Asmik Grigorian, Jessica Pratt, Corinne Winters, Bianca Andrew, Zanda Svede Headline Oper Frankfurt’s 2022-23 Season

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Oper Frankfurt has unveiled its 2022-23 season which will include 11 new productions. New Productions The season opens with “Die Zauberflöte” as directed by Ted Huffman. Julia Jones and Simone Di Felice conduct casts starring Kudaibergen Abildin, Michael Porter, Hyoyoung Kim, Karolina Bengtsson, Danylo Matviienko, Domen Krizaj, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Kihwan Sim, Anna Nekhames, and Aleksandra Olczyk, among others. Performance {…}

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Semperoper Dresden Announces Cast Change for ‘Aida’

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced a cast change for “Aida.” The company noted that Stefano La Colla will step in for Francesco Meli as Radamès for the performances on March 17 and 20, 2022. La Colla has performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Arena di Verona, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and Teatro Carlo di Napoli, as well as in Berlin, {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Kampe, Brigitte Geller, Sandrine Piau Headline Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy 2022

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The Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy has announced its sixth annual festival for 2022. The theme for this year is “Vienna – Beethoven Delayed 2022.” For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on the vocal and operatic performances. René Jacobs leads the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Rias Kammerchor Berlin in a performance of Beethoven’s “Missa solemnis.” The {…}

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Oper Frankfurt Ordered to Reduce Seating Capacity

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(Credit: https://www.buehnen-frankfurt.de/) Oper Frankfurt has announced that, starting Dec. 16, 2021, it will reduce its seating capacity to maximum of 530 spectators. Per the new State Ordinance of the State of Hessen, theaters and opera houses are required to further limit seating capacity in venues due to the concerns over the ongoing spread of COVID-19. Oper Frankfurt uses 2G+ rule {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Ailyn Pérez, Olga Peretyatko & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Staatsoper Hamburg’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Christoph Köstlin/Javier del Real/Chris Singer) (Artcle In collaboration with Dejan Vukosavljevic) The Staatsoper Hamburg has announced its 2021-22 Season featuring new productions, revivals and Opera Stabile. Here is a look at what audiences can expect. Premieres Bernhard Lang’s “Playing Trump” will star Donatienne Michel-Dansac. Performance Dates: August 20-25, 2021 Daniele Finzi Pasca directs a new production of Offenbach’s “Les {…}

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Jamie Barton, Sabine Devieilhe & Jakub Józef Orliński Highlight Oper Frankfurt’s 2021-22 Season

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Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2021-22 season featuring recitals, new productions and many revivals. Premieres Roland Böer conducts a new production of Handel’s “Amadigi” with Andrea Bernard directing. Performance Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 7, 2021 G Leo Hussain conducts the new production of Cimarosa’s “L’Italiana in Londra.” R.B. Schlather directs the rarely performed work. Performance Date: Sept. 26-Oct. 30, 2021 Carl {…}

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Semperoper Dresden to Celebrate ‘Der Freischütz’ With Virtual Exhibition

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(© Semperoper Dresden/Matthias Creutziger) The Semperoper Dresden has announced that starting on May 18, the company will be presenting a virtual exhibition dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber’s “Der Freischütz.” The exhibition will showcase several prominent productions of the famed work, leading up to a stream of the company’s newest production of the opera on June 18, 2021, the anniversary {…}

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Teatro Real de Madrid 2020-21 Review: Rusalka, Cast B

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This review belongs to the performance on the 24th of November 2020 The times when the quality of the first cast at the Teatro Real de Madrid was supposed to be “superior” to that of the second cast are long past. In more recent times we saw it in “Ballo in Maschera” last month with soprano Sondra Ravdanovsky in the {…}

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Asmik Grigorian Leads Teatro Real Stream of ‘Rusalka’

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced that its current production of “Rusalka” will be streamed on Mezzo.tv. The company will stream the performance on Nov. 25 with Ivor Bolton conducting and Christof Loy directing the production. Asmik Grigorian sings the title role with a cast that includes Eric Cutler as the Prince, Karita Mattila as the Foreign Princess, Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev as {…}

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Asmik Grigorian, Jessica Pratt, Corinne Winters, Bianca Andrew, Zanda Svede Headline Oper Frankfurt’s 2022-23 Season

Semperoper Dresden Announces Cast Change for ‘Aida’

Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Kampe, Brigitte Geller, Sandrine Piau Headline Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy 2022

Oper Frankfurt Ordered to Reduce Seating Capacity

Sonya Yoncheva, Ailyn Pérez, Olga Peretyatko & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Staatsoper Hamburg’s 2021-22 Season

Jamie Barton, Sabine Devieilhe & Jakub Józef Orliński Highlight Oper Frankfurt’s 2021-22 Season

Semperoper Dresden to Celebrate ‘Der Freischütz’ With Virtual Exhibition

Teatro Real de Madrid 2020-21 Review: Rusalka, Cast B

Asmik Grigorian Leads Teatro Real Stream of ‘Rusalka’