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Music of Remembrance Free Concert ‘Art From Ashes’

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Music of Remembrance (MOR) will mark the International Holocaust Day of Remembrance with a free concert on Jan. 23, 2022. The “Art from Ashes” concert continues the group’s annual tradition of honoring the musicians and artists that were involved in the Holocaust for the anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation. The chamber ensemble features members of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, recipients {…}

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Stefan Vinke, Gaston Rivero, Olga Jelínková & Elisabet Strid Lead Oper Leipzig’s 2021-22 Season

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Oper Leipzig has announced its 2021-22 season featuring four new productions. Here is a look: New Productions Viktor Ullmann’s “The Fall of the Antichrist” will be conducted by Matthias Foremny and directed by Balázs Kovalik. The production will star Thomas Mohr, Dan Karlström, Kay Stiefermann, Stephan Rügamer, Sebastian Pilgrim, and Martin Petzold. Performance Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 17, 2021 David Pountney {…}

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Adela Zaharia, Maria Kataeva, Elena Sancho Pereg & Elisabet Strid Headline Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Jens Wegener) The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is the full slate. Opera Premieres Dorottya Láng and Bogdan Taloş star in Demis Volpi’s production of Béla Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” with Axel Kober conducting. Performance dates: Sep. 10 – Oct. 2, 2021 Mieczysław Weinberg’s opera “MaselTov!” spotlights Lavinia Dames, Kimberley Boettger-Soller, Anna Harvey, Sylvia Hamvasi, {…}

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Atlanta Opera Announces December Launch of Spotlight Media

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The Atlanta Opera (TAO), hailed by the industry as being at the forefront of opera’s response to the pandemic with its innovative “Big Tent” series, announced the December 15 launch of Atlanta Opera Spotlight Media. The digital subscription service will provide access to monthly streaming bundles that combine concerts, special recordings, and behind-the-scenes footage with original opera productions captured live {…}

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Renée Fleming, Teresa Stratas, Marilyn Horne, Ausrine Stundyte, Alfred Walker Headline Top 10*** Operas to Stream This Week

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The final week of October features opera for those thinking about Halloween, but also for those looking toward an all-important election day next week. The recommendations list features some old-time classics presented in unique new ways, some modern gems, fascinating recital programs,  world premieres, and rare works that are likely to become repertory staples in coming years. La Bohème – {…}

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Rice University to Present ‘Der Kaiser von Atlantis’

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The Opera Department and Chamber Orchestra of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music are set to present their first virtual performance with “Der Kaiser von Atlantis,” the only opera by composer Viktor Ullmann and librettist Peter Kien. While the opera was rehearsed in the ghetto of Theresienstadt in 1944, it was never never given a performance during Ullmann and Kien’s {…}

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Teatro Español Announces the European Premiere of ‘As One’

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(Credit: Esmeralda Martin) The Teatro Español has announced that it will present the European premiere of Campbell, Reed, and Kaminsky’s “As One” on September 24, 2020 in a co-production with the Teatro Arriaga. The opera will spotlight mezzo-soprano Inés Olabarria-Smith and baritone Enrique Sánchez-Ramos. The Bauhaus String Quartet will accompany the two singers. Carlos Calvo Tapia will conduct the production {…}

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Deutsche Oper am Rhein Announces First Half of 2020-21 Season

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The Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf has announced the first three months of its 2020-21 season featuring chamber operas, among other works. Here is a look at the schedule. The season opens with Comedian Harmonists in concert with Cornel Frey, Jussi Myllys, Luis Fernando Piedra, David Fischer, Florian Simson,  Sander De Jong, Dmitri Vargin, Jake Muffett, Günes Gürle, Sami {…}

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Soprano Arianna Zukerman to Star in ‘Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer’

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The Defiant Requiem will present Murry Sidlin’s “Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer” on Dec. 5 at the Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Atlanta, Georgia. The performance will be headlined by soprano Arianna Zukerman and will also feature mezzo-soprano Leah Wool and baritone David Kravitz, under the music director. Instrumentalists include Herbert Greenberg, Julian Schwarz, and Phillip Silver. {…}