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News, Streaming

Barbara Hannigan, Natascha Petrinsky & Bo Skovhus Lead La Monnaie’s Free Stream of ‘Lulu’

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(Credit: Simon Van Rompay) La Monnaie Opera House in Brussels will stream Alban Berg’s opera “Lulu” until Jan. 24, 2022. The opera stars Natascha Petrinsky as Gräfin Geschwitz; Bo Skovhus in the roles of Dr. Schön & Jack The Ripper; Toby Spence as Alwa; Pavlo Hunka as Schigolch; and Barbara Hannigan in the title role. The cast also includes Lilly {…}

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Sally Matthews Leads La Monnaie’s ‘Norma’ Production

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La Monnaie in Belgium is set to open a new production of Bellini’s “Norma.” The production, which will be directed by Christophe Coppens, contrasts the extraordinarily beautiful melodies in this story of an impossible love triangle with a grey world of concrete, and makes the impossible passions part of an acrid identity crisis. Sally Matthews will sing the title role {…}

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Enea Scala Headlines Pozzallo all’Opera nel Mondo’s Gala

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The third edition of the Pozzallo all’Opera nel Mondo has announced a gala performance on August 1, 2021. The Italian Festival will showcase a performance at the Villa Tedeschi with Artistic Director tenor Enea Scala headlining the evening. He will be joined by soprano Marigona Qerkezi, mezzo-soprano Raffaella Lupinacci, and baritone Carmelo Corrado Caruso. Dario Tondelli will accompany the soloists at {…}

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Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Kristine Opolais, Jonathan Tetelman, Michael Spyres Headline Theater an der Wien’s 2021-22 Season

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2021-22 season, which will include operas ranging from the baroque era through 2006. First up will be Cavalieri’s “Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo,” which will be conducted by Giovanni Antonini and directed by Robert Carson. The work will star Anett Fritsch, Florian Boesch, Cyril Auvity, and Saniel Schmutzhard, among others. Performance {…}

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Enea Scala, Michael Fabiano, Corinne Winters, Barbara Hannigan, Davinia Rodriguez, Stéphanie d’Oustrac Lead La Monnaie’s 2021-22 Season

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(Photo Credits: In Art Management / © Jiyang Chen / Gillian Riesen / © Raphael Brand / LA Opera official website / © Jean-Baptiste Millot) La Monnaie De Munt has announced its new 2021-22 season, consisting of 12 operas and seven recitals. Here is the full slate. Operas Kris Defoort and Peter van Kraaij’s opera “The time of our singing” {…}

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Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Announces Strategic Shifts During COVID-19 Year

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(Credit: The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre official website) The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre has issued a statement regarding strategic changes the company has made since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Per the press release, the company said that it has recently turned to TikTok to reach a new audience during the lockdown, a move was {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Sergey Romanovsky & Enea Scala on ‘Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra,’ Bel Canto & Livestreams

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When La Monnaie was forced to postpone its planned “Bastarda” project, which would have featured the Tudor trilogy and Donizetti’s rarely performed “Il castello di Kenilworth,” the company had to opt for an alternative. The company decided to perform two rare works by Donizetti and Rossini; “La Favorita” and “Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra.” However, it would only be highlights of the {…}

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Sir Simon Keenlyside, Eva-Maria Westbroek & Enea Scala Lead La Monnaie’s Updated 2020-21 Season

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(Credits: Opéra National de Paris official website / © Fazil Berisha / Simon Pauly) La Monnaie has announced an updated 2020-21 season that is expected to begin in February. Here is the look. Opera A semi-staged version of Mozart’s Opera “Der Schauspieldirektor” will feature Mieke de Groote, Achille Ridolfi, Dietrich Henschel, Marie-Aurore D’Awans, Nadine Baboy, Hervé Loka Sombo, Lenneke Ruiten, {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Johann Adolf Hasse’s ‘Enea in Caonia’

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The serenata was essentially a court entertainment written to celebrate special occasions, such as weddings and christenings of the high and mighty, or visits by important dignitaries, performed in front of an invited audience. With the decline of the European aristocracy, it lost its role, so that by the early 19th century it had become an obsolete form to the {…}