Leontyne Price, Andriana Chuchman, Leo Nucci, Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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This week’s top 10 will feature numerous selections ranging from baroque operas to more modern works, including one by Rufus Wainwright. Those who are looking for some star power can bank on a Leontyne Price special flanked by Giuseppe Giacomini and Leo Nucci. Or maybe you want some comedic gold, in which case we have two distinct productions and four {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, Fatma Said, & Lidia Fridman Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week, audiences can experience world premiere recordings, a debut album, and a number of rising stars. Here are this week’s must-streamed releases. L’Ange de Nisida Dynamic releases the world premiere DVD of the first-ever staging of the reconstructed “L’Ange de Nisida.” The work, which was long-presumed-lost semiserious opera, was directed by Francesco Micheli and starred Lidia Fridman, Konu Kim, {…}

News

Melanie Diener & Thomas Hampson Announce Second International Opera Workshop Waiblingen

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The second International Opera Workshop Waiblingen with Melanie Diener and Thomas Hampson is set for Nov. 23 to 28, 2020. The workshop will take place in the city of Waiblingen in Germany in compliance with all necessary hygiene regulations. The program gives 12 young artists the opportunity to spend a week working on arias and duets together with Melanie Diener {…}

News

Lara Downes, Thomas Hampson, Angel Blue, Ailyn Pérez, Lawrence Brownlee Headline ‘Take Care of this House’ on National Voter Registration Day

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Pianist and activist Lara Downes is making the stars align in a video of Leonard Bernstein’s song “Take Care of this House.” The video, which is being released on Sept. 22 in honor of National Voter Registration Day, features a wide range of major superstars from the opera and classical music world including Thomas Hampson, Anthony Orth Costanzo, Julia Bullock, {…}

News

Canadian Opera Company to Stream Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian,’ Starring Thomas Hampson & Karita Mattila

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The Canadian Opera Company will stream “Hadrian” for one night only on August 10, 2020. Starting at 6:30 p.m. ET, the company will join forces with the Montréal Pride Festival to host a free stream of the opera, accompanied by a watch party event that will feature a live Q & A with composer Rufus Wainwright and librettist Daniel MacIvor. {…}

News

Olga Peretyatko, Rolando Villazón & Thomas Hampson Highlight Pierre Boulez Saal’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Jiyang Chen/Rabovsky) The Pierre Boulez Saal has announced its 2020-21 Season. The German hall will present some of the greatest soloists in the world, including numerous great vocalists. For the purposes of this article, vocal performances will be highlighted. Olga Peretyatko and pianist Elena Bashkirova perform a recital of Russian music by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff. Performance Date: Sept. {…}

News

Diana Damrau, Javier Camarena & Thomas Hampson Headline Opernhaus Zürich’s Reopening Recitals

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The Opernhaus Zürich has announced it will reopen its doors in July. The company announced that following the Swiss government’s regulations in order to minimize the spread of the coronavirus, the theater will showcase recitals with a maximum of 300 audience members. The recitals, which will begin on July 2 and run through July 12, will feature such artists as {…}

News

Thomas Hampson, Ailyn Pérez, Kristine Opolais, Luca Pisaroni Headline IDAGIO’s Global Concert Hall

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(Photo Credits: Dario Acosta / Elena Nezenceva / Chris Singer / Frances Marshall) IDAGIO has announced that it will be launching a digital concert hall featuring some of the great classical music artists of our time. Among the artists involved in the initiative are Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, Kristine Opolais, Brian Jagde, Ailyn Pérez, and Matthew Polenzani, among many others. {…}

Interviews

Opera in the Time of COVID: Legendary American Baritone Thomas Hampson

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(Credit: Frances Marshall) “Opera in the Times of COVID” is an interview series in collaboration with photographer Frances Marshall of Marshall Light Studio. We talk to notable figures from around the opera world to get their perspective on how they feel these challenging times may change opera’s present and future. Baritone Thomas Hampson is one of opera’s great baritones, an {…}

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Leontyne Price, Andriana Chuchman, Leo Nucci, Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, Fatma Said, & Lidia Fridman Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Melanie Diener & Thomas Hampson Announce Second International Opera Workshop Waiblingen

Lara Downes, Thomas Hampson, Angel Blue, Ailyn Pérez, Lawrence Brownlee Headline ‘Take Care of this House’ on National Voter Registration Day

Canadian Opera Company to Stream Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian,’ Starring Thomas Hampson & Karita Mattila

Olga Peretyatko, Rolando Villazón & Thomas Hampson Highlight Pierre Boulez Saal’s 2020-21 Season

Diana Damrau, Javier Camarena & Thomas Hampson Headline Opernhaus Zürich’s Reopening Recitals

Thomas Hampson, Ailyn Pérez, Kristine Opolais, Luca Pisaroni Headline IDAGIO’s Global Concert Hall

Opera in the Time of COVID: Legendary American Baritone Thomas Hampson