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Met Opera 2021-22 Season: Here Is All The Information For This Season’s Live in HD Performances

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the HD schedule for its 2021-22 season, which will feature 10 performances. Here is a full breakdown. Oct. 9, 2021 – Boris Godunov René Pape headlines a cast that includes Alexey Markov, Stanislav Trofimov, David Butt Philip, Ain Anger, and Maxim Paster. Sebastian Weigle conducts. The opera will be presented in its original 1869 version. {…}

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Andrew Harris Steps Into the Cast of ‘Die Walküre’ at Deutsche Oper

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(Credit: Deutsche Oper Berlin official website) Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that bass Andrew Harris will take over the role of Hunding in the upcoming performances of Wagner’s “Die Walküre,” replacing Tobias Kehrer. Harris has performed the roles of Don Basilio in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” Sparafucile in Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” Masetto in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” and Stefano Colonna in {…}

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Q & A: Deutsche Oper Berlin Intendant Dietmar Schwarz on COVID-19 Safety Protocols As He Reopens His Theater

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(Credit: Jonas Holthaus) “Nothing was produced for the bin.” When the COVID-19 pandemic hurricane hit the world in full force in March 2020, opera houses all over the world were struck badly. All of them were forced to cancel the rest of their 2019-20 seasons, and many new productions were taken off the stage. However, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the {…}

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Roberto Alagna & Aleksandra Kurzak To Perform for Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Live in Concert’ Series

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(Image source: Met Opera Official Website) Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak continue the Metropolitan Opera’s “Met Stars Live in Concert” series on August 16, 2020. The event, which will begin at 1:30 p.m. ET, will feature the duo live outdoors from the Château de la Chèvre d’Or, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, in Èze, France. The program, which will feature the Vienna Morphing Quintet, will include {…}

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Renée Fleming To Perform for Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Live in Concert’ Series

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(Image Source: Met Opera Official Website) Renée Fleming continues the Metropolitan Opera’s “Met Stars Live in Concert” series on August 1, 2020. The event, which will begin at 1 p.m. ET, will feature the opera superstar live from the music salon of the historic Dumbarton Oaks estate in Washington, D.C. The program, which will feature piano accompaniment by Robert Ainsley, {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann Kicks Off Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Live in Concert’ Series

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(© Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical) Famed tenor Jonas Kaufmann is set to kick off the Metropolitan Opera’s “Met Stars Live in Concert” series on July 18, 2020. The event, which will kick off at 1 p.m. ET, will feature the opera superstar live from the Polling Abbey located in the countryside outside Munich, Germany. Kaufmann will perform a wide {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Renée Fleming, Angel Blue, Joyce DiDonato Headline Metropolitan Opera’s International Pay-Per-View Series

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a new pay-per-view series “Met Stars Live in Concert” featuring opera’s greatest stars from around the world. The concert series, which was announced via a Zoom press conference, will consist of 12 live performances starting on July 18 and running through December. “This new initiative is intended to create live performance opportunities for our artists {…}

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Ainhoa Arteta, Sonya Yoncheva, Joyce DiDonato & René Pape Headline Palau de les Arts’ 2020-21 Season

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The Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Spain has announced its 2020-21 season featuring zarzuela, opera, and recitals. Opera The Palau de les Arts opens with Romeo Castellucci directing a new production of Mozart’s “Requiem” with Stefano Montanari conducting. Anett Fritsch, Sara Mingardo, Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, and Nahuel Di Pierro star. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 8, 2020 Kurtág’s “Fin de {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Michael Fabiano, Lead Teatro Real’s 2020-21 Season

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced the 2020-21 season featuring premieres, new productions and some of the greatest stars in the world. Opera  Nicola Luisotti and Lorenzo Passerini conduct a production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera“ directed by Gianmaria Aliverta. The production stars Michael Fabiano and Ramón Vargas as Riccardo, Anna Pirozzi and Tatiana Serjan as Amelia, Artur {…}