. 29, 2023. Muhly’s new orchestration of Monteverdi’s opera received its premiere on July 29, 2023. This radio broadcast features tenor Rolando Villazón in the title role, with Lauren Snouffer and {…}

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