Erwin Schrott, Catherine Foster & Gabriela Scherer Highlight Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2020-21 Season

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Credit: Uwe Arens/Dario Acosta/Tatyana Vlasova The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2020-21 season featuring eight new productions, the Ring Cycle and a number of important revivals. Here is a look. Premieres Konrad Junghänel conducts a new production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Tilo Nest directing. Ioan Hotea and Antonio Garés share the role of the count while Silvia {…}

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Teatro Cervantes Announces Cast Change for ‘La Favorita’

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The Teatro Cervantes in Malaga has announced a cast change for its performance of Donizetti’s “La Favorita.” The theater announced that due to a vocal infection, mezzosoprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera will not be able to perform the title role on March 8, 2020. As a result Laura Vila will take over the performance. Villa is a rising Spanish mezzo who {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau & Marina Rebeka Lead Top 5 Performances To See Internationally (3/6-8)

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(Credit: Teatro Cervantes/Bayerische Staatsoper) This weekend, three new productions open with superb casts. Meanwhile one of the biggest stars in opera makes a major debut while a production will continue in very intriguing circumstances. Norma – Staatsoper Hamburg, Germany Marina Rebeka headlines a new production of “Norma” by Yona Kim. Rebeka takes on her signature role alongside Marcelo Puente, Liang {…}

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Rolando Villazón, René Pape, Anja Harteros Highlight Semperoper Dresden’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Jiyang Chen / Marco Borggreve) The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2020-21 season featuring seven new operatic productions and a number of revivals. Here is a look at the operatic productions. Premieres The first new production of the season will be Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell,” written by de Jouy and Bis. The new production by Georg Schmiedleitner will star Christoph {…}

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Royal Opera House Muscat 2019-20 Review: Carmen

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(Photo credit: Khalid AlBusaidi / ROHM) This review is for performances on Sept. 11 and 14, 2019. Writing a review after an initial performance of any run is a challenging proposition. You are essentially recording your views on a first impression without really getting a chance to see the full picture. There are many reasons why this is the case, {…}

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Javier Camarena & María José Montiel Headline Teatro Cervantes De Málaga’s 2019-20 Season

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The Teatro Cervantes de Málaga has announced its 2019-20 season featuring four staged productions and a concert performance. Berna Perles, César Gutiérrez, Roman Ialcic, Beatriz Díaz, Pablo García López, Luis López, and José Antonio López star in Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with José Carlos Plaza directing and Manuel Hernández Silva conducting. Performance Dates: Nov. 1 & 3, 2019 Javier Camarena performs a concert with music García, Rossini, and Zingarelli with {…}

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José Cura & Olga Peretyatko Headline Royal Opera Muscat’s 2019-20 Season

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The Royal Opera Muscat has announced its 2019-20 Season. Bizet’s “Carmen” opens the Royal Opera Muscat season with José Cura in the role of Don José, Elena Maximova in the title role, Anita Hartig as Micaëla and George Petean in the role of Escamillo. The Teatro Colón Buenos Aires travels with conductor Antonello Allemandi. Performance Dates: Sept. 11-14, 2019 Celso Albelo {…}

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Julia Bullock & Marc Laho Lead Opéra De Lille’s 2019-20 Season

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The Opéra de Lille has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of rare works and one of the great masterpieces of the canon. Purcell’s “The Indian Queen” opens the season with Anna Dennis, Tristan Hambleton, Hugo Hymas, Gareth John, Rowan Pierce, Nick Pritchard, Christopher Ettridge, Elisabeth Hopper, James McGregor, Julie Legrand, Ben Porter, and Jules Werner. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Guy Cassiers’ production. {…}

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Massimo Cavalletti Adds Third Verdi Role

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Massimo Cavalletti is set to make his house and role debut as Giorgio Germont in “La Traviata” at the Palm Beach Opera. The baritone will sing the role in a production by Fabio Ceresa under the musical direction of Antonello Allemandi, the first of a series of three performances running through Jan. 27, 2019. Cavalletti will join a cast that includes {…}

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Erwin Schrott, Catherine Foster & Gabriela Scherer Highlight Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2020-21 Season

Teatro Cervantes Announces Cast Change for ‘La Favorita’

Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau & Marina Rebeka Lead Top 5 Performances To See Internationally (3/6-8)

Rolando Villazón, René Pape, Anja Harteros Highlight Semperoper Dresden’s 2020-21 Season

Royal Opera House Muscat 2019-20 Review: Carmen

Javier Camarena & María José Montiel Headline Teatro Cervantes De Málaga’s 2019-20 Season

José Cura & Olga Peretyatko Headline Royal Opera Muscat’s 2019-20 Season

Julia Bullock & Marc Laho Lead Opéra De Lille’s 2019-20 Season

Massimo Cavalletti Adds Third Verdi Role