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Heidelberger Frühling Announces Programming for Liedfestival 2024

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The third annual Heidelberger Frühling Liedfestival has released the details of its 2024 program. This year’s theme is “Brahms and the Disorder of Lieder,” concluding Heidelberger Frühling’s season focus on Johannes Brahms. “A song festival for everyone,” a mixed genre event opens the festival. Performance Date: June 8, 2024 The Erlkings perform Lied in English with guitar, cello, tuba, and {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Ludovic Tézier on His Career as Today’s Ultimate Baritone

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The French baritone Ludovic Tézier has performed worldwide at the most notorious opera houses like the Met, Royal Opera House, Paris Opera, Wiener Staatsoper. He also appears in many opera CDs and DVDs. He is one of the most renowned and in-demand baritones sing today. OperaWire spoke with Teezier during a run of performances of a new production of Verdi’s {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Bryn Terfel, Asmik Grigorian & Mark S. Doss Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences cannot miss debut albums, a world premiere recording, and two acclaim DVD releases A Phoenix Rising  Navona Records releases tenor Brian Smith Walters’ first album. The CD is a cross-section of chansons and Lieder spanning five centuries, and Walters navigates them with stunning bravado. Audiences will hear selections from Purcell, Copland, Schubert, Saint Saens, Tchaikovsky, Barber, Wagner, {…}

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Teatro Real de Madrid Cancels Performance of ‘Aquiles en Esciros’

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The Teatro Real de Madrid canceled the Feb. 21 performance Corselli’s “Aquiles en Esciros” due to cast-wide illness. The Madrid theater said that neither Franco Fagioli nor Gabriel Díaz would be able to sing the role of Aquiles/Pirra due to illness. As a result, the performance will be moved to Feb. 26. Audience members with tickets will be able to {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva Announces Fifth Album on Her New Label

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Sonya Yoncheva has announced her fifth solo album, “The Courtesan.” The soprano will release the album on Feb. 9, 2023 on her own label SY11 Productions. The album will focus on the world of courtesans in opera. The album was recorded last year in Genoa, Italy with the Orchestra dell’Opera Carlo Felice Genova led by Marco Armiliato and tenor Charles {…}

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John Fulljames Appointed Director of Oxford University’s Humanities Cultural Programme

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John Fulljames has been appointed as the inaugural Director of Oxford University’s Humanities Cultural Programme. Fulljames, who was Director of Opera at the Royal Danish Opera and Royal Danish Orchestra from 2017 until earlier this year, will take up the role in November 2022. He was previously Associate Director of Opera for the Royal Opera and founded The Opera Group. {…}

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Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Appoints New General Director

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The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées has announced a new General Director. The company said that Baptiste Charoing will succeed Michel Franck starting in 2025. Charroing is the current director of production and distribution at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. He first started working with the company in 2020 and is a trained violist. Charroing notably participated in the creation of {…}