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Alice Coote, Elizabeth Llewellyn & Anna Denisova Lead Opera North’s 2022-23 Season

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Opera North has announced its 2022-23 season with eight productions. The season opens with Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Anna Denisova, Nico Darmanin, Oliver Johnston, Stephen Gadd, and Damiano Salerno. Jonathan Webb and Manoj Kamps conduct the production by Alessandro Talevi. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Nov. 17, 2022 “Orpheus After Monteverdi” is set to star Kezia Bienek, Jasdeep Singh Degun, Amy Freston, Ustad Shahbaz Hussain, Supriya {…}
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Welsh National Opera 2021-22 Review: The Barber of Seville

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Amidst the greyish and waterlogged atmosphere of urban sprawl, on October 22nd inside the Hippodrome Theatre, home to one of the largest performance stages in Britain, the atmosphere was anything but. It was electric and real fun! Award-winning Director Giles Havergal, in a show of captivating histrionics paired with Rossinian virtuosity, validated the tremendous significance and ongoing legacy of Welsh {…}
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Buxton International Festival Announces 2022 Slate

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(Credit: Buxton International Festival official website) The Buxton International Festival in the United Kingdom has announced its 2022 slate, comprising of five operas, an oratorio, a musical, a brand-new jazz program, a books program, and a classical music series. Here is a look at the opera and vocal performances: Operas Adrian Kelly conducts the Northern Chamber Orchestra in Jacopo Spirei’s {…}
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Joyce El-Khoury, Leonardo Caimi & Andrew Shore Lead Welsh National Opera’s 2021-22 Season

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The Welsh National Opera has announced its 2021-22 season. Autumn 2021 The season will open at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff in September with Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” The cast will include Nico Darmanin,  Nicholas Lester,  Heather Lowe, Andrew Shore,  Keel Watson, and Tomáš Hanus will conduct.  Performance Dates: Sept. 9, 2021 – Dec 2, 2021 at Cardiff, Plymouth, Birmingham, {…}
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Sir John Tomlinson, Emma Bell & Louise Alder Lead Grange Festival 2021 Edition

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(Credits: Opera Online website / Paul Foster-Williams / Gerard Collett) The Grange Festival has announced its 2021 edition which will feature several opera productions headline by opera’s greatest stars. Here is the breakdown of what’s in store for 2021. Britten’s operatic masterpiece “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will open the festival. The opera will feature Alexander Chance in the role of {…}
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Grange Festival Announces 2020 Season, Including Community Opera

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The Grange Festival has announced its 2020 season which will feature a number of major operas and even its first fully-stage community opera. The season kicks off with a production of “La Cenerentola” by director Stephen Barlow and conductor David Parry. Josè Maria Lo Monaco takes on the lead role with Nico Darmanin as the prince. Performance Dates: June 5-July 2, 2020 {…}
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Anna Denisova, Patrick Terry & Brindley Sherratt Lead Opera North 2020-21 Season

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(Image Source: Opera North Facebook Page) Opera North has just announced its 2020-21 Season, featuring seven operas. Performance venues include the Leeds Grand Theatre, Theatre Royal Newcastle, The Lowry,  and the Theatre Royal Nottingham for the first six operas. “Parsifal” will be performed at the Leeds Town Hall, Bridgewater Hall Manchester, Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, Sage Gateshead, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, {…}
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Buxton International Festival Announces 2020 Season

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The Buxton International Festival has announces its 2020 season. For the purposes of this article we will only focus on the opera and oratorio performances announces for the festival. The operatic offerings begin with Rossini’s “La Donna del Lago” which will star Nico Darmanin, John Irvin and Catherine Carby. Jacopo Spirei directs the production conducted by Adrian Kelly. Performance Dates: {…}
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Welsh National Opera To Present New ‘Don Pasquale’

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The Welsh National Opera is set to present a new production of Donizetti’s ‘Don Pasquale” that will tour smaller stages across Wales and England. The new production will feature a new translation by award-winning director Daisy Evans with Andrew Shore in the title role and WNO Associate Artist Harriet Eyley as Norina. The production will transport the piece to downtown {…}

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