Elīna Garanča, Aida Garifullina & Maria Guleghina Headline Teatro Colon’s 2019 Season

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The Teatro Colón has announced its 2019 season featuring eight main stage productions, concert operas, and a number of international star-making debuts. Here is a look at what to expect next season. Mainstage Opera Maurizio Benini conducts a new production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” directed by Jorge Takla. Fabián Veloz and Leonardo López Linares share the title role while Pavel Valuzhin and {…}

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Royal Opera House 2017-18 Review – La Bohème: Matthew Polenzani, Maria Agresta & Company Trapped In Camp Direction

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The word “Bohemian” – much like the popular terms “retro,” “Goth,” or “vintage” – is yet another label that has offered countless inferences over a plethora of different times. The “Bohème” clique of Puccini, undercut by the whimsy and exuberance of Italian verismo, would contrast with a play rendition of its source, Henri Murger’s “Scènes de la Vie de Bohème.” {…}

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Vienna State Opera 2017-18 Review – Andrea Chénier: Jonas Kaufmann Shines, But Another Star Is Brighter

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Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” is in many ways a sibling of Puccini’s “Tosca.” Both were sired by librettist Luigi Illica and both share the staple verismo ingredients of sex, politics, romantic obsession, frustrated baritones, and a grim end for the protagonists. There is also the common factor of youth in all its sanguine exuberance. Cavaradossi and Chénier are idealists with fatal {…}

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Gran Theatre del Liceu 2017-18 Review – Andrea Chénier: Sondra Radvanovsky Steals the Show From Jonas Kaufmann in Barcelona

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There is something of Halley’s comet about Umberto Giordano’s most famous opera “Andrea Chénier.” It reappears every so often (happily not so infrequently as every 75 years) excites and dazzles, leaves verismo fanatics in paroxysms of delight, then vanishes back into the operatic firmament. With the recent notable exception at La Scala, productions of “Andrea Chénier” have invariably been connected to {…}

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Saioa Hernández, Levy Sekgapane, Piotr Beczała & Ariel Hernández Lead Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España’s 2024-25 Season

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The Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Ciclo Sinfónico David Afkham conducts Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with soloists Eleanor Lyons, Maximilian Schmitt, Peter Rose, Werner Van Mechelen, Elena Sancho, Roger Padullés, Matthias Winckhler, and Joaquín Notario. Performance Dates: Sept. 20 & 22, 2024 Pablo González conducts a program of music by Prokofiev, {…}

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Teatro de la Zarzuela to Pay Tribute to Victoria de los Ángeles

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The Teatro de la Zarzuela in collaboration with the Fundación Victoria de los Ángeles will pay tribute to legendary soprano Victoria de los Ángeles. The concert will take place on March 12 and will showcase 14 singers accompanied by the Orquesta Victoria de los Ángeles under Pedro Pardo. Marc Busquets will stage the concert which commemorates the soprano’s centennial. The {…}

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Diana Damrau Cancels Vienna Recital

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(Credit: Jiyang Chen) Diana Damrau has canceled her Vienna recital on Feb. 14, 2024. The soprano took to social media and said, “I am very sorry that due to a severe infection, I cannot perform tonight in Vienna but I hope to see you soon on 30 and 31 March 2024 at the Musikverein.” The soprano was supposed to perform {…}

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Diana Damrau Cancels Recitals in Belgium, Germany & New York

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Diana Damrau has canceled her upcoming recitals in Germany, Belgium, and New York. The soprano took to social media and said, “I am saddened to share the news that I have had to cancel my recitals at Schlosstheater Fulda, Carnegie Hall, and Bozar Brussels due to an acute upper respiratory infection. I hope for a speedy recovery and I look {…}

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Ópera de Oviedo Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Ópera de Oviedo has announced the operas it will present during the 2024-25 season. The season opens with Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” starring Javier Castañeda, Sabina Puértolas, Maite Beaumont, Carlos Daza, John Osborn, and Marifé Nogales. Iván López-Reynoso conducts the production by Emilio López. Performance Dates: Sept. 7-14, 2024 Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” will star Nico Darmanin, Daniel Umbelino, {…}

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Elīna Garanča, Aida Garifullina & Maria Guleghina Headline Teatro Colon’s 2019 Season

Royal Opera House 2017-18 Review – La Bohème: Matthew Polenzani, Maria Agresta & Company Trapped In Camp Direction

Vienna State Opera 2017-18 Review – Andrea Chénier: Jonas Kaufmann Shines, But Another Star Is Brighter

Gran Theatre del Liceu 2017-18 Review – Andrea Chénier: Sondra Radvanovsky Steals the Show From Jonas Kaufmann in Barcelona

Saioa Hernández, Levy Sekgapane, Piotr Beczała & Ariel Hernández Lead Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España’s 2024-25 Season

Teatro de la Zarzuela to Pay Tribute to Victoria de los Ángeles

Diana Damrau Cancels Vienna Recital

Diana Damrau Cancels Recitals in Belgium, Germany & New York

Ópera de Oviedo Announces 2024-25 Season