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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Lisette Oropesa, Elīna Garanča & Sondra Radvanovsky Lead Teatro San Carlo’s 2023-24 Season

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The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has announced its 2023-24 Season featuring concerts and operas. Sondra Radvanovsky and Oksana Dyka sing the title role in Puccini’s “Turandot” with Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Yusif Eyvazov, SeokJong Baek, Rosa Feola, and Amina Edris. Dan Ettinger conducts the new production by Vasily Barkhatov. Performance Dates: Dec.9-17, 2023 Mattia Olivieri, Alessandro Spina, Piero Pretti, Alex Esposito, {…}

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Keitaro Harada Renews Savannah Philharmonic Contract as Music & Artistic Director

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Savannah Philharmonic announced Keitaro Harada will remain in his role as Music & Artistic Director through the 2026-27 season. In 2020 Harada’s tenure began with the Savannah Philharmonic. He was also named the Associate Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra the same year. He continues to conduct internationally at the Sofia National Opera, Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre, North Carolina Opera, {…}

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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2023 Review: Voices of the Americas

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On March 17, 2023, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presented its “Voices of the Americas” concert at Alice Tully Hall. The program was a rich assortment from the last century which explored and celebrated music through Latin America and beyond, curated by pianist Michael Stephen Brown and cellist Nicholas Canellakis, joined by percussionist Ian David Rosenbaum, pianist Gilles Vonsattel, {…}

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Lincoln Center 2023 Review: Grammy Award-Winning Baritone Will Liverman at Alice Tully Hall

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Photo: Jaclyn Simpson Grammy award-winning baritone Will Liverman performed a comprehensive collection of works by Black composers at Alice Tully Hall on February 15, 2023, alongside pianist Paul Sánchez, in an astounding breadth of numerous complexities. The selected songs were from his Grammy-nominated album “Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers” and presented in collaboration with The Metropolitan {…}

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Teatro La Fenice 2022-23 Review: Il Matrimonio Segreto

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(Photo: Michele Crosera) Premiered in Vienna in 1792, Domenico Cimarosa’s “Il Matrimonio Segreto” proved to be one of the century’s most successful operas, quickly establishing itself across Europe with performances in Milan, London, Barcelona, and Lisbon. In fact, such was its initial success, that not even Mozart, with whom Cimarosa is often compared, was able to create an opera that {…}

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‘Il Matrimonio Segreto’ Returns to the Teatro Regio di Parma

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Domenico Cimarosa’s “Il Matrimonio Segreto” is set to return to the Teatro Regio di Parma after a 60-year absence. The opera, which is set to be performed on Feb. 10 through Feb. 19, will be directed by Roberto Catalano, in co-production with Ópera de Tenerife and Teatro Massimo di Palermo. The production of “Il Matrimonio Segreto” will feature sets by {…}

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Deutsche Oper am Rhein Announces Cast Change for ‘Herodiade’

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The Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf has announced a cast change for its new production of “Herodiade.” The company said that french tenor Sebastien Gueze will perform the role of Jean. Gueze has performed at the Athens Opera, Teatro La Fenice, La Monnaie, Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia di {…}

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Obituary: Eastman School of Music Professor Carol Webber Passes

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(Credit: J. Adam Fenster / University of Rochester) Vocal Professor Carol Webber has died. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory, Webber was a member of Bach Aria Group from 1986 to 1991. She went on to record on Musical Heritage and had a 24-year career performing with companies such as the Metropolitan Opera, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Miami, and numerous regional opera {…}