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Pacific Opera Project 2018-19 Review: The Magic Flute

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When I interviewed Josh Shaw, Founding Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Project, back in December, I observed that Los Angeles’s Pacific Opera Theater or POP for short, is kind of “guerilla theater.” By that I didn’t mean that POP is experimental in its choice of repertoire but that it takes opera anywhere and – theoretically – everywhere by any means. {…}

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Pacific Opera Project To Present ‘The Magic Flute’

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The Pacific Opera Project is set to present “The Magic Flute.” Only it’s not your ordinary interpretation of the classic opera – no, this is a new 1980s video game inspired production of Mozart’s otherworldly tale! The heroes and villains will be transported to a “land of video games resembling Mario Bros. and Zelda.” The opera will be performed to {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America (4/20-22): Anna Netrebko’s Big Night Dominates Weekend

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It’s a big weekend in the opera world, with undeniably the biggest show coming from the biggest star around. Here is a look at five can’t-miss performances from around the North American continent (In alphabetical order by company). NJ Verismo Opera – Turandot Puccini’s final opera gets one performance in NJ with Zhanna Alkhazova in the title role, Philip Alongi {…}

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Pacific Opera Project To Present Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’

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The Pacific Opera Project will open it’s 2018 season with one of its biggest productions yet, “Mozart’s Don Giovanni.” The production, which is slated to run from April 13 through 22, 2018 at The Vortex, a large warehouse space in downtown Los Angeles will feature 70 tables per night, movie theater style seating, and single seating at communal tables. The {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez, Nadine Sierra, René Pape, Cecilia Bartoli, Franco Fagioli, Josep Bros, Lea Desandre, Magdalena Kožená & David Butt Philip Lead Palau de la Música Catalana’s 2026-27 Season

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The Palau de la Musica Catalana has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Pianist Albert Guinovart leads concert with Cor de Cambra Femení Scherzo and conductor Esteve Nabona in music by A. Guinovart. Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2026 Alba Valdivieso, joins forces with instrumentalists Seungyeon Baik,Patricia Cordero, Noelia Cotuna, Jéssica Duarte, Gugg Piano Duo, Duo Jiménez-Berlinches,  and Ot {…}

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Benjamin Bernheim, Sabine Devieilhe, Olga Peretyatko, Magdalena Kožená, Klaus Florian Vogt, Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Michael Volle & Miina-Liisa Värelä Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2026-27 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances for the season. Yannick Nezet-Seguin will conduct Elza van den Heever and the Met Orchestra in a program of Strauss music. Performance Date: Sept. 1, 2026 Yannick Nezet-Seguin and Joyce DiDonato team up with the Met Orchestra for Mahler and Kaija Saariaho. Performance Date: Sept. 2, {…}

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Cecilia Bartoli, Eleonora Buratto, Elīna Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim, Chen Reiss, Marina Rebeka & Stéphane Degout Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2025-26 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Andris Nelsons conducts the Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig in Brahms’ Deutsche Requiem with Christian Gerhaher and Julia Kleiter. The program includes Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.5. Performance Date: Sept. 3, 2025 Riccardo Chailly condcuts the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus in excerpts from Verdi’s “La {…}

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Pretty Yende, Anna Netrebko, Philippe Jaroussky, Natalie Dessay & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’ 2024-25 Season

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The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Opera in Production  Bach’s “Passion selon Saint” will be conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón and directed by Sasha Waltz. The cast will include Sophie Junker, Georg Nigl, Christian Immler, Benno Schachtner, Valerio Contaldo, and Mark Milhofer. Performance Dates: Nov. 4 & 5, 2024 Poulenc’s “Dialogues des {…}