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Jakub Józef Orliński, Alice Coote, Malin Byström, Dame Sarah Connolly & Anne Sofie von Otter Lead Wigmore Hall’s 2024-25 Season

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Wigmore Hall has announced its 2024-25 season from September to December. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Jakub Józef Orliński and il Pomo d’Oro open the season with Beyoind. Performance Date: Sept. 12, 2024 Véronique Gens, Fleur Barron, Laurence Kilsby, Stéphane Degout, Susan Manoff, and Julius Drake perform a Faure song gala. Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2024 Laurence {…}

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Insula Orchestra Announces 2023-24 Season

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Insula Orchestra has revealed its 2023-24 Season. For this article, only vocal performances are included. The orchestra and choir, Le Spirituel, under the baton of Hervé Niquet, will present Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Gloria per l’ospedale. Performance Date: Oct. 10, 2023 In November, songs inspired by arias from Verdi, Gounod, Mozart, Offenbach, Rossini, Bizet, and Wagner’s operas will be performed for {…}

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Innsbruck Early Music Festival 2023 Review: Juditha Triumphans

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(Photo: Birgit Gufler) At the final curtain call of the Innsbruck Early Music Festival’s splendid production of Vivaldi’s only surviving oratorio, “Judtha Triumphans,” the loudest acclamation was reserved for its conductor, Alessandro De Marchi. After 13 years as its artistic director, he is stepping down from the position. The genuine warmth the festival audience showed towards De Marchi was clearly {…}

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Golda Schultz, Anne Sofie Van Otter, Andrè Schuen, Ian Bostridge, Fatma Said Headline Schubertiade 2024

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Austria’s Schubertiade has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Hohenems Soprano Nikola Hillebrand and pianist Helmut Deutsch will perform works by Schubert, Clara Schumann, and Strauss. Performance Date: April 28, 2024 Bass David Steffens and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz will take on music by Schubert, Brahms, and Strauss. Performance Date: April 29, 2024 Tenor Mauro Peter joins {…}

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Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz Announces 2023-24 Season

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The Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the opera productions. Rubén Dubrovsky and  Michael Balke conducts Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” in a production by Josef E. Köpplinger. Performance Dates: Oct. 22, 2023-July 7, 2024 Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” returns in Brigitte Fassbaender’s production. Oleg Ptashnikov conducts.  Performance Dates: Nov. 3-Dec. 19, 2023 Bernd Mottl directs Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Performance Dates: {…}

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Anna Catarina Antonacci, Roberta Mantegna, Jacquelyn Wagner & Andrè Schuen Lead Theater an der Wien’s 2023-24 Season

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2023-24 season featuring opera productions and opera in concert. Opera Jérémie Rhorer conducts Donizetti’s “Les Martyrs” with Cezary Tomaszewski directing. Roberta Mantegna and John Osborn lead the cast, which also includes Mattia Olivieri, David Steffens, Nicolò Donini, and Patrick Kabongo. Performance Date: Sept. 18-28, 2023 Philip Venables’s “Denis & Katya” will star {…}

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Innsbruck Festival of Early Music Announces 47th Season Lineup

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The Innsbruck Festival of Early Music has announced the program for its 47th season. Running from July 11 to August 29 and featuring 48 events across 14 venues, this season will mark the last under Artistic Director Alessandro de Marchi after 14 years with the festival. Among the highlights are three works by Antonio Vivaldi: Stefano Vizioli directs “Olimpiade,” with a {…}

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Regula Muhlemann, Christoph Prégardien, Fatma Said, Andrè Schuen Headline Schubertiade 2023

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Austria’s Schubertiade has announced its 2023 program As always, this will focus solely on vocal and operatic performances. It all kicks off with soprano Fatma Said and pianist Joseph Middleton taking on music by Haydn, Schubert, and Schumann. Performance Date: April 30, 2023 Mattias Goerne and Leif Ove Andsnes will perform Schubert’s “Winterreise.” Performance Date: June 17, 2023 Soprano Christiane {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Xavier Sabata & Franco Fagioli Lead Palau de la Musica Orfeo Catala’s 2022-23 Season

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The Palau de la Musica Orfeo Catala has announced its 2022-23 season featuring many operatic performances and vocal highlights. Here is a look. Marta Mathéu and Alex Potter join the Vespres d’Arnadí and Dani Espasa for works by Händel, Porpora, Geminiani, Steffani, and Bononcini. Performance Date: Oct. 5, 2022 “Only the sound remains” by Kaija Saariaho will feature Michał Sławecki, {…}