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Watch Live Stream of Royal Opera House’s July 2 ‘Carmen’ Right Here

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(Credit: Bill Cooper / Royal Opera House) The Royal Opera House will live stream the July 2, 2019 performance of Bizet’s “Carmen” via the company’s Facebook and YouTube pages. The showcase is part of BP Big Screens, which allows audiences in the UK the opportunity to experience culture for free. The performance on July 2 will feature Aigul Akhmetshina in {…}

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Jette Parker Young Artist Programme Announces 2019 Summer Performance

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The Royal Opera is set to showcase the Jette Parker Young Artist Summer Performance on July 21, 2019. The performance will be directed by Noa Naamat with conductors James Hendry, Patrick Milne, Thomas Payne, and Edmund Whitehead leading the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. The performance will include sopranos Haegee Lee, Jacquelyn Stucker, and Yaritza Véliz. Mezzo-sopranos Aigul Akhmetshina {…}

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Royal Opera House Announces Cast Change For June 26 ‘Carmen’

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The casting revamp for the Royal Opera House’s upcoming “Carmen” continues with the announcement that mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina will be taking over the performance on June 26. Anaïk Morel was originally set to perform on that date, though she will remain in the title role for seven other performances on June 22, 24, 28 and July 10, 13, 16, and {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Plácido Domingo & Ermonela Jaho Highlight Teatro Real 2019-20 Season

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The Teatro Real has announced its 2019-20 season featuring seven Teatro Real premieres and three Spanish premieres. Here is a look at what to expect. The season opens with Verdi’s “Don Carlo“ with Nicola Luisotti conducting a production by David McVicar. The opera returns after a 14 year absence with Francesco Meli, Andrea Carè, and Alfred Kim sharing the title {…}

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Clémentine Margaine Withdraws From Royal Opera’s ‘Carmen’

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Clémentine Margaine has withdrawn from singing the title role of Bizet’s “Carmen” this summer. The Royal Opera Housee announced that the French mezzo-soprano would be replaced by two up-and-coming mezzos Anaïk Morel and Jette Parker Young Artist Aigul Akhmetshina. Morel will make her Royal Opera House debut and will perform on June 22, 24, 26 and 28 and July 10, 13, 16 {…}

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky Gala To Feature Ildar Abdrazakov & Stephen Costello

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On August 26, 2018, Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s family and friends, together with the Krasnoyarsk Government and Rusfond (Russian Fond for Help to Sick Children), will organize a charity concert “Hvorostovsky and Friends.” The concert, which is set to be in the memory of Hvorostovsky, will be held in Peace Square near the Great Concert Hall of the Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic where the {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Nadine Sierra & Mariella Devia Lead Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia’s 2018-19 Season

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The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has announced its 2018-19 season featuring an array of diverse repertoire. For this season announcement, we will only focus on the vocal performances. Orchestra Concerts  The season opens with Bernstein’s “West Side Story” with Nadine Sierra and Alek Shrader in the lead roles with Antonio Pappano conducting. Jessica Vosk, Mark Stone, and Aigul Akhmetshina {…}

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Barbara Hannigan, Cecilia Bartoli, Piotr Beczała & Joyce DiDonato Among International Opera Award Nominees

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The International Opera Award nominations have bee announced. The organization, which seeks to recognize the best of the industry recognizes 18 categories. This year the nominees for Female Singer are Malin Byström, Carmen Giannattasio, Barbara Hannigan, who recently won the Grammy, Hui He, Ermonela Jaho and Eva-Maria Westbroek. In the Male Singer category, Piotr Beczała is nominated alongside Günther Groissböck, Peter Mattei, Eric Owens, {…}

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Royal Opera House 2017-18 Preview: How Peter Brook’s ‘La Tragedie de Carmen’ Revises Bizet’s Masterpiece

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In a bold move, the Royal Opera House will showcase a rare production of “La Tragedie de Carmen” between Nov. 3 and Nov 14 at Wilton’s Music Hall. The opera, which uses passages from Bizet’s famous score is actually a reworking of the story to showcase a different angle that some purport is closer in line with the original novella {…}