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Leontyne Price, Angel Blue, Lawrence Brownlee, Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman Headline Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams During Black History Month

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced that it will celebrate Black History Month this February by highlighting historic performances by Black artists through its nightly streaming series. Here is a rundown of the schedule for the first two weeks of the month. Week 47– Black History Month at the Met: Part I Monday, February 1 – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Starring {…}

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The Santa Fe Opera Announces New Digital Series Consider the Source

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The Santa Fe Opera announced a digital initiative exploring the literary works behind the operas planned for its 2021 Festival Season. Consider the Source Conversations and Seminars start January 19 and run through May 20. The Consider the Source Conversations are free and premiere on the opera’s YouTube channel on January 19, February 16, March 16, April 20, and May {…}

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Royal Opera House Cancels Christmas Concert

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(Credit: Royal Opera House official website) The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced the cancelation of the live performance of its Christmas concert. The cancellation came as a result of the stricter restrictions for London, which moved into Tier 3 of UK’s COVID-19 restriction system. The move effectively banned the presence of live audiences in the opera house. The {…}

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Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Leona Mitchell, Shirley Verrett Headline Next Month of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the next month of nightly streams which focus on a number of unique themes including operas in English, holiday works, and even an entire work dedicated to one of the most iconic artists of all time.  Week 39– In Plain English Monday, December 7 – Thomas Adès’s The Tempest Starring Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Iestyn Davies, Alek Shrader, {…}

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Longborough Festival Opera Launches Podcast

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The Longborough Festival Opera has launched a podcast series that will feature conversations with many of opera’s biggest stars. The company has released four episodes to this point, with three of them focused on Wagner’s Ring Cycle. In the first, journalist Richard Bratby, Longborough Music Director Anthony Negus, and bass-baritone Paul Carey Jones talk about Wotan’s journey through the tetralogy. In a second episode, Writer and {…}

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Welsh National Opera Announces New Podcast Series

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The Welsh National Opera has announced a new podcast that it will launch in English and Welsh. The English-language series, entitled “The O Word,” will be presented by journalist Gareth Jones, a broadcaster for such organizations as BBC and the United Nations in Geneva. Meanwhile, the Welsh-language series, called “Cipolwg,” will be led by comedian and journalist Lorna Prichard, who {…}

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Zachary James, Vanessa Becerra & Troy Cook Headline Virginia Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Virginia Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring four operas. Here is a look at the season. Adam Turner conducts Verdi’s “Rigoletto“ with Stephanie Havey directing. The cast will include Grant Youngblood in the title role, Alisa Jordheim as Gilda, Matthew Vickers as The Duke of Mantua, Joseph Barron as Sparafucile, and Leah Heater as Maddalena. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}

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Opera Holland Park to Hold Virtual Open Day Workshop Series

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With its 2020 season currently postponed, Opera Holland Park is holding its annual Open Day online, bringing interactive classes and events to audiences joining from home. On May 23, 2020, the company will be streaming from its Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube pages, as well as sessions on Zoom; while the events are open to all, those who wish to {…}

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Ailyn Pérez, Matthew Polenzani Among 100 Singers Join Forces for Campbell & Moravec’s ‘Light Shall Lift Us’

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Over 100 singers came together for a video performance of “Light Shall Lift Us,” a work by librettist Mark Campbell and composer Paul Moravec. The duo, which has worked together on “The Shining” proposed the idea to Marc Scorca of Opera America, who embraced the idea and helped put together the 107 artists who would eventually record their individual parts {…}