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Czech Center New York to Present ‘Czech Prima Donnas’ at the Metropolitan Opera

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The Czech Center New York in collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera and the Czech National Museum in Prague is preparing an exhibition about Czech female opera singers. The exhibition will showcase singers whose careers brought them onto the Met stage. Some of the singers starred in the Met’s first productions of major Czech operas. Among them are Emmy Destinn who {…}

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The Kennedy Center Launches a National Month-Long Campaign For Arts Education

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The Kennedy Center, in partnership with AMC Theatres, has released a public service announcement featuring Academy Award®–winning actor, singer, and dancer Ariana DeBose promoting arts education and encourages public to “thank an art teacher.” Coinciding with the National Arts in Education week (Sept. 10–16), the campaign will be shown at AMC Theatre locations across the country from Aug. 25 through {…}

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Esa-Pekka Salonen Cancels Philharmonia Orchestra Concert

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The Philharmonia Orchestra has announced a conductor change for its upcoming performance. The company said that for the performance on March 26, 2023, “Esa-Pekka Salonen has tested positive for COVID, and regrets that he is unable to conduct this performance.” As a result, Alexander Soddy will step in at short notice. Soddy has conducted at opera houses around Europe, at the {…}

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Grand Théâtre de Geneve to Host World Premiere of Christian Jost’s New Opera ‘Voyage vers l’Espoir’

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German composer Christian Jost’s new opera “Voyage vers l’Espoir” (“Journey of Hope”) will make its world premiere at the Grand Théâtre de Geneve. Káta Weber’s libretto is based on Xavier Koller’s Academy Award-winning film of the same name. The story explores the experience of “displacement, migration, and the search for a promised land” by following a Kurdish family who abandoned {…}

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English National Opera to Receive Funding from Arts Council England

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The English National Opera has announced that it will receive funding from the Arts Council England following negotiations and months of protest. The company said, “the English National Opera are pleased to confirm that, following negotiations with Arts Council England, the organization is to receive £11.46m of National Lottery funding for the next financial year, starting 1st April 2023. This {…}

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Welsh National Opera Will Not Longer Tour Liverpool Following Pubic Funding Decline

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The Welsh National Opera has announced that it will no longer tour Liverpool. The company revealed that the decision was a result of the reduction it received in public funding; per an official press statement, the company is set to receive a 35 percent reduction (2.2 million pounds) from the Arts Council England. “Following their recent announcement, we are now {…}

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Edgardo Rocha Joins Centre Stage Artists Management

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Centre Stage Artist Management has announced that tenor Edgardo Rocha has joined the roster for general management. Rocha is considered one of today’s foremost interpreters of bel canto repertoire and has performed at the Festival della Valle d’Itria di Martina Franca, Zürich Opera House, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Bayerische Staatsoper, Vienna State Opera, and the Salzburg Festival. This season the {…}