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Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Rachel Kelly On Growing Up In A Musical Family, Her Favorite Composer & Dealing With The Stresses Of The Job

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(Photo: Clive Barda) Anyone who was fortunate enough to attend a performance of Rossini’s one act farsa “Adina” at this year’s Wexford Festival Opera, or managed to catch the broadcast on RTE’s Lyric FM could not fail to have been enthused by mezzo-soprano Rachel Kelly’s stunning interpretation in the title role. Since impressing on the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme {…}

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Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’ Heads to Bogotá, Colombia

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On Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia will present Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection” with 200 artists taking the stage together. The performance of the massive choral symphony will be conducted by Josep Caballé-Domenech. He will lead the Youth orchestra of the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Colombian soprano Betty Garcés {…}

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Legendary Mezzo-Soprano Marjana Lipovšek Holds Masterclass In Belgrade

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Legendary mezzo-soprano Marjana Lipovšek and Alfred Burgstaller held a Masterclass for young opera singers in Belgrade on Nov. 14 through 17, with a final concert on Nov. 17. The masterclass by Lipovšek and Burgstaller was organized by Professor Ljubiša Jovanović of the Faculty of Music at the University of Arts in Belgrade while Professor Katarina Jovanović made the final selection {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Wexford Festival Opera 2019 Review: The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan

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Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924) is a largely forgotten name in the opera world, being better remembered for his church and orchestral music. Occasionally, productions of his operas do crop up, but they tend to be performed by small-scale companies operating on the fringes. Recordings of excerpts from his operas do exist, and a live recording of {…}

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Stephanie Blythe Leads American Songbook At Lincoln Center

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Lincoln Center has announced its new American Songbook taking place from Jan. 22 to Feb. 29, 2020. Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe will take the stage in the “Blythely ever after” musical voyage of her testosterone-filled alter ego, tenor Blythely Oratonio. The performance consists of several opera, rock and pop arias. Blythe has been a regular guest on major opera stages, including {…}

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Egils Siliņš Named Chairman Of The Board At Latvian National Opera

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Bass-baritone Egils Siliņš has taken over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet. The company announced that the bass-baritone will take over on Nov. 5, 2019. Siliņš is one of the world’s most in demand bass baritones who has performed for over 30 years in numerous Wagnerian roles. A graduate from the Latvian Academy {…}

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Heidi Stober, Sasha Cooke To Star In San Francisco Opera’s ‘Hansel and Gretel’

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(Credit; Simon Pauly / Stephanie Girard) The San Francisco Opera is gearing up to present “Hansel and Gretel” starting on Nov. 15, 2019. The production of the Humperdinck opera, created in collaboration with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, is set to run through Dec. 7, 2019. It will be directed and designed by Anthony McDonaldo and is set to {…}

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Q & A: Mezzo Ekaterina Semenchuk On Her Passion For Verdi & Her Vast Repertory

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(Credit: Alexey Kostromin) When you think of Verdi mezzo, there are few singers that fit that bill as well as Russian artist Ekaterina Semenchuk. For years now, she has been the go-to mezzo-soprano in Verdi’s major roles, finding major triumphs at such venues as the Opéra National de Paris, the Teatro Real de Madrid, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the {…}

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Royal Opera House To Present ‘The Lost Thing’ This December

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The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden is set to present composer Jules Maxwell “The Lost Thing” this December at the Linbury Theatre in London. The work, which is based on Shaun Tan’s illustrated book, will feature a cast of disabled and non-disabled singers, dancers, and musicians in a collaboration between the Royal Opera and the Candoco Dance Company. Timothy Burke will {…}