Q & A: Sondra Radvanovsky on ‘Tosca,’ Bel Canto, Verismo & Spain

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(Credit: Michael Cooper ) This summer Sondra Radvanovsky returns to the Teatro Real to close out the season in “Tosca” after opening it to great acclaim in “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The season has seen the soprano in Spain performing at La Coruna and giving highly acclaimed performances at the Liceu in a gala with Piotr Beczala and Donizetti’s Three {…}

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Michael Fabiano, Jessica Pratt, Hui He, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ainhoa Arteta Headline ABAO Bilbao Opera’s 2021-22 Season

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The ABAO Bilbao Opera in Spain has announced its 2021-22 season. The season opens with a production of “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” starring Jessica Pratt, Michael Fabiano, Elena Zhidkova, and Simón Orfila. The opera will be directed by Vincent Huguet and conducted by Carlo Montanaro. Performance Dates: Oct. 23 – Nov. 1, 2021 Next up “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” will be {…}

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Saioa Hernández, Ainhoa Arteta, Carlos Álvarez & Lisette Oropesa Lead Teatro de la Zarzuela’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Mariano Vargas/Steven Harris) The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2021-22 season featuring an array of Zarzuela, recitals, and concerts. Here is a look at the vocal performances and zarzuela performances. Zarzuela The season will open with Ruperto Chapí’s “Circe” starring Saioa Hernández, Alejandro Roy, and Rubén Amoretti. Guillermo García Calvo conducts. Performance Dates: Sept 10 & 12, {…}

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Festival Castell de Peralada to Offer Free Streaming

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The Festival Castell de Peralada is set to streams on its webpage festivalperalada.com. Starting April 3, the festival will showcase recent three performances for free. The performances that the festival will offer include “Combattimento,” by Monteverdi. Joan Anton Rechi directs the production with Fausto Nardi conducting. The performance comes from 2016. There will also be a 2016 performance of Puccini’s “Turandot” {…}

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Brian Jagde To Make Peralada Debut

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The Festival Castell de Peralada has announced that Brian Jagde will make his festival debut in 2020. The company announced that on Sugust 6, 2020, the American tenor will perform a recital at the cloister of El Carme Church. The festival also announced that William Christie and his orchestra Les Arts Florissants will perform a concert of music by Campra, Couperin, and {…}

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Festival Castell De Peralada Announces Luxury Cast For New ‘Aida’

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The Festival Castell de Peralada has announced that it will present Verdi’s “Aida” in 2020. Festival director Oriol Aguilá announced the new production of Verdi’s opera, which will be directed by Paco Azorin and will star soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role with tenor Piotr Beczala as Radamès. Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili will sing the role of Amneris, a portrayal for {…}

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Nino Machaidze & Gregory Kunde Headline Teatro De la Maestranza’s 2019-20 Season

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The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring four operatic productions and numerous recitals and concerts. Opera Carlos Chausson, Joan Martín-Royo, Anicio Zorzi Giustaniani, Sara Blanch, and Francisco Escala star in Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Corrado Rovaris conducts the production by Laurent Pelly. Performance Dates: Oct. 12-19, 2019 Saint-Saëns’ “Samson et Dalila” follows with Gregory Kunde and Nancy Fabiola Herrera starring {…}

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Triple Tosca Among Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend International

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The weekend is here and it’s an interesting one. Two of the works we recommend feature some of the most acclaimed singers in the world and then there is a “Tosca” marathon with three of the greatest interpreters performing the role in Dresden, London, and Barcelona. Manon – Wiener Staatsoper, Austria Juan Diego Flórez and Nino Machaidze continue their first {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Juan Diego Flórez, Joseph Calleja Among Many Opera Stars At Festival Castell Peralada

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The Festival Castel Peralada has announced its 2019 slate. The festival will feature a number of performances from many different musical genres, but the emphasis here will be on vocal performances or operas. Things kick off with the world prmeiere of “Dialègs de Tirant e Carmesina,” a new chamber opera with music by Joan Magrané and a libretto by March {…}

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Q & A: Sondra Radvanovsky on ‘Tosca,’ Bel Canto, Verismo & Spain

Michael Fabiano, Jessica Pratt, Hui He, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Ainhoa Arteta Headline ABAO Bilbao Opera’s 2021-22 Season

Saioa Hernández, Ainhoa Arteta, Carlos Álvarez & Lisette Oropesa Lead Teatro de la Zarzuela’s 2021-22 Season

Festival Castell de Peralada to Offer Free Streaming

Brian Jagde To Make Peralada Debut

Festival Castell De Peralada Announces Luxury Cast For New ‘Aida’

Nino Machaidze & Gregory Kunde Headline Teatro De la Maestranza’s 2019-20 Season

Triple Tosca Among Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend International

Sondra Radvanovsky, Juan Diego Flórez, Joseph Calleja Among Many Opera Stars At Festival Castell Peralada