Daniel Brenna & Katarina Karnéus Highlight Göteborg Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Göteborg Opera has announced its 2020-21 season, which features one world premiere and a number of new productions. Here is a look:Puccini’s “La Bohème” opens the 2020-21 season featuring a cast that includes Ida Falk Winland, Jung Soo Yun, Luthando Qave, and Sofie Asplund. Henrik Schaefer conducts the production. Performance Dates: August 30-Sept. 20, 2020 Offenbach’s “Champagne Tears” gets a {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: National Council Audition Grand Finals

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(Credit: Richard Termine) One of the best parts about the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions is that it’s open to the public. But even more exciting than that is coming across a singer that makes an aria completely their own, so much so that it changes your interpretation of the music. Now that’s a star. And who else can say {…}

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Julia Bullock, Gustavo Dudamel & Isabel Leonard Lead LA Philharmonic’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The LA Philharmonic has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of important stars and conductors. For the purposes of this article, we will only highlight vocal performances. The season opens with Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Peer Gynt selections with Gustavo Dudamel conducting Lang Lang. The program also includes John Adams’ Short Ride in {…}

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Amanda Majeski, Lester Lynch & Rebecca Evans Highlight Welsh National Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Welsh National Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring six productions on the main stage. Here is a look at what to expect. Autumn 2020 The season opens with a revival of Janáček and Preissová’s “Jenůfa” starring Amanda Majeski in the title role. She is joined by a cast that includes Peter Berger, Helena Zubanovich, Ed Lyon and Rhodri {…}

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Lucas Meachem, Jamie Barton & Joyce DiDonato Highlight Dallas Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Cory Weaver/The Dallas Opera) The Dallas Opera has announced its 2020-21 season celebrating its 64th season. This season will showcase five main stage productions and a number of concerts. Here is a look. Main Stage The season opens with Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Emmanuel Villaume conducts a new production by Kyle Lang. The production is set to {…}

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Hartford Opera Theater To Showcase ‘New In November 10’

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The Hartford Opera Theater will showcase “New in November 10,” a collection of short operas and opera excerpts. The opera festival will be performed on Sunday, Nov. 17 at The Cathedral House at Christ Church. The operas set to be showcased in the festival include “Opera Kardashian,” one of the first works to feature a transgender character to be played by {…}

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Welsh National Opera Appoints New Chair and Board Members

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The Welsh National Opera has announced that Yvette Vaughan Jones has been appointed as Chair of the Board of Directors, with immediate effect. Jones has extensive experience of working in the arts both in the UK and internationally and is the first woman in the Company’s history to hold the role of Chair of WNO. Jones has worked for independent {…}

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The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine Announces Its Ninth Season Of ‘Great Music In A Great Space’

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New York City’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine has announced its ninth season of “Great Music in a Great Space.” Director of Cathedral Music and organist Kent Tritle will lead the chorus. Musica Sacra will perform Guillaume de Machaut’s “Messe de Nostre Dame,” Josquin des Prez’ Motets, and Gregorian Chant during “Music for a Gothic Space.” A recital by {…}

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‘Blind Injustice,’ ‘The Thirteenth Child’ Among Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (7/26-28)

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One major opera staple is on this weekend’s list. But the rest are all made up of 20th and 21st century operas, including two works making their world premieres. Here are our top five operas to see this weekend (in alphabetical order by company). Chautauqua Opera Company – The Ghosts of Versailles For one night only, Chautauqua Opera will showcase {…}

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Daniel Brenna & Katarina Karnéus Highlight Göteborg Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: National Council Audition Grand Finals

Julia Bullock, Gustavo Dudamel & Isabel Leonard Lead LA Philharmonic’s 2020-21 Season

Amanda Majeski, Lester Lynch & Rebecca Evans Highlight Welsh National Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Lucas Meachem, Jamie Barton & Joyce DiDonato Highlight Dallas Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Hartford Opera Theater To Showcase ‘New In November 10’

Welsh National Opera Appoints New Chair and Board Members

The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine Announces Its Ninth Season Of ‘Great Music In A Great Space’

‘Blind Injustice,’ ‘The Thirteenth Child’ Among Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (7/26-28)