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Biennial Heidelberger Frühling Wettbewerb ‘Das Lied’ Returns March 2023

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After a four-year hiatus, the biennial Heidelberger Frühling Wettbewerb “Das Lied” is back from March 1-5, 2023, at the Alter Saal of Theater Heidelberg. Tickets are available now. The Competition will also be livestreamed worldwide. Founded in 2009 by Thomas Quasthoff, the Competition comes with a sizeable prize of €40, 000, along with concert and festival opportunities and more for {…}
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National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Announces 2022-23 Season

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Ostrava’s National Moravian-Silesian Theatre has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the premieres for the season. Marek Šedivý conducts Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” in a new production by Jiří Nekvasil. Performance Dates: Dec. 15, 2022-May 23, 2023 Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” will feature conductor Jiří Habart leading the new production by Jiří Nekvasil. Performance Dates: Feb. 9-May {…}
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BBC Symphony Orchestra Announces ‘Total Immersion: Music for the End of Time’

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The BBC Symphony Orchestra is set to present its program “Total Immersion: Music for the End of Time” on Jan. 23, 2022 in Barbican Hall. Events for Total Immersion Day will begin that morning at 10:30 a.m. with the showing of the film “The Music of Terezín.” The first concert starts at 1:30 p.m. featuring “The Theresienstadt Orchestra,” followed by {…}
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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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