Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczała, Angel Blue, Lise Davidsen & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. New Productions Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s “Aida” in a new production by Michael Mayer. Angel Blue, Judit Kutasi, Piotr Beczała, Quinn Kelsey, Dmitry Belosselskiy, and Morris Robbinson. Alexander Soddy conducts the second cast with Christina Nilsson, Elīna Garanča, Brian Jagde, Eri Owens, Michael Chioldi, Amartüvshin Enkhbatyn, Alexander Vinogradov, and Krzysztof Bączyk. John {…}

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Ermonela Jaho, Julia Bullock, Huw Montague Rendall, Corinne Winters, Marina Rebeka Headline Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024

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The Festival d’Aix-en-Provence has announced its 2024 slate. Here is a rundown of the vocal and operatic works on offer. First up is “Iphigénie en Aulide” and Iphigénie en Tauride,” presented as a double bill. The Gluck operas will feature Corinne Winters in the title role of both works. In “Aulide,” she is joined by Russell Braun, Véronique Gens, Alasdair {…}

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ORF II to Broadcast ‘Turandot’ with Jonas Kaufmann & Asmik Grigorian

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(Credit: Michael Pohn) ORF II is set to present Puccini’s “Turandot” in a new production by Claus Guth. The opera will be broadcast on Dec. 16, 2023 from the Wiener Staatsoper and will star Asmik Grigorian in the title role, Jonas Kaufmann, Kristina Mkhitaryan, and Dan Paul Dumitrescu. The cast will be rounded out by Jörg Schneider, Attila Mokus, Martin Häßler, Norbert Ernst, and Hiroshi Amako. {…}

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Lyric Opera of Chicago Announces Cast Change for ‘Jenůfa’

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(Photo: Michael Brosilow) The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced a cast change for its production of “Jenůfa.” The company said, “Due to a family emergency that required her immediate return to Norway, soprano Lise Davidsen has had to withdraw from Sunday’s performance of ‘Jenůfa.’ Stepping into the title role will be Ryan Opera Center soprano Kathryn Henry. ” Meanwhile, {…}

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Paris Opera Play Available on TV d’Orange

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Paris Opera Play, the company’s official stream platform, is now available on channel 110 of TV d’Orange. Audiences will have access to hundreds of performances as well as one live showcase per month. In November, subscribers to TV d’Orange will get to listen to a live performance “Turandot” on Nov. 13 2023 at 7:30 p.m. Also available in November is {…}

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Teatro Real de Madrid Announces Free Tickets & Major Discounts for World Opera Day

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As part of its World Opera Day Celebration, the Teatro Real de Madrid is offering 100 free tickets to people under 30 for its performance of “Orlando” on Oct. 25 and 26. The offer was available starting at 10 a.m. local time. The company also noted that it would also be offering reduced price tickets for all performances of the {…}

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Latvian National Opera 2023-24 Review: Don Carlo

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(Photo: Kristaps Kains, Latvian National Opera) Latvia National Opera’s production of Verdi’s “Don Carlo” was musically and visually excellent, but the director Claus Guth’s underlying concept was not, at least initially, easy to grasp, despite his clearly written program notes. His underlying idea is that it is Carlo’s energy, values and behavior set against a despotic society, in which faceless {…}

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Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘Don Giovanni’

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(Credit: Monika Rittershaus) The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its Oct. 6, 2023 performance of “Don Giovanni.” The company said that Julia Kleiter is unwell and has canceled the performance. As a result, the role of Donna Anna will be performed by Maria Bengtsson. Bengtsson is a Sweden soprano who has performed with the Royal Opera {…}

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Park Avenue Armory 2023-24 Review: Doppelgänger

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(Credit: Monika Ritterhaus) Jonas Kaufmann has been to New York over the past few years, mainly to do concert performances at Carnegie Hall. But the last time that the tenor was in New York to do a full-blown theatrical production was five years ago when he headlined a brief stint of performances of “La Fanciulla del West” at the Met {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczała, Angel Blue, Lise Davidsen & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Season

Ermonela Jaho, Julia Bullock, Huw Montague Rendall, Corinne Winters, Marina Rebeka Headline Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024

ORF II to Broadcast ‘Turandot’ with Jonas Kaufmann & Asmik Grigorian

Lyric Opera of Chicago Announces Cast Change for ‘Jenůfa’

Paris Opera Play Available on TV d’Orange

Teatro Real de Madrid Announces Free Tickets & Major Discounts for World Opera Day

Latvian National Opera 2023-24 Review: Don Carlo

Opéra de Paris Announces Cast Change for ‘Don Giovanni’

Park Avenue Armory 2023-24 Review: Doppelgänger