Adriana González, Elena Villalón, Pretty Yende, Nino Machaidze, Varduhi Abrahamyan Headline Oper Frankfurt’s 2023-24 Season

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Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2023-24 season. New Productions The season will feature Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” in a production by Caterina Panti Liberovici. Simone De Felice conducts. The opera stars Bozidar Smiljanic, Donato Di Stefano, MIkolaj Tabka, Liviu Holender, Pablo Martinez, Brayan Ávila Martínez Martínez, Bianca Tognocchi, and Clara Kim. Performance Date: Sept. 23 – Oct. 15, 2023 Next up {…}

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Sergey Romanovsky, Sooyeon Lee & Jonathan Tetelman Lead Theater Dortmund’s 2023-24 Season

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The Theater Dortmund has announced its 2023-24 season featuring new productions and concerts. Premieres Sergey Romanovsky, Sungho Kim, Jonathan Tetelman, Anna Sohn, and Zhala Ismailova lead a new production of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The cast also includes Rinnat Moriah, Sooyeon Lee, Mandla Mndebele, Daegyun Jeong, Morgan Moody, Daegyun Jeong, and Denis Velev. Gabriel Feltz conducts the production by Gil Mehmert. {…}

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Brian Jagde & Anita Rachvelishvili Lead New ‘Aida’ at the Bayerische Staatsoper

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Photo credit: Stefano Guindani Bayerische Staatsoper is set to present Damiano Michieletto’s new production of Verdi’s “Aida.” Michieletto describes his new production by saying, “It’s a civil war, where people are not ready for violence, where death is cruel because it steps into the everyday life, into families, among children. I don’t want to present it as a military story {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Peter Mattei, Juan Diego Flórez, Regula Mühlemann & Rolando Villazón Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2023-24 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Klaus Mäkelä conducts Orchestre de Paris with soloists Bertrand Chamayou, Olga Peretyatko, Pavel Petrov, Alexey Markov, and Bertrand Mandico. The program includes music by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff. Performance Dates: Sept. 6 & 7, 2023 Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Mass in {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Marina Rebeka, Sonya Yoncheva & Elīna Garanča Lead Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2023-24 Season

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Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced its 2023-24 season. The season will showcase numerous revivals and new productions. Premieres Calixto Bieito directs a new production of Verdi’s “Aida” with Grigory Shkarupa, Elīna Garanča, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Marina Rebeka, María José Siri, Yusif Eyvazov, Ivan Magrì, René Pape, Erwin Schrott, Vladislav Sulimsky, and Alfredo Daza. Nicola Luisotti conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}

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Matthew Cairns Wins Hildegard Behrens 2023 Award

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The Hildegard Behrens has announced that the 2023 awardee is Canadian tenor Matthew Cairns. The tenor is a first-year in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and was a Grand Finals winner in the Met’s 2022 Laffont Competition. This season, he made his Met debut as the Messenger in “Aida” and covered Bob Boles in “Peter Grimes.” This season he {…}

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Lyric Opera of Chicago to Present ‘The Factotum’

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Chicago Harris Theater is set to hold the world premiere of “The Factotum.” The work, which was commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago will be performed for the first time on Feb. 3, 2023 for five performances. The opera by Grammy-nominated baritone Will Liverman and DJ King Rico showcases a blend of diverse musical styles with imagination to create a {…}

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Royal Opera House 2022 Review: Alcina

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(Credit: © Marc Brenner/Royal Opera House) In “Alcina” seeing isn’t believing. Handel’s tale of an enchanted island, which sees the titular sorceress’ captives transfigured into birds, beasts, and shrubbery, speaks of the pleasures and dangers of illusion. First premiered on the current site of the Royal Opera House back in 1735, the opera speaks to a host of 18th-century preoccupations {…}

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Leah Crocetto, Raffaelle Pe & Levy Sekgapane Lead Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli’s 2023 Season

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The Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli has announced its 2023 season. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances. Opera The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Cecilia Molinari, Amira Elmadfa, Levy Sekgapane, Cesar Cortes, Marcus Werba, Gurgen Baveyan, Gianluca Buratto, Nicolò Donini, Marco Filippo Romano, and Stefano Marchisio. Stefano Montanari conducts teh production by Davide Livermore. Performance Dates: Jan. 22-29, {…}

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Adriana González, Elena Villalón, Pretty Yende, Nino Machaidze, Varduhi Abrahamyan Headline Oper Frankfurt’s 2023-24 Season

Sergey Romanovsky, Sooyeon Lee & Jonathan Tetelman Lead Theater Dortmund’s 2023-24 Season

Brian Jagde & Anita Rachvelishvili Lead New ‘Aida’ at the Bayerische Staatsoper

Anna Netrebko, Peter Mattei, Juan Diego Flórez, Regula Mühlemann & Rolando Villazón Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2023-24 Season

Anna Netrebko, Marina Rebeka, Sonya Yoncheva & Elīna Garanča Lead Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2023-24 Season

Matthew Cairns Wins Hildegard Behrens 2023 Award

Lyric Opera of Chicago to Present ‘The Factotum’

Royal Opera House 2022 Review: Alcina

Leah Crocetto, Raffaelle Pe & Levy Sekgapane Lead Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli’s 2023 Season