Komische Oper Berlin 2024-25 Review: Messiah

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(Photo: Jan Windszus Photography) Ever since its premiere in 1742, George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” has been considered a work of vocal and intellectual power. All the more so when it is performed in an airport hangar, with over 350 choir members, dramatically staged, on a stage over 180 feet wide. The Komische Oper Berlin hashtags #everything extraordinary – in large {…}

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Santa Fe Opera Announces New Cast Change for ‘Don Giovanni’

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The Santa Fe Opera has announced that international soprano and former Santa Fe Opera Apprentice singer Rachel Willis-Sørensen will join the cast of “Don Giovanni.” The soprano will perform the role of Donna Anna for six performances between July 29 and August 23. Recently, Apprentice singer Rachel Fitzgerald made her Santa Fe Opera debut in the role, with performances on June {…}

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Santa Fe Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Don Giovanni’

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The Santa Fe Opera has announced a cast change for Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” The company said that soprano and Apprentice singer Rachel Fitzgerald will make her Santa Fe Opera debut in the role of Donna Anna in “Don Giovanni” with performances on June 29, July 5, and July 10. Santa Fe added, “The originally scheduled soprano Teresa Perrotta has withdrawn {…}

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Simone Schneider, Francesca Aspromonte, Matthew Polenzani, Johannes Kammler, Elizabeth DeShong Headline Staatsoper Stuttgart’s 2024-25 Season

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Staatsoper Stuttgart has announced its 2024-25 season. First up is a production of “Der Freischütz” starring Johannes Kammler, Franz Hawlata, Natasha Te Rupe Wilson, and Kai Kluge. Cornelius Meister and Luka Hauser conduct a production by Achim Freyer. Performance Dates: Sept. 18 – Nov. 8, 2024 Pavel Yankovsky, Elizabeth DeShong, Rodrigo Porras Gaulo, and Atalla Ayan headline “Il Trovatore.” Valerio Galli {…}

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Christopher Purves, Ruzan Mantashyan, Nicole Chevalier, John Holiday & Adela Zaharia Lead Komische Oper Berlin’s 2024-25 Season

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The Komische Oper has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the operatic performances. Premieres George Petrou conducts Händel’s “Messiah” with Damiano Michieletto directing. The soloists will include Penny Sofroniadou, Julia Grüter, Rachael Wilson, Katharina Bradić, Julien Behr, Rupert Charlesworth, Philipp Meierhöfer, and Tijl Faveyts. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 6, 2024 Franz Wittenbrink’s kinderoper “Die kleine Hexe” will {…}

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Ermonela Jaho, Freddie de Tommaso, Elsa Dreisig, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Tomasz Konieczny Headline Staatsoper Hamburg’s 2024-25 Season

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Staatsoper Hamburg has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres First up is Carl Orff’s “Trionfi.” Calixto Bieito directs a cast starring Nicole Chevalier, Florian Panzieri, Sandra Hamaoui, and Oleksiy Palchykov, among others. Kent Nagano conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 21 – Oct. 12, 2024 “Der Freischütz” stars Andrzej Dobber, Hubert Kowalczyk, Julia Kleiter, Alina Wunderlin, and Johan Reuter. Yoel Gamzou conducts and Andreas {…}

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Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: ‘Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci’

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(Photo: Marc Brenner) They go together like cookies and milk…like bacon and eggs…like Adam and Eve! Nooooooo! Not “Cav” and “Pag,” as the fans insist on calling the operas, but Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak! The golden couple, currently on at the Royal Opera House in “Cavalleria Rusticana,” consolidated their positions as world class artists here with spellbinding performances from {…}

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Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2023 Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Photo: © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton Normally, ‘heritage’ productions make me nervous. The established stagings summon to mind lumbering Zeffirelli-esque spectacles and unwieldy, moth-eaten costumes. Opera houses resting on their artistic laurels, unwilling take artistic risks. The ingrained conservatism in the opera business that could even prove fatal for the art form. But, Peter Hall’s production of Benjamin {…}

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Malmö Opera Announces 2023-24 Season

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Malmö Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. The first opera on the slate is “Don Giovanni.” Wolfgang Wengentroth conducts a production by Paul-Émile Fourny. The opera stars Jacques Imbrailo, Henning von Schulman, Joel Annmo, Matilda Sterby, Rachael Wilson, Linnea Nordenback, Viktoria Karlsson, Taras Schtonda, and Nikoli Elsberg. Performance Dates: Oct. 7 – Dec. 17, 2023 David Niemann conducts Mozart’s “Requiem.” {…}

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Komische Oper Berlin 2024-25 Review: Messiah

Santa Fe Opera Announces New Cast Change for ‘Don Giovanni’

Santa Fe Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Don Giovanni’

Simone Schneider, Francesca Aspromonte, Matthew Polenzani, Johannes Kammler, Elizabeth DeShong Headline Staatsoper Stuttgart’s 2024-25 Season

Christopher Purves, Ruzan Mantashyan, Nicole Chevalier, John Holiday & Adela Zaharia Lead Komische Oper Berlin’s 2024-25 Season

Ermonela Jaho, Freddie de Tommaso, Elsa Dreisig, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Tomasz Konieczny Headline Staatsoper Hamburg’s 2024-25 Season

Royal Opera House 2023-24 Review: ‘Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci’

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2023 Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Malmö Opera Announces 2023-24 Season