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Rolando Villazón, Ailyn Pérez, Angel Blue & Susan Graham Lead Santa Fe Opera’s 2023 Season

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The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2023 season and revealed its 19th world premiere slated for 2024. The company noted that in 2024, the company has commissioned a new opera by two of America’s most exciting talents, composer Gregory Spears and former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith titled “The Righteous.” The 2023 Season  The Santa Fe Opera’s 66th Festival {…}

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Rolando Villazón, René Pape, Sonya Yoncheva & Michael Volle Lead Berlin State Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The Berlin State Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring a new Ring Cycle. The Ring Cycle  Daniel Barenboim conducts a new production of Wagner’s epic The Ring Cycle by Dmitri Tcherniakov. Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” is set to star Michael Volle, Lauri Vasar, Siyabonga Maqungo, Rolando Villazón, Claudia Mahnke, Anett Fritsch, Anna Kissjudit, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Stephan Rügamer, Mika Kares, {…}

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Anja Harteros, Saioa Hernández, Rolando Villazón & Nina Stemme Lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2022-23 Season

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven new productions. Premieres R.Strauss’ “Arabella” will be conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles in a new production by Tobias Kratzer. Albert Pesendorfer, Doris Soffel, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Elena Tsallagova, and Russell Braun. Performance Dates: March 18-April 6, 2023 Arne Gieshoff and Franziska Angerer’s “Bear” will have its world premiere. Performance Dates: {…}

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Adela Zaharia, Tuuli Takala, Rolando Villazón & Maria José Siri lead Semperoper Dresden’s 2022-23 Season

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Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2022-23 season featuring 10 brand new and 30 returning productions in both opera & ballet and its Junge Szene program.  Here is a look at the opera productions Premieres  “chasing waterfalls Angus Lee/phase7/kling klang klong” makes its world premiere conducted by the composer Angus Lee and staged by Sven Sören Beyer. The cast includes Eir {…}

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Rolando Villazón Headlines Metropolitan Opera’s ‘The Magic Flute’

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The Metropolitan Opera is set to celebrate the holiday season with its family-friendly version of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” for nine performances. The opera, which opened on Dec. 10, 2021, is set to run until Jan. 5, 2022. The English-language adaptation of the classic fairy tale, performed in a 115-minute abridged version is directed by Julie Taymor. The production will {…}

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Cecilia Bartoli, Piotr Beczala, Ildar Abdrazakov, Maria Agresta & Rolando Villazón Headline Salzburg Whitsun Festival 2022 Season

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(Credit: Luigi Caputo) The Salzburg Whitsun Festival has announced its 2022 slate, focusing on the Spanish city of Seville. “There are said to be 153 operas set in and around Seville. It is a city which unites a unique mixture of proud ancient cultures which has generated and inspired incredibly varied music and enchants visitors with its stunningly bright light, {…}

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Rolando Villazón to Celebrate 50th Birthday

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Rolando Villazón will celebrate his 50th birthday with a concert “Cinquentañero.” The concert, which will be held on Feb. 21, 2022, one day before his 50th birthday, will take place at the Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg. Many of Villazón’s closest collaborators will celebrate the famed tenor’s milestone birthday including Daniel Barenboim, Plácido Domingo, Charles Castronovo, Magdalena Kozena, Regula Muehlemann, Fatma Said, {…}

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Rolando Villazón to Present Recital at the Pittsburgh Opera

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Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist alumnus Rolando Villazón is set to return to Pittsburgh for a recital to benefit Pittsburgh Opera’s acclaimed Resident Artist Program. The recital will be held on Nov. 21, 2021 at Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters with pianist Carrie-Ann Matheson. In a statement, the tenor said, “Being a Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist was a wonderful, transformative experience. In fact, {…}

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Rolando Villazón, Eugenia Forteza, Chelsea Feltman Among Cast Members of Untitled Cabrini Feature Film

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The cast for the upcoming Francesca Cabrini biopic has been announced and opera fans will be excited by some of the cast members. First up, the film, which is set to star Christiana Dell’Anna (renowned for her turn in the hit series “Gomorra”) in the title role alongside Oscar nominee John Lithgow, Federico Castelluccio, and David Morse, will also feature {…}