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Ermonela Jaho, Julia Bullock, Huw Montague Rendall, Corinne Winters, Marina Rebeka Headline Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2024

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The Festival d’Aix-en-Provence has announced its 2024 slate. Here is a rundown of the vocal and operatic works on offer. First up is “Iphigénie en Aulide” and Iphigénie en Tauride,” presented as a double bill. The Gluck operas will feature Corinne Winters in the title role of both works. In “Aulide,” she is joined by Russell Braun, Véronique Gens, Alasdair {…}
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Teatro San Carlo Cancels Opening Night of ‘Maometto II’ Due to Strike

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The Teatro San Carlo has canceled its opening performance of “Maometto II” on Oct. 25, 2023. The company said that due to the national strike that calls for the renewal of the National Collective Labor Agreement of the Opera and Symphonic Foundations, the opening performance will not be able to take place. As a result, ticketholders can exchange for another {…}
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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Chage for ‘La Sonnambula’

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(Credit: Kristin Hoebermann) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its performance of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” on Sept. 6, 2023. The company said that Brenda Rae will sing the role of Amina replacing Pretty Yende. Rae has previously performed the opera at the Oper Frankfurt during the 2017-18 and 2014-15 seasons. This season she is set to appear {…}
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Salzburg Festival 2023 Review: I Capuleti e i Montecchi

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(Photo: ©SF Marco Borrelli) It is believed that there are no bad orchestras, just bad conductors. Following this rationale, Marco Armiliato conducting my high school orchestra in David Gefffen Hall would be greeted with rave reviews. It is not that he wrung water out of stones—this miracle belongs exclusively to Moses’s staff. But, he did lead Salzburg’s Mozarteum Orchestra to {…}
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Myung-Whun Chung Makes Terme di Caracalla Debut

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Myung-Whun Chung is set to make his debut at the Terme di Caracalla on July 9, 2023. Chung will lead the Orchestra e del Coro dell’Opera di Roma in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with a cast that includes soprano Olga Bezsmertna, mezzo-soprano Sara Mingardo, tenor Giovanni Sala, and bass Roberto Tagliavini. Ciro Visco leads Roma Opera’s chorus. Chung has led such {…}
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Royal Opera House 2022-23 Review: Il Trovatore

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If you’re not fully conversant with the tale that is the centerpiece of one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most celebrated and performed works, “Il Trovatore,” then I highly recommend a little further reading and research before attempting to digest this opera. It may well help to alleviate some of the confusion in following the plot. There’s little one can do, however, {…}
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Marina Rebeka Withdraws From Another ‘Trovatore’ Performance at ROH Due to COVID-19

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The Royal Opera House has announced that Marina Rebeka will not be performing in the June 16 showing of “Il Trovatore.” Per an official press release, the soprano has tested positive for COVID-19 and the role of Leonora will be performed by Rachel Willis-Sørensen. This is the second performance that Rebeka has canceled in the run. Willis-Sørensen will perform in {…}
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Royal Opera Houses Announces Another Cast Change for ‘Il Trovatore’

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The Royal Opera has announced a cast change for its production of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.” The company said,  “sadly, Marina Rebeka has withdrawn from performing the role of Leonora in tomorrow evening’s performance of ‘Il Trovatore’ after testing positive for COVID-19. Rachel Willis-Sørensen will perform the role ahead of her scheduled run of performances in Il trovatore from June 21 – July 2.” {…}
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Brian Jagde, Luca Salsi & Nina Minasyan Lead Teatro Regio di Parma’s 2024 Season

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The Teatro Regio di Parma announces its 2024 season. Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” will star Maxim Mironov, Marco Filippo Romano, Maria Kateava, Andrzej Filończyk, and Roberto Tagliavini. Diego Ceretta conducts. Performance Dates: Jan. 12-20, 2024 Nina Minasyan, John Osborn, Lodovico Filippo Ravizza, and Roberto de Candia star in Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.“ Sesto Quatrini conducts Daniele Menghini’s production. Performance Dates: {…}

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