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Placido Domingo & Juan Diego Florez Join Anna Netrebko In 2018 FIFA World Cup Concert

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Plácido Domingo and Juan Diego Flórez will sing at the opening of the World Cup. The two superstars confirmed that they will join the already announced Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Aida Garifullina, Albina Shagimuratova, Ildar Abdrazakov, and pianist Denis Matsuev in Red Square on June 13. They will also be joined by Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra. Roberto Alagna will {…}
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Bryn Terfel Cancels Baden-Baden’s Whitsun Festival

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Bryn Terfel has canceled his performance of Wagner’s “Der Fligende Hollander” a the Baden-Baden Whitsun Festival. According to a press release, the bass-baritone is currently suffering from laryngitis. As a result, John Lundgren will take over the title role. Lundgren is one of the most in-demand dramatic baritones in the world. Next season he sings the role of Wotan at the Royal Opera House {…}
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Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna & Yusif Eyvazov Lead 2018 FIFA World Cup Concert

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On the eve of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Red Square will host an operatic concert featuring some of the world’s greatest singers. Valery Gergiev will conduct the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in a gala featuring Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Ildar Abdrazakov, Aida Garifullina and pianist Denis Matsuyev. They will also be joined by Roberto Alagna as a special guest and Albina Shagimurtova. {…}
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10 Must See Operas For The Summer Season 2018 [International Edition]

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The 2017-18 season comes to an end and in comes festival season. So where are the big stars and what are interesting works being discovered this year? With a ton of selections to be sure, we whittled it down to the 10 Must-See productions (as we did with the U.S.) that cannot be missed this summer. 10. Tristan und Isolde – {…}
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Plácido Domingo, Maria José Siri & Juan Diego Flórez Headline Royal Opera House Muscat’s 2018-19 Season

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The Royal Opera House Muscat has announced its 2018-19 featuring 40 new programs and a total of 69 performances. The season will include some of the best conductors and singers in the world leading the world’s finest orchestras, the concentration of orchestral talent appearing at ROHM this season is impressive. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal events {…}
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Gran Teatre del Liceu 2017-18 Review – Demon: The Devil’s In The Detail – Or Lack Thereof.

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For most opera connoisseurs west of Kaliningrad, the name Anton Rubinstein is unlikely to ring many glockenspiels. This acclaimed composer and pianist, considered the virtuosic equal of Liszt, actually wrote twice as many operas as Puccini but outside Russia, his music is virtually unknown. Productions in the west of his most successful opera “Demon” are as rare as a real Romanov. {…}
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Bernarda Fink Headlines Concert In Teatro Mayor

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Argentine mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink is set to grace the stage of the Teatro Mayor in Bogota. Fink will join the Camarata Salzburg and maestro Gregory Ahss in a program that will include works from Arvo Pärt, Antonin Dvorak, Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Schubert The concert will begin with “Fratres” by Arvo Pärt, a piece which was commissioned by the Salzburg Festival {…}
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Juan Diego Flórez, Anna Netrebko & Nina Stemme To Be Featured In Vienna State Opera’s 2018-19 Season

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The Vienna State Opera has announced the 2018-19 season, which is incidentally the company’s 150-anniversary year.  The season will include six new productions, including a world premiere production. Here is a breakdown of what’s to come. New Productions (In Order of Opening) Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” will be the first new production, starting on Oct. 14, 2018. David McVicar directs while {…}
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Opéra de Lyon Season 2017-18 – Attila: Verdi Opera Rants & Rampages But Daniele Rustioni Reigns

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Giuseppe Verdi didn’t think much of political oppressors no matter if they were civilized Habsburg princes with good table manners or arriviste autocrats with one hand on the guillotine and the other in the till. Some of the least attractive characters in his operas ranged from pushy regicidal wives and vengeful Venetian psychopaths to homicidal high priests of Ptah and {…}

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