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Metropolitan Opera Announces New Cast Change for ‘Moby Dick’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a new cast change for “Moby Dick” on March 11, 2025. The company said that Alex Boyer will make his Met debut as Captain Ahab replacing Brandon Jovanovich. Boyer is a tenor who has performed at the West Edge Opera, San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera, Opera Southwest, and Hawaii Opera Theater. He has performed {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces Laffont Competition Finalists

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the finalists for the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominque Laffont Competition. Following the semi-finals on March 9, nine singers will advance to the final round. The finalists will compete on the Met stage on March 16 at 3 P.M. ET. Karen Kamensek will lead the Met Orchestra and Laffont alumna and star mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces Semi-Finalists for Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition

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(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 20 semifinalists who will compete in the semifinal round of the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition on March 9, 2025. The semifinal competition will be held on the Met stage before a panel of judges and will also be available for public viewing via livestream. The {…}

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Brandon Jovanovich Leads Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Moby-Dick’

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(Credit:  Zenith Richards / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s “Moby-Dick” for the first time. The company premiere will feature the opera’s original staging directed by Leonard Foglia, in his Met debut. Karen Kamensek will conduct the work and will star tenor Brandon Jovanovich as Captain Ahab, tenor Stephen Costello as Greenhorn, {…}

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The Grange Festival Unveils 2025 Festival

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The Grange Festival has announced its 2025 season. First up is “La Traviata” in a production by Maxine Braham and conducted by Richard Farnes in his festival debut. Samantha Clarke stars as Violetta while Nico Darmian and Dario Solari star as Alfredo and Giorgio Germont, respectively. Performance Dates: June 4 – July 6, 2025 Edwin Outwater leads the BBC Concert Orchestra {…}

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San Francisco Opera Review 2024-25: The Handmaid’s Tale

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(Photo credit: Cory Weaver) The West Coast premiere of “The Handmaid’s Tale“, by composer Poul Ruders and librettist Paul Bentley fills the War Memorial Opera House with a performance as harrowing as the dystopic story itself. Delayed by the pandemic from its originally scheduled debut, the co-production of San Francisco Opera (SFO) and the Royal Danish Theatre runs through October {…}

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San Francisco Opera to Present ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

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(Photo: Camilla Winther/Royal Danish Opera) San Francisco Opera is set to present the West Coast premiere of Poul Ruders and Paul Bentley’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The work based on Margaret Atwood’s novel was originally scheduled for the 2020–21 Season and was delayed by the pandemic. The work will be conducted by Karen Kamensek and will be directed by John Fulljames, {…}