Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Review – Le Nozze di Figaro: Three Latinas Lead One of Best Casts of Season

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It was Latin night at the Met on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, with three Latin American artists headlining a revival of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Ailyn Pérez, Isabel Leonard, and Nadine Sierra all topped the billing of a cast that also included two Eastern Europeans, Ildar Abdrazakov and Mariusz Kwiecien, as Figaro and the Count Almaviva respectively. To put {…}

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Social Media Beat (12/22-28): It’s All About the Met Opera, Except One Thing

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Let’s keep things Metropolitan Opera-centric this week. With one exception. It’s the end of the year and that means the big Met gala on New Year’s Eve as well as another hotly anticipated revival set to take the stage with a new cast. Isabel Leonard got everyone jumping with excitement for the upcoming “Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Met. {…}

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Top 6 Operas to See This Weekend – North America (12/29-30): Met Opera’s ‘Tosca’ Plus Eugene Opera, Amore Opera Holiday Specials Dominate Weekend

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As 2017 comes to a close, the US opera scene fades out almost completely. Last week we saw only a handful of operas from the Metropolitan Opera featured on the weekend. This weekend is slightly different with two other companies joining the fray. Here are the operas to see this weekend. The Barber of Seville – Eugene Opera, Amore Opera {…}

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Teatro Alla Scala Announces 2018 Season Opener

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The Teatro alla Scala Scala will open its 2018-19 season with Verdi’s “Attila.” According to Platea Magazine, Alexander Perriera, the company’s General Manager, has set up the Verdi opera for a new production on Dec. 7, 2018. “Attila” follows a line of Italian operas including “Giovanna d´Arco” in 2015 with Anna Netrebko, “Madama Butterfly” in 2016 with María José Siri {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Preview: Latin Americans & International Artists Dominate ‘Le Nozze Di Figaro’ Revival

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It’s going to be a busy December with the Met showcasing a number of revivals leading up to a major new production on the final day of the year. The first work to makes its return to the repertoire is one of its finest (it was even named the Greatest Opera of All Time in a recent survey) – Mozart’s {…}

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9 World Premieres That Starred Baritone Nathan Gunn

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Nathan Gunn is one of America’s great modern-day baritones. Born on Nov. 26, 1970, he has had a wide-ranging career that has seen him appear in a wide range of repertoire, from classics by Mozart and Rossini, to romantic works from the French masters, to a number of modern operas. The latter operas are the ones in which he has {…}

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Social Media Beat (11/17-23): Dmitri Hvorostovsky Remembered By Opera Community; Exclusive Comments

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There were a ton of major events going on in the opera world this past week, but one simply eclipsed the others. We have already related many of the social media reactions to the sad news of Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s passing. But here are a few other heartfelt homages to the great Russian baritone, sent exclusively to OperaWire. “Dmitry Hvorostovsky was {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Preview: A Look At the 6 ‘Thaïs’ Interpreters in Met History

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This Saturday afternoon, Ailyn Pérez becomes just the sixth soprano in Metropolitan Opera history to take on the role of Massenet’s “Thaïs.” The opera doesn’t have a particularly massive history, sung just 73 times with the company in 100 years, the first performance coming all the way back in February 1917. Here is a look at all the other major {…}

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Marjorie Owens and Quinn Kelsey Set to Perform in George London Foundation Recital Series

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Soprano Marjorie Owens and baritone Quinn Kelsey will be performing in the George London Foundation Series on Dec. 10th, 2017. The George London Foundation for Singers, established in 1971, awards promising young opera singers with awards of up to $10,000 to support their budding careers. In 1995 the recital series began in order to give winners of these grants exposure, {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Review – Le Nozze di Figaro: Three Latinas Lead One of Best Casts of Season

Social Media Beat (12/22-28): It’s All About the Met Opera, Except One Thing

Top 6 Operas to See This Weekend – North America (12/29-30): Met Opera’s ‘Tosca’ Plus Eugene Opera, Amore Opera Holiday Specials Dominate Weekend

Teatro Alla Scala Announces 2018 Season Opener

Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Preview: Latin Americans & International Artists Dominate ‘Le Nozze Di Figaro’ Revival

9 World Premieres That Starred Baritone Nathan Gunn

Social Media Beat (11/17-23): Dmitri Hvorostovsky Remembered By Opera Community; Exclusive Comments

Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Preview: A Look At the 6 ‘Thaïs’ Interpreters in Met History

Marjorie Owens and Quinn Kelsey Set to Perform in George London Foundation Recital Series