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The Dallas Opera Selects 20 Finalists For Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition

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The Dallas Opera has announced that 20 singers have been picked as finalists of the 31st Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition presented, jointly, by The Dallas Opera and The Dallas Opera Guild. The artists include Lindsay Kate Brown, Jeff Byrnes, Anthony Ciaramitaro, Lauren Decker, Ben Edquist, Calvin Griffin, Pureum Jo, Meghan Kasanders, Andrew Manea, Felicia Moore, Rafael Moras, John {…}

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Ellie Dehn, Jennifer Johnson Cano, 21st Century Opera Dominate Arizona Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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Arizona Opera has announced its 2019-20 season, which will feature a number of modern works and two major classics. The season opens in September with the world premiere of the Taliesin West version of “Shining Brow” by librettist Paul Muldoon and composer Daron Hagen. The work will be conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya with Chas Rader-Shieber directing the production. Among the {…}

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Heartbeat Opera’s 2018 Festival to Feature Radical ‘Fidelio’ & ‘Don Giovanni’

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Heartbeat Opera has just announced that it will be showcasing Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and Beethoven’s “Fidelio” this May in radical interpretations. “Don Giovanni,” which will play for six evenings will feature a mostly female creative team with orchestration inspired by Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. The production will be directed by Louisa Proske with Felicia Moore as Donna Elvira, Leela Subramaniam as {…}

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San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Announce 2018 Schwabacher Recital Series

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From Feb. 21 through April 4, audiences will have the chance to listen to the next generation of opera stars in a four-part recital series presented by San Francisco Opera and Merola Opera Program. Beginning the 2018 Schwabacher Recital Series are soprano Jana McIntyre and baritone Andrew G. Manea. Accompanied by pianist John Elam, they will be performing Hugo Wolf’s {…}

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Freddie de Tommaso, Eleonora Buratto, Maggie Finnegan & Gundula Janowitz Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week, audiences will get to hear a world premiere recording from one of Verismo’s biggest composers. There are also a number of remasters. Aribert Reimann: Ein Traumspiel, Denn Bleiben ist nirgends Albert Reimann’s “Ein Traumspiel” and “Denn Bleiben ist nirgends” are released with {…}

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Mahogany Opera Presents World Premiere of Nwando Ebizie’s ‘Ecstasy of the Virtues’

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(Photo credit: Claire Shovelton) Nwando Ebizie’s new opera “Ecstasy of the Virtues” will get its world premiere at Mahogany Opera on Sept. 25 in London. “Ecstasy of the Virtues” is inspired by Hildegard’s “Ordo Virtutum.” Ebizie reframes the cast of allegorical Virtues and places them in 21st-century guises. The opera which consists of singing, instruments, dance, multisensory ritual and projections {…}