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Julia Bullock, Kelly O’Connor, Ana María Martínez Headline Grand Teton Music Festival 2023 Season

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The Grand Teton Music Festival has announced its 2023 season, which runs between June 30 and August 19, 2023. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances. Soprano Julia Bullock will headline Berlioz’s “Les Nuits d’Été” with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, under conductor Christian Reif. The concert will also feature music {…}

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Julia Bullock & Salome Jicia Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to experience the debut albums of major stars and ensembles as well as the world premiere video recording of a Bellini opera. Here is a look at the releases from this week that you simply cannot miss. Walking in the Dark Julia Bullock makes her solo recording debut on Nonesuch Records. The includes two large {…}

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American Modern Opera Company to Present John Adams’ ‘El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered’

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On December 21, 2022, American Modern Opera Company will present John Adam’s “El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered” at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine. This chamber work, with libretto by Peter Sellars and concept by Julia Bullock, first made its premiere in San Martín at Fuentidueña chapel of The Met Cloisters in 2018. The case of this one-night concert features {…}

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San Francisco Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Antony and Cleopatra’

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The San Francisco Opera has announced a cast change for the world premiere of John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra,” opening on Sept. 10, 2022 as the first operatic presentation of the Company’s 2022–23 Centennial Season. Soprano Amina Edris will create the role of Cleopatra, replacing Julia Bullock, who has withdrawn from the production because she and her husband, conductor Christian Reif, are expecting the {…}

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Renée Fleming, Julia Bullock & Nadine Sierra Lead LA Philharmonic’s 2022-23 Season

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The Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on operatic and choral performances. Gustavo Dudamel Leads “Songs of the Americas” in a program that will include music by Abreu, Bor, Esteve, Ortiz, and Villa-Lobos with the Tambuco Percussion Ensemble and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Performance Dates: Sept. 30- {…}

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Julia Bullock Featured in NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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Soprano Julia Bullock’s NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert is streaming now on NPR’s website. The concert is streaming for free and feature the soprano performing Schubert’s “Wanderers Nachtlied II,” Kurt Weill’s “Wie lange noch,” the traditional spiritual “City Called Heaven” arranged by Hall Johnson and Billy Taylor’s “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” arranged by {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez, Leontyne Price, June Anderson, Leo Nucci, Sondra Radvanovsky Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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In keeping with last week’s themes of dialogue regarding racial equality in the opera world, we highly recommend checking out the several online shows such as Karen Slack’s “KikiKonversations,” Kenneth Overton’s “Black Opera Live,” and The Sitdown with LB,” hosted by Lawrence Brownlee. There is also a new conversation from Long Beach Opera regarding “Equity & Diversity in the Arts” that is {…}

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Sing for Hope, The Museum of Jewish Heritage, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene & Lang Lang International Music Foundation to Present Historic Concert

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On Sunday, June 14, the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Sing for Hope, and Lang Lang International Music Foundation will  join forces to present “We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope.” The special live-streamed concert event, which will be presented by a network of more than 125 {…}

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Long Beach Opera to Showcase Online Community Conversations This June

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Long Beach Opera has announced that it will be presenting three community conversations via Facebook Live this June. The series was inspired by the 2019 premiere of “The Central Park Five.” “While we are all struggling with the new normal of remaining socially distant, the virtual nature of this new set of conversations will allow artists and activists from all {…}