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Natalya Romaniw, Toby Spence & Christine Rice To Feature In Garsington Opera’s 2020 Season

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The Garsington Opera has announced its 2020 season which will feature four staged operas including two repertory staples and two rarities. Here is a look. Verdi and Romani’s “Un giorno di regno” gets a new staging by Christopher Alden with Tobias Ringborg conducting. Richard Burkhard, Henry Waddington, Christine Rice, Siobhan Stagg, Konu Kim, and Grant Doyle star in the production. Performance {…}

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Liv Redpath to Highlight Pittance Chamber Music’s ‘Liv a Little’ Concert

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(Credit: BdPortraits.com) Pittance Chamber Music will present “Liv a Little” with soprano Liv Redpathon Jan. 11, 2020 at Barrett Hall at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music.  The concert, which will also feature clarinetist Stuart Clark, pianist Paul Floyd, violinist Ana Landauer, violnist Grace Oh, violist Shawn Mann, and cellist John Waltz.  Redpath will perform Schubert’s “Shepherd on the Rock” as {…}

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Three Baroque Classics Dominate Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – USA

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As we get deeper into June, some companies are starting to ramp up their summer programming while others take it easier and easier. This weekend’s offerings place a premium on the baroque repertory, one new work, and one timeless classic. Serse – In the Series Handel’s opera will get a production in Washington D.C. at the Atlas Performing Arts Center {…}

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Toby Spence, Natalya Romaniw Star in Garsington Opera’s 2020 Season

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The Garsington Opera has announced its 2020 season which will feature two well established masterpieces of the standard repertory as well as two rare operas by legendary composers. The season kicks off with Verdi’s very first comedy “Un Giorno di Regno.” The work will be directed by Christopher Alden in his company debut and conducted by Tobias Ringborg. Richard Burkhard {…}

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Ann Petersen, Christopher Ventris & Michele Losier Highlight Royal Danish Opera’s 2019-2020 Season

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The Royal Danish Opera announced its 2019-20 season, a well balanced season which will feature two world premieres, a musical, a concert version of a Wagner opera, modern rarities, and several favorites. The season opens with Barrie Kosky’s production of “Carmen,” which was previously seen in Frankfurt and in London. French Canadian soprano Michele Losier will sing her first staged Carmen, {…}

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Ailyn Perez, Tamara Wilson & Emily D’Angelo Headline Santa Fe Opera’s 2020 Season

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The Santa Fe Opera has announced its highly anticipated 2020 season featuring a number of unique new productions, role debuts, and one world premiere. Emily D’Angelo, Jack Swanson, and Audun Iverson highlight Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Corrado Rovaris conducting. Scott Conner and Kevin Burdette round out the cast. Performance Dates: July 3-August 29, 2020 Eric Ferring. Joelle Harvey, {…}

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Best of 2018: OperaWire Staff Picks Most Memorable Opera Performances Of the Year

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Yes, it’s that time of the year where we wax poetic about transformative experiences we have had over the course of the last 300 or so days. Sometimes we curate these experiences as rankings to fuel some individual emotions, and at other moments we simply do what we are doing with this piece – let a few different people chip {…}

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San Francisco Opera 2018-19 Review: Arabella

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San Francisco 2018: Vienna 2010. Connection? “Arabella,” Richard Strauss’s opera with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last operatic collaboration. Opening in a new production, the San Francisco Opera production is from Tim Albery, making his San Francisco debut. Albery designed it first for Santa Fe Opera in 2012. This was followed by a staging in 2013 {…}

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Ellie Dehn Headlines ‘Arabella’ At The San Francisco Opera

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On Oct. 16, 2018, the San Francisco Opera will open Strauss’ “Arabella” for the first time in 20 years. The production by Tim Albery will feature soprano Ellie Dehn in the title role for the first time, Brian Mulligan in his role debut as Mandryka, soprano Heidi Stober as Zdenka, tenor Daniel Johansson in his first San Francisco Opera engagement {…}