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Heartbeat Opera Unveils 2023-24 Season

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Heartbeat Opera has unveiled its 2023-24 season, the 10th in the company’s history. First up is “The Golden Cock.” The opera is a riff on Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel.” The work was created by Nico Krell and Jacob Ashworth with arrangements by Daniel Schlosberg. The opera stars Ariana Wehr, Sara Couden, Daniel Moody, Elliott Paige, and John Taylor Ward. Performance {…}

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Ars Minerva to Present Historic Performances of ‘Olimpia Vendicata’

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(Credit: Valentina Sadiul) Ars Minerva is set to present “Olimpia Vendicata” on Oct. 20-22, 2023. The performances will be the modern world premiere of the 1682 opera by Domenico Freschi. It will star Leslie Katter in the title role, Nina Jones, Deborah Rosengaus, Aura Veruni, Sara Couden, Sidney Ragland, and Nicolas Garcia. Céline Ricci will direct while Matthew Dirst will {…}

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West Edge Opera Announces 2023 Summer Opera Festival

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West Edge Opera has announced its 2023 Summer Opera Festival. NJ Agwuna, who led a production of “The Magic Flute” at the Glimmerglass Festival, will direct “The Coronation of Poppea.” Adam Pearl will conduct the opera and a cast starring Shawnette Sulker and Daniel Moody as the lovers Poppea and Nerone. Other cast members include Sara Couden, Michael Skarke, and {…}

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Seattle Symphony Announces Holiday Slate of Performances

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The Seattle Symphony has announced its lineup of holiday concerts at Benaroya Hall. This year marks the first time since 2019 that the symphony will perform its full suite of programs in person. Among the events is the tradition of Handel’s “Messiah” featuring soprano Nicole Cabell, contralto Sara Couden, tenor Steven Soph, bass Damien Geter, and the Seattle Symphony Chorale {…}

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Cyrille Dubois, Benjamin Appl & Eleonora Buratto Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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As part of this week’s CD / DVD releases, audiences will get to hear rarely performed works, a Rossini album, a documentary, a streamed opera, and a solo album by one of the great tenors of his generation. George Walker The fifth audio release on The Cleveland Orchestra’s own label showcased Music Director Franz Welser-Möst performing music by American composer {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society Announces 2022-23 Season

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society has announced its 2022-23 season. The main theme of the season will be “The World at War” and it will kick off with “In Memoriam I.” The showcase will include music by Berg, Ives, Poulenc, Ravel, and Granados. Singers include Amy Owens, Kate Maroney, Joshua Conyers, Mario Diaz-Moresco, and pianists Michael Brofman and Spencer Myer. {…}

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Kang Wang, Nicholas Phan, Hadleigh Adams & Nicole Cabell Lead Seattle Symphony’s 2022-23 Season

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The Seattle Symphony has announced its 2022-23 season featuring several international performers. Here is a look at the vocal performance. Enrique Lopez-Yañez conducts José Sibaja and Mónica Ábrego in a program of Latin American music. Performance Dates: Oct. 14 & 16, 2022 Tan Dun conducts his piece “Buddha Passion” with Sen Guo, Huiling Zhu, Kang Wang, Yupeng Wang, Batubagen, and Chen Yining. {…}

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St. Petersburg Opera Company Cancels Gallery Songs Program Due to COVID-19

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The St. Petersburg Opera Company in Florida has canceled its Jan. 8th Gallery Songs Program. The company noted it is “committed to health and safety and its artists, staff, and volunteers. Unfortunately, due to the rapid spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant in our community and considering our health concerns about large crowds with our performing (and unmasked) artists, {…}

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In Series Opera Announces 2021-22 Season

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In Series Opera in Maryland has announced its 2021-22 Season features films and live performances. The season opens with A Festival Through Grief to Hope. The opening festival weekend features live events based on the artistic achievements of IN Series 2020-2021 season and will showcase the film Gluck’s’ “Orpheus and Eurydice,” “Chronicle of a Life and Love,” and “Pieces of a {…}