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Sasha Cooke Among Headlines of Music Academy of the West’s 2025 Summer Season

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Music Academy of the West has announced its 2025 summer season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Sasha Cooke headlines a Mozart and Ravel chamber music program alongside pianist Jeremy Denk and clarinetist Richie Hawley. Also performing on the concert is the Takács Quartet and cellist Julie Albers. Performance Date: June 26, 2025 Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” {…}
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Teatro Alla Scala 2024-25 Review: Die Walküre

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(Credits: Brescia e Amisano) ‘The error in the art-genre of Opera consists herein – a Means of expression (Music) has been made the objective, while the End of expression (the Drama) has been made a means.’ – Richard Wagner “Opera and Drama” (1851)   Words and Tones, A Drama Must Make Wagner is difficult, though he attempted, through a lifetime {…}
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Carles Pachon, Sara Banch, Ruzan Mantashyan & Andrè Schuen Lead Schubertiada of Vilabertran’s 2025 Season

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The 33rd annual Schubertiada of Vilabertran has announced its festival from August 14 to 31, 2025, and will pay tribute to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Here are the vocal performances. Carles Pachon and Berta Brull perform songs by Baldrís, García Cardona, Guinovart, Pagès-Corella, Ortega, Toldrà, and others. Performance Date: August 14, 2025 Elionor Martínez, Ferran Albrich, and Victoria Guerrero headline a recital {…}
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American Modern Opera Company & The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine 2024 Review: El Niño – Nativity Reconsidered

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Composer John Adams’ and librettist Peter Sellars’ opera, “El Niño,” debuted at Metropolitan Opera earlier this year, making this their fourth work to be produced at the Met, including “Doctor Atomic” (2008), “Nixon in China” (2011), and “The Death of Klinghoffer” (2014). OperaWire reviewed the production in addition to attending and documenting Guggenheim Museum’s “Works & Process” presentation by the {…}
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Teatro alla Scala 2023-24 Review: Das Rheingold

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(Credits: Brescia e Amisano) This may be a Ring Cycle that will not make history, and Wagner’s monumental cycle has only just begun. As proposed by Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the Prologue evening of “Das  Rheingold” displayed an almost complete lack of interesting, cohesive ideas concerning staging; somewhat complacent conducting; and shaky casting. This should serve as a warning of the {…}
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San Francisco Opera 2024-25 Review: Un Ballo in Maschera

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(Photo by Cory Weaver) Festivities galore flooded the San Francisco’s Civic Center Friday night – Opera Ball, Opera Dinner, and the opera itself, Verdi’s, “Un Ballo in Maschera.” Opening night at San Francisco Opera sparkled with taffeta gowns and tux, platform heels and feathers, jewelry glittering up and down arms and nifty bowties. In honor of the entitled opera and {…}
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Bard SummerScape 2024 Review: Le Prophète

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Photo: Andy Henderson This review is of the premiere on Friday, July 26, 2024. Bard SummerScape Festival 2024 took a daring leap, presenting Giacomo Meyerbeer’s “Le Prophète” in a fully staged production. This opera is a rarity, and after sitting through it, I can see why. It’s probably best left on the fringes of the repertoire but shouldn’t be missed {…}
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La Monnaie De Munt Awarded Prix de la Critique for Best Scenography

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La Monnaie De Munt has been recognized for its scenography of “Das Rheingold” by the French Comité du Syndicat de la Critique. The production directed and designed by Romeo Castellucci received the award at the Prix de la critique 2022-23 ceremony on June 6. The event was held at the Paris Théâtre de la Ville-Sarah Bernhardt. La Monnaie De Munt’s {…}
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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2024 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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(Photo by Bernd Uhlig) I’m back in Berlin, a city I favor and enjoy so much, ready for yet another Ring cycle at Deutsche Oper, a large, comfortable 1850-seat theatre boldly designed in the Modernist style and simply ideal for large-scale productions. And none comes much larger than those penned by Giacomo Meyerbeer, Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner  Therefore, with {…}

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