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Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (9/14-16)

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The opera season is starting to get back into business in North America, making for a lot of interesting productions set to take the stage. This week’s installment features works by Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, and Floyd. Here we go (ranked in alphabetical order). “La Bohème” – Indianapolis Opera Puccini’s beloved masterwork kickstarts the Indianapolis opera’s 2018-19 season with three performances {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Gran Teatro del Liceu 2017-18 Review(s) – La Favorite

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Apart from the onslaught of syphilis, 1840 was a good year for Gaetano Donizetti. He become the first composer to have three operas (“La Fille du Régiment”, “Lucrezia Borgia,” and “La Favorite”) debut in three different theaters in Paris within a period of less than 12 months. The last of the trifecta was written specifically for Rosine Stolz (née Victoire Noël) {…}

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Montréal To Premiere Jonathan Dawe’s ‘Nero and the Fall of Lehman Brothers’

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BOP | Ballet-Opéra-Pantomime is thrilled to present the Montreal premiere of the opera “Nero and The Fall of Lehman Brothers” from June 14 to 17. Composed by American composer Jonathan Dawe and premiered in New York in December 2016, the opera will bring together twenty-five young Canadian and American instrumental performers and singers.  Maxime Genoishas directed various short films which have been screened at {…}

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin Announces Exclusive Contract With Deutsche Grammophon

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin has signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. The company announced the news noting that the contract will include complete cycles of Rachmaninov’s symphonies and piano concertos, with soloist Daniil Trifonov and The Philadelphia Orchestra. It will continue his acclaimed Mozart series with “Die Zauberflöte,” to be recorded with the COE and an outstanding cast this summer at the {…}

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Opera America Announces 20 Winners of Major Innovation Grants

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Opera America has announced the recipients of the second cycle of Innovation Grants. The grants, which are “generously funded by the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation,” were launched in 2016 in support companies that have shown tremendous innovation in diverse areas of the art form. The grants total $1.5 million. This year, 20 companies were awarded the prestigious grants. They {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – USA (3/30-4/1): Metropolitan Opera Dominates Easter Weekend

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Easter weekend in the US is a time when opera houses remain relatively quiet. So you’ll notice that one house gets major prominence in this weekend’s recommendations. Così fan tutte – Metropolitan Opera We recommended this showcase a few weeks ago and will recommend it once again. “ At its core, the opera is one big joke that all the characters {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Shaping the Future – Met Prompter & IVAI Founder Joan Dornemann On Her Career & Nurturing Young Operatic Talent

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The opera stage is replete with people both visible and invisible. You have the singers, the orchestra, and the conductor; arguably the most visible participants in any performance. You have your technician and other stagehands working to keep the lighting and other aspects of the production moving along swimmingly. You’ve got someone coordinating all of that. And then hidden onstage {…}

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Michael Christie To Conclude Tenure At The Minnesota Opera

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Music Director Michael Christie concludes his tenure at the Minnesota Opera with Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The performances, which are scheduled from March 17 through March 31, 2018, will be his final production with the company as Music Director.  Throughout his tenure, Christie led 26 productions over eight seasons, six as Music Director at the Minnesota Opera including “La Traviata,” “Nabucco,” “Macbeth,” “La Boheme,” “La {…}