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Gilmmerglass Festival Announces 2023 Season

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The Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, New York has announced its repertory for the 2023 season. The festival will open with Puccini’s “La bohème,” one of opera’s most unforgettable scores. Joshua Blue, Teresa Perrotta, Darren Drone, and Emilie Kealani star. Nader Abbassi conducts the production by E. Loren Meeker. Performance Dates: July 7-August 19, 2023 The season will also present Bernstein’s {…}

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Leah Hawkins, Laura Wilde, SeokJong Baek, Véronique Filloux Headline Arizona Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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Arizona Opera has announced its 2022-23 season. The season kicks off with “The Falling and the Rising.” The new work is by Zack Redler and Jerre Dye. Audrey Babcock, Brad Bickhardt, Schyler Vargas, and Thomas Cannon. Michael Sakir conducts a production directed by Dennis Whitehead Darling.  Performance Dates: Oct. 14-16, 2022 in Phoenix / Oct. 22-23, 2022 in Tucson Next {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Brian Jagde & Charles Castronovo Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2022-23 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2022-23 season featuring 10 new productions. Premieres  Benedict Andrews directs Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” with Vladimir Jurowski conducting a cast that includes Louise Alder, Avery Amereau, Konstantin Krimmel, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Sandrine Piau, and Christian Gerhaher. Performance Dates: Oct. 26, 2022-July 17, 2023 Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will be conducted by François-Xavier Roth and directed by film director {…}

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2022 Lotte Lenya Competition Announces Finalists

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The Lotte Lenya Competition announced the final round of this year’s competition and the 11 finalists that will be competing. The final will be held at Merkin Hall in New York City on May 6 beginning at 1 p.m. Among the competitors are Ruth Acheampong, Eric Botto, Cierra Byrd, Katrina Galka, Francesca Mehrotra, Lauren Senden, Amanda Sheriff, Tristan Tournaud, Jeremy {…}

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Lotte Lenya Competition Announces 2022 Semifinals & Judge-Coaches

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The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music has announced that Lauren Worsham and Victoria Clark are the coach-judges for the semifinal round of the 2022 Lotte Lenya Competition. Worsham, a past prizewinner of the competition, is also a Drama Desk Award Winner. Meanwhile, Clark is a Tony Award winner who is set to open “Kimberly Akimbo” later this year. In total {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Annette Dasch, Carlos Álvarez Headline OperaVision’s August & September Streams

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OperaVision has announced its streaming slate for the months of August and September. First up will be a production of “Rusalka” from the Staatstheater Braunschweig starring Julie Adams, Kwonsoo Jeon, Jisang Ryu, Ekaterina Kudryavseva, and Edna Prochnik. Srba Dinić conducts. Streaming Dates: August 18, 2021 – Nov. 13, 2021 Next up is Lviv National Opera’s “When the Fern Blooms” starring {…}

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Kurt Weill Foundation For Music Announces 2021 Lotte Lenya Competition Finalists

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(Photo Credit: Kurt Weill Foundation) Kim H. Kowalke, the President of the Kurt Weill Foundation, has announced the finalists for the 2021 Lotte Lenya Competition. Fifteen performers will compete for top prizes of $20,000, $15,000, and $10,000. The following performers have made it to the finals: Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod, Max Chernin, Ty Chiko, Monica Dewey, Taylor-Alexis DuPont, Charles Eaton, Nicole {…}

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Patricia Racette & Paulo Szot Lead Arizona’s 2021-22 Season

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The Arizona Opera has announced initial plans for its 2021-22 season celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary. Arizona Opera’s President and General Director, Joseph Specter said in a press release, Our 50th Anniversary Season would be a reason to celebrate in and of itself as we begin to emerge from this challenging pandemic year. It is made that much more meaningful {…}