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Oper Köln Cancels Another Performance of ‘Die Vögel’ Due to Illness in the House

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(Credit: © Raimond Spekking/Wikimedia Commons) Oper Köln has canceled the Dec. 30 performance of Walter Braunfels’ rarely performed opera “Die Vögel” due to multiple sick cases in the opera house. The company did not specify the nature of the illness. The opera house already canceled a performance of “Die Vögel” on Dec. 28, again due to an undisclosed sickness. The {…}

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Oper Köln Cancels ‘Die Vögel’ Due to Illness in the House

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(Credit: © Raimond Spekking/Wikimedia Commons) Oper Köln canceled the Dec. 28 performance of Walter Braunfels’ rarely performed opera “Die Vögel” due to multiple sick cases in the opera house. The company did not specify the nature of the illness. The opera was set to star Young Woo Kim, Joshua Bloom, Bjarni Thor Kristinsson, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Gloria Rehm, Anna Malesza-Kutny, {…}

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Aušrinė Stundytė, Stefan Vinke & Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa Lead Oper Köln’s 2021-22 Season

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Oper Köln has announced its 2021-22 season featuring new productions, kinderoper, and a Ring Cycle. Premieres Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt” will be directed by Tatjana Gürbaca and conducted by Gabriel Feltz. The cast will be led by Stefan Vike, Burkhard Fritz, Aušrinė Stundytė, Kristiane Kaiser, Miljenko Turk, and Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger. Performance Dates: Sept. 4-25, 2021 The company will present {…}

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Julia Bullock, Corinne Winters & Aušrinė Stundytė Lead Oper Köln’s 2020-21 Season

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The Oper Köln has announced its 2020-21 season featuring nine new productions and several revivals.  Premieres The first new production of the season will be Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte“ with Michael Hampe directing. Christoph Gedschold, Alfred Eschwé, and Rainer Mühlbach alternate at the pit with Julien Behr as Tamino, Antonina Vesenina, and Emily Hindrichs as the Queen of the Night, Kathrin Zukowski {…}

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Derek Welton, Pene Pati & Hilary Summers Lead Theater Dortmund’s 2020-21 Season

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The Theater Dortmund in Germany has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of premieres from modern masterpieces to classics repertory staples. Premieres Bizet’s “Carmen“ gets a new production by Nikolaus Habjan with Montonori Kobayashi conducting. The production is set to star Marie Karall and Maria Boiko in the title role, James Lee and Young Woo Kim as Don Jose, {…}

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Rihab Chaieb, Erwin Schrott & Anna Smirnova Highlight Oper Köln’s 2019-20 Season

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Oper Köln has announced its 2019-20 season. Premieres General Music Director François-Xavier Roth will lead the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln during performances of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” directed by Patrick Kinmonth. The cast will feature KS Peter Seiffert/Heiko Börner as Tristan, Karl-Heinz Lehner as König Marke, Ingela Brimberg as Isolde, Samuel Youn/Kostas Smorginas as Kurwenal, John Huezenroeder as Melot, Claudia Mahnke as {…}

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Margarita Gritskova, Veronika Rovná, & Samueol Park Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences get to hear rare pieces by Massenet, and Donizetti as well as Ethel Smyth, Bartok and Mark Abel. Massenet: Songs With Orchestra II Hélène Guilmette, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Julien Henric, and Thomas Dolié lead an album cenetered on more than twenty mélodies {…}

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Mannes Opera to Showcase U.S. Premiere of Korngold’s ‘The Silent Serenade’

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Mannes Opera at The New School College of Performing Arts will present the U.S. premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s “The Silent Serenade” (Die Stumme Serenade) on March 13 and 14, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. Performances, set to take place at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York City, will feature Daria Tereshchenko, Megan Barker, Gaeun Song, Sean Seungho Cha, {…}

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Ashley Milanese Leads Sarasota Opera’s ‘La Bohème’

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Sarasota Opera will open its 2026 Winter Festival with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The opera will open on Feb. 14 at the Sarasota Opera House and will run through March 28, 2026. The cast will include Ashley Milanese as Mimì, WooYoung Yoon as Rodolfo, Virginia Mims as Musetta, Filippo Fontana as Marcello, Young Bok Kim as Colline, Brian Kontes as Benoit, {…}