Verbier Festival 2019 Review: Die Frau Ohne Schatten

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(Photo: Diane Deschenaux) With Europe once again baking under unpleasantly high temperatures thanks to our lack of interest in dealing with the problems of global warming, what better place to go than high up in the Swiss Alps. Verbier at an altitude 1,500 meters would seem to be ideal. An alpine ski resort, set on a south-facing terrace with splendid {…}

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A New ‘Valkyrie’ Dominates Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend in North America (7/19-21)

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(Credit: Seattle Opera / Jacob F. Lucas) This weekend, we are recommending some of the best-known works of the repertory in a bevy of productions across the U.S. One repertory staple will be getting a new arrangement in a English. Here are our top five operas to see this week (in chronological order by company). Cincinnati Opera – Porgy and {…}

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San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 2019 Review: L’Enfant et les Sortileges

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(Credit: Brandon Patoc) Fantasy. Enchantment. The Land of Dreams. So it was in San Francisco on the last day of June with Ravel’s “L’ Enfant et des Sortileges” at Davies Symphony Hall and the Annual San Francisco Gay Pride Parade. Just getting to the concert hall was a multi-colored, multi-media challenge, long-before the audience was presented with the anime-enhanced multi-chorus {…}

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Q & A: Peter Schöne On His UK Opera Debut in ‘The Hunting Gun’

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Baritone Peter Schöne has enjoyed a solid international opera career at over 20 opera houses around the world, including the Komische Oper Berlin where he made his debut in “Greek” back in 2002. And now he will add to his list of operatic exploits when he performs his first opera in the UK this June in “The Hunting Gun.” The {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Saioa Hernández & Sonya Yoncheva Headline Teatro Alla Scala’s 2019-20 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2019-20 season featuring numerous new productions, rare works, and a number of stars. Anna Netrebko opens the Teatro alla Scala in the title role of Puccini’s ‘Tosca” with Luca Salsi in the role of Scarpia. Riccardo Chailly conducts the production by Davide Livermore. Saioa Hernández sings three performances of the title role. Performance {…}

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OperaWire’s Favorite ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ Recordings Of All Time

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May 1, 1786. That is the day that, for many, the greatest opera of all-time had its very first performance. “Le Nozze di Figaro” has held the stage ever since, performed by all the great interpreters all over the world. The work has also developed a healthy discography over the ages both on audio and visual media, making it impossible {…}

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‘The Phoenix,’ ‘Götterdämmerung’ Among Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (4/26-28)

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It seems like this is the weekend of the year. While the entire planet is engaged with the cinematic event of the decade (Marvel’s “Avengers: Endgame”), opera companies from around the continent are lining up some of their most exciting productions. As a result, this was one of the most challenging lists to create in quite some time. But we {…}

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Jamie Barton, Joyce DiDonato & Sarah Connolly Headline BBC Proms 2019

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2019 festival featuring some of the great singers, performers and orchestras in the world. For this season announcement we will concentrate on the vocal performances. Omer Meir Wellber leads the BBC Proms Youth Choir and BBC Philharmonic in Haydn’s “The Creation.” He is joined by soloists Sarah-Jane Brandon, Benjamin Hulett, and Christoph Pohl. Performance Date: July 29, {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča & Philippe Jaroussky Headline Théâtre Champs-Élysée’s 2019-20 Season

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The Théâtre Champs-Élysée has announced its 2019-20 season featuring five opera productions, numerous concert performances, operas in concerts, a Beethoven celebration and a number of recitals. For this season announcement we have narrowed it down to only vocal or operatic performances. Here is a look at the massive season. Deborah Cohen directs a new production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” with {…}

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Verbier Festival 2019 Review: Die Frau Ohne Schatten

A New ‘Valkyrie’ Dominates Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend in North America (7/19-21)

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 2019 Review: L’Enfant et les Sortileges

Q & A: Peter Schöne On His UK Opera Debut in ‘The Hunting Gun’

Anna Netrebko, Saioa Hernández & Sonya Yoncheva Headline Teatro Alla Scala’s 2019-20 Season

OperaWire’s Favorite ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ Recordings Of All Time

‘The Phoenix,’ ‘Götterdämmerung’ Among Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – North America (4/26-28)

Jamie Barton, Joyce DiDonato & Sarah Connolly Headline BBC Proms 2019

Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča & Philippe Jaroussky Headline Théâtre Champs-Élysée’s 2019-20 Season