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Ruby Hughes Headlines World Premiere of Edmund Finnis’ ‘Out of the Dawn’s Mind’

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(Credit: Phil Sharp) Soprano Ruby Hughes and the Manchester Collective are set to world premiere Edmund Finnis’ “Out of the Dawn’s Mind.” The work, which will be premiered on tour in Nottingham, Liverpool, London, Manchester, and Bristol between June 16-24, is based on five poems by British poet Alice Oswald. The work’s movements include “A Rushed Account of the Dew,” {…}
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Opéra de Toulon Announces New Director

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Jérôme Brunetière has been named the new director of the Opéra de Toulon. Brunetière, who has been the secretary general of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence since 2007, will commence his duties starting on September 1, 2022 and step in for Claude-Henri Bonne, who headed the institution for 20 years. Per Olyrix, the decision was announced by the Conseil d’Administration de l’Opéra {…}
News

Obituary: Legendary Mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza Passes at 89

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Legendary mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza has passed away. She was 89. Born on March 16, 1933, Berganza started off her musical journey studying piano (she also studied cello and organ, among other instruments) and voice at the Madrid Conservatory, where won the first prize for singing in 1954. A year later, she made her concert debut. In 1957, Berganza made her {…}
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Teatro Real de Madrid 2021-22 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

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Originally, the Teatro Real de Madrid was supposed to present a new production of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro,” co-produced with the Festival D’Aix-en-Provence. But instead, the company presented the Claus Guth production from Salzburg. The German stage director is no stranger to Madrid’s opera house, having helmed “Don Giovanni” last season with the company. He is famous (or infamous?) {…}
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Ten Singers Headed to Final Round of the 2022 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 10 finalists selected from the April 24, 2022, semi-final round of the Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. The finalists will compete on the Met stage in the Grand Finals Concert hosted by Nadine Sierra and accompanied by the Met Orchestra under the baton of maestro Marco Armiliato. The concert is scheduled for Sunday, May {…}
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Bayerische Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Parsifal’

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its April 14 performance of “Parsifal” The company noted that due to illness Simon O‘Neill would not be performing the title role. As a result, Stuart Skelton will take over. Skelton is one of today’s most revered Wagnerian singers of his generation. He has performed the title role of Parsifal around {…}
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Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke Awarded ‘Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres’

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Austrian tenor Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperhacke was awarded the “Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres” (“the Insignia of Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters”). Corinne Pereira, the Consul General of France in Munich presented him with the award on Feb. 23, 2022, at the French Institute in Munich. Ablinger-Sperrhacke received this honor for his “25-year-long contribution to French cultural {…}

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