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Longborough Opera Announces Cast For ‘La Calisto’

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The Longborough Festival Opera has announced its 2019 Young Artist Production of Cavalli’s “La Calisto.” Performances are set for July 29, 31, and August 2 and 3. The production will be directed by Mathilde Lopez and will star Chiara Vinci, Sophie Goldrick, Zita Syme, Emma Charles, Lizzie Holmes, Jessie Tse, Felix Kemp, Neil Balfour, Brian Mcalea, and Gabriel Seawright. “Comical {…}
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Longborough Festival Opera Reveals 2020 Season, Featuring Operas by Wagner, Donizetti, & More

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The Longborough Festival Opera announced its 2020 season, which will feature four operas from a wide range of periods and cultures in the artform’s history. After a season with three of four operas in Italian, this season will feature a work by a baroque composer, a bel canto composer, a Czech master, and finally, Wagner. “Die Walküre” will be presented {…}
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Wagner, Donizetti, And Mozart Operas Headline Longborough Festival Opera 2019

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The Longborough Festival Opera has announced its 2019 slate. Everything kicks off with “Das Rheingold,” which will kick off the company’s four-year plan to mount the Ring.  The production will feature Mark Stone, Darren Jeffery, Mark Le Brocq, Madeleine Shaw, and Simon Wilding among others. Amy Lane directors and Anthony Negus conducts. Performance Dates: June 5-11, 2019 Wagner’s epic will {…}
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Longborough Festival Opera To Launch New ‘Ring Des Nibelungen’ Production In June 2019

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The Longborough Festival Opera is set to launch a new Ring Cycle in 2019. The cycle will kick off in June 2019 with a new production of “Das Rheingold.” Per a press release, this first installment will feature showcases on June 5, 7, 9, and 11. In June 2020, Wagner’s “Die Walküre” will get a new staging, followed by “Siegfried” {…}
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Longborough Festival Opera Founders Win Wagner Society’s Top Prize

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The Wagner Society has awarded its Reginald Goodall Award to the Longborough Festival Opera’s co-founders Martin and Lizzie Graham. The Grahams are set to receive The Reginald Goodall award at a ceremony at The Royal Over-Seas League in London on March 20, 2019. The award is given to individuals who have honored the famed composer and his work. Among those previously honored with {…}
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The Longborough Festival Opera Finds An Artist Director

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Polly Graham will become artistic director of the Longborough Festival Opera. Graham, who is also a director, spent two years as Genesis assistant director at Welsh National Opera, mentored by David Poutney. She received the Independent Opera Director Fellowship 2016 and was nominated as Best Newcomer 2017 at the International Opera Awards. She recently directed “Le Vin Herbé” at the {…}
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Joe Chalmers Joins TACT Artist Management

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Joe Chalmers joins the roster of TACT Artist Management. Originally from the United Kingdom, and now based in Amsterdam, the bass-baritone begins the 2026–27 season as Warrant Officer Mandel in Glass’ “Waiting for the Barbarians” at the Nederlandse Reisopera, followed by the role of Quercus in Dove’s “Uprising” at the Opera Zuid and the Dutch National Opera. He is an {…}
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Amy Lane Appointed Director of Opera at Opera Australia

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Amy Lane has been appointed Director of Opera at Opera Australia. She will begin her tenure in September. Lane was chosen following a rigorous national and international search and comes from the Copenhagen Opera Festival where she was Artistic Director. She was also worked as Head Staff Director at The Royal Ballet and Opera, Covent Garden. As a director Lane {…}

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