Marina Rebeka, Serena Sáenz & Carolyn Sampson Lead BCN Classics’ 2024-25 Season

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Barcelona’s BCN Classics announces its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Josep Vicent conducts Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Orfeón Donostiarra, Sabrina Gárdez, Rafael Quirant, and Milan Perišić. Performance Date: Dec. 4, 2024 Masaaki Suzuki conducts the Mozart Requiem with the Bach Collegium Japan and soloists Carolyn Sampson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Shimon Yoshida, and Dominik Wörner. {…}

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Trekking Through American Opera (Part Three)

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Photo Credit: Cannupa Hanska Luger Throughout this new series, we will be looking at the history of American opera beginning in the 2000s to the present through a revisit of certain iconic works of the decade and OperaWire’s coverage of them throughout the 21st century. In part two, we looked at five operas that reflect the incredible change in operatic {…}

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Teatro alla Scala Announces Cast Change for ‘Guillaume Tell’

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced a cast change for its production of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell.” The company said, “We inform you that the role of Mathilde in ‘Guillaume Tell’ is entrusted to Salome Jicia instead of Marina Rebeka, forced to withdraw from the production due to health reasons.” Jicia has performed worldwide including Poland, Georgia, and Berlin as well {…}

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Opera Omaha Adds Performance of ‘El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered’

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Opera Omaha has announced that it has added “El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered” as a special addition to the company’s 23-24 Season. The performance will be held on Dec. 11 at the Lied Education Center for the Arts on the Creighton University campus. Performed by the American Modern Opera Project, John Adams and Peter Sellars’ “El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered” celebrates Latin {…}

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National Sawdust and the Metropolitan Opera’s New Series ‘Opera Evolved’

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Photo credit: Zenith Richards, Paola Kudacki, Met Opera “Opera Evolved” is National Sawdust and the Metropolitan Opera’s new programming partnership. Throughout the 2023-24 season, National Sawdust will showcase conversations with composers and artists that focus on the contemporary operas featured at the Met this season. They will highlight and explore the ways opera is evolving today and discuss the inner-workings {…}

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Les Talens Lyriques’ 2023-24 Season to Feature the World Premiere of Salieri’s Opera ‘Kubla Khan’ (‘Cublai, Gran Kan De Tartari’)

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©Sandrine Expilly The world premiere of Antonio Salieri’s opera “Kubla Khan” (“Cublai, Gran Kan De Tartari”) is among the many highlights of Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques’ 2023-24 season. Here is the full rundown of what audiences can expect this year. Starting off, sopranos Marie Lys and Judith van Wanroij perform “Ave Maris Stella” with Christophe Rousset at the {…}

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Hyperion Records’ Catalog Now Available for Streaming

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Multi-award-winning label, Hyperion Records brings its catalog to all streaming platforms. The label recently acquired by Universal Music Group (UMG), released the first drop featuring 200 albums on July 28. Available now are many of Hyperion’s roster of artists, including Marc-André Hamelin and Howard Shelley, as well as recordings of countertenor Iestyn Davies, and Stephen Layton conducting the Trinity College {…}

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Gabriel Alonso Joins GoDirect

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(Credit: Miguel Abalo) Gabriel Alonso has joined GoDirect for general management. Alonso was born in Ferrol (A Coruña) and graduated from the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía under the guidance of Ryland Davies y Francisco Araiza. He has also worked with Teresa Berganza, Juliane Banse, Susan Bullock, Leigh Melrose, Sarah Connolly, and Ruggero Raimondi in masterclasses. He made his {…}

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Benjamin Appl, Miah Persson, Dame Sarah Connolly, Roderick Williams, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Headline Oxford International Song Festival 2023

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The Oxford International Song Festival has unveiled the schedule for its 2023 season. Kicking off the festival will be “Quiet Music: A Draw-Along,” featuring mezzo-soprano Bethany Horak-Hallet, pianist Natalie Burch, and Julia Thaxton. The program includes works by Schubert, Clara Schumann, and Hildegard von Bingen, among others. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2023 Soprano Soraya Mafi will be joined by such {…}

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Marina Rebeka, Serena Sáenz & Carolyn Sampson Lead BCN Classics’ 2024-25 Season

Trekking Through American Opera (Part Three)

Teatro alla Scala Announces Cast Change for ‘Guillaume Tell’

Opera Omaha Adds Performance of ‘El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered’

National Sawdust and the Metropolitan Opera’s New Series ‘Opera Evolved’

Les Talens Lyriques’ 2023-24 Season to Feature the World Premiere of Salieri’s Opera ‘Kubla Khan’ (‘Cublai, Gran Kan De Tartari’)

Hyperion Records’ Catalog Now Available for Streaming

Gabriel Alonso Joins GoDirect

Benjamin Appl, Miah Persson, Dame Sarah Connolly, Roderick Williams, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Headline Oxford International Song Festival 2023