Yaritza Véliz & Javier Camarena Lead Dallas Opera’s ‘La Traviata’

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(Credit: Curtis Brown Photography) The Dallas Opera is set to open its 2024-25 season with Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The opera will be performed five times from Oct. 18 through Oct. 27 with the Oct. 26 performance live streamed. The opera will star Chilean soprano Yaritza Véliz as Violetta, and Mexican tenor Javier Camarena as Alfredo. Mexican baritone Alfredo Daza will sing the role {…}

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San Francisco Opera Review 2024-25: The Handmaid’s Tale

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(Photo credit: Cory Weaver) The West Coast premiere of “The Handmaid’s Tale“, by composer Poul Ruders and librettist Paul Bentley fills the War Memorial Opera House with a performance as harrowing as the dystopic story itself. Delayed by the pandemic from its originally scheduled debut, the co-production of San Francisco Opera (SFO) and the Royal Danish Theatre runs through October {…}

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Opera Philadelphia Among Grantees From Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

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Opera Philadelphia and the Crossing are among the grantees from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. The grants awarded a total $10.2 million to 39 Philadelphia-area cultural organizations and artists, including $3.5 million to help ensure the future of several of the most prominent institutions in the city and $1 million in unrestricted fellowships to 12 local artists. The {…}

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Pacific Vocal Series & The Resort at Pelican Hill to Present ‘Opera at the Coliseum’

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The Pacific Vocal Series is teaming up with The Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Beach, CA to present “Opera at The Coliseum” on Oct. 5, 2024. The one-hour Mediterranean-inspired program will feature soprano Deanna Breiwick, mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Decker, tenor Frederick Ballentine, and baritone Alexander Birch Elliott. They are joined by pianist Peter Walsh to take on music from the {…}

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Korean National Opera to Present ‘Tannhäuser’

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The Korean National Opera will present “Tannhäuser” starting on Oct. 17, 2024. The performances will take place at the Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater and run through Oct. 20, 2024. This represents the first time that Korean audiences will see the opera performed in its original language; it was previously showcased 45 years ago in in a Korean translation. For {…}

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Lyric Opera of Orange County to Showcase Menotti Double Bill

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The Lyric Opera of Orange County will present “The Menotti Radio Hour,” a double bill featuring “The Medium” and “The Old Maid and the Thief.” The production, which opens on Oct. 25 and runs through the 27 for a total of three showcases at the OC Music and Dance, will be directed by Jen Stephenson and features Christopher Walters, Leeza {…}

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Benjamin Bernheim & Christian Van Horn Lead HD Performance of Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’

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(Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 live in HD series is set to open with Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” The opera will be shown in HD on Oct. 5 with Benjamin Bernheim taking on the lead role. The HD will mark his second following his acclaimed run of Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette.” He will be joined by {…}

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Guangzhou Opera House to Present ‘Le Docteur Miracle’

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The Guangzhou Opera House will present Bizet’s “Le Docteur Miracle” starting on Sept. 30, 2024. The production is produced by Jenny Liang and is supported by the French Consulate-General in Guangzhou. “In this third iteration of our immersive comic opera program, we also further explored how to make the opera popular with contemporary audiences and promote the modernization, popularization and {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Les Contes d’Hoffmann

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) (This review was written in collaboration with Francisco Salazar) After a hyped but underwhelming opening night, the Met Opera’s second at-bat in the 2024-25 was the revival of a French classic that it hadn’t showcased since 2017. “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” is an incredible opera, rich in imagination, both in its musical and dramatic qualities. {…}

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Yaritza Véliz & Javier Camarena Lead Dallas Opera’s ‘La Traviata’

San Francisco Opera Review 2024-25: The Handmaid’s Tale

Opera Philadelphia Among Grantees From Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

Pacific Vocal Series & The Resort at Pelican Hill to Present ‘Opera at the Coliseum’

Korean National Opera to Present ‘Tannhäuser’

Lyric Opera of Orange County to Showcase Menotti Double Bill

Benjamin Bernheim & Christian Van Horn Lead HD Performance of Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’

Guangzhou Opera House to Present ‘Le Docteur Miracle’

Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Les Contes d’Hoffmann