Roderick Williams, Gerald Finley Headline Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama’s 2021 Online Summer Slate

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The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has announced its online summer program which will feature performances by some of opera’s greatest and upcoming stars. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be mainly on operatic performances. First up, baritone Gerald Finley will present a performance as part of the Schubert Song series. He will be accompanied {…}

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Royal Opera House Announces November Streams Featuring Erwin Schrott, Gerald Finley & Louise Alder

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The Royal Opera House has announced a series of live performance broadcasts featuring The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, throughout the November lockdown period. On Nov. 20 the company will present a concert performance of “Ariodante,” which will be available via the Royal Opera House streaming platform. The cast will include mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy in the title role, soprano Chen Reiss as Ginevra, {…}

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Sally Matthews, Gerald Finley & Mary Bevan Highlight London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020 Fall Season

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(Credits: Sigtryggur Ari Jóhannsson / Sim Canetty-Clarke / Victoria Cadisch) The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that it will present 13 full-length concerts from September 30 to December 30, 2020. The concerts will be filmed live and will be broadcasted on the Marquee TV. All the concerts will be free to access for 7 days after the original broadcast date. {…}

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Gerald Finley Headlines Final Opera of Glyndebourne Open House Virtual Festival

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(Credit: Tristram Kenton/Glyndebourne) Glyndebourne has announced the final opera that will be featured as part of its virtual festival. Starting on August 30, and running through Sept. 6, 2020, the organization will present “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” in a production by Sir David McVicar. Vladimir Jurowski conducts a cast starring Marco Jentzsch, Anna Gabler, Topi Lehtipuu, Alastair Miles, Johannes Martin {…}

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Christian Gerhaher, Sabine Devieilhe, Gerald Finley to Reopen Wigmore Hall in September

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(Photo Credit: Thomas Egli) Wigmore Hall, one of the leading UK cultural venues, has announced that it will reopen on September 13, 2020. The program will consist of a series of 80 concerts, and will last until Nov. 1, 2020. Each concert will be approximately 60–90 minutes in length with no intermission and will all be live-streamed in high-definition video {…}

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Gerald Finley, Antonio Pappano, Louise Alder Headline Royal Opera House’ Reopening Concert

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The Royal Opera House has announced its first concert since the lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19. The concert is scheduled for June 13, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. local time and will feature music by Britten, Handel, Butterworth, and Turnage performed by such artists as Louise Alder, Toby Spence, and Gerald Finley. The showcase will also feature a world {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Valery Gergiev & Gerald Finley To Be Featured At The Philharmonie De Paris’s 2018-19 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2018-19 season filled with numerous concerts and operatic selections. The season will see a number of international stars and orchestras as guest artists to this important Parisian hall. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra continue their exploration of the Ring Cycle with “Siegfried.” The opera {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Review – Thaïs: Ailyn Pérez & Gerald Finley Must Be Heard In Gorgeous Revival of Massenet Masterpiece

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“The voice must be heard.” For the last two years, this has been the calling card for the Metropolitan Opera’s marketing department, a call to just come and listen to opera as it is intended to be. An invitation to experience something that can’t be experienced anywhere. For many, that tagline has been particularly emblematic of the vocal wizardry that {…}

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Gerald Finley Cancels Opening Night At Wigmore Hall

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Gerald Finley has cancelled his concert at Wigmore Hall. Finley was rushed to the hospital due to appendicitis. The bass-baritone was due to open London’s Wigmore Hall season on Saturday Sept. 9. As a result he will be replaced by tenor Robin Tritschler. The Irish tenor graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and was a BBC New Generation Artist and {…}

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Roderick Williams, Gerald Finley Headline Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama’s 2021 Online Summer Slate

Royal Opera House Announces November Streams Featuring Erwin Schrott, Gerald Finley & Louise Alder

Sally Matthews, Gerald Finley & Mary Bevan Highlight London Philharmonic Orchestra 2020 Fall Season

Gerald Finley Headlines Final Opera of Glyndebourne Open House Virtual Festival

Christian Gerhaher, Sabine Devieilhe, Gerald Finley to Reopen Wigmore Hall in September

Gerald Finley, Antonio Pappano, Louise Alder Headline Royal Opera House’ Reopening Concert

Sonya Yoncheva, Valery Gergiev & Gerald Finley To Be Featured At The Philharmonie De Paris’s 2018-19 Season

Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Review – Thaïs: Ailyn Pérez & Gerald Finley Must Be Heard In Gorgeous Revival of Massenet Masterpiece

Gerald Finley Cancels Opening Night At Wigmore Hall