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Anna Netrebko Headlines ‘La Traviata’ at Wiener Konzerthaus

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(Credit: tim osipov) Anna Netrebko is set to perform Verdi’s “La Traviata” on Sept. 6, 2023 in a concert performance. The performance will mark the first time Netrebko sings the iconic opera in Austria since 2009. It also comes nearly 20 years after her breakout turn in Salzburg in 2005. The soprano famously performed the opera at the San Francisco {…}
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Angela Meade, Karine Deshayes, Anne-Catherine Gillet & Ruth Iniesta Lead Opéra de Marseille’s 2023-24 Season

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The Opéra de Marseille has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera Meyerbeer’s “L’Africaine” will star Hélène Carpentier, Laurence Janot, Florian Laconi, Jérôme Bouteiller, and Karine Deshayes. Roberto Rizzi Brignoli conducts the production by Charles Roubaud. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-10, 2023 Paolo Arrivabeni conducts Verdi’s “Attila” with Angela Meade, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Juan Jesús Rodriguez, and Antonio Poli. Performance Dates: Oct. 29-Nov. 4, {…}
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Bayerische Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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(Credit: Neda Navaee) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its April 6 “Tristan und Isolde” performance. The company said that Nina Stemme will sing the role of Isolde, replacing Elena Pankratova. Stemme is one of the great Wagnerian sopranos of her generation who has performed the role of Isolde around the world including at the Metropolitan Opera {…}
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Melissa Sondhi, Efraín Solís & Joshua Sanders Lead Opera San José’s 2023-24 season

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Opera San José has announced its 2023-24 season celebrating the company’s 40th anniversary. The season opens with an all-new production of Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Shawna Lucey. The production will star Indian-American soprano Melissa Sondhi in the role of Juliet and tenor Joshua Sanders as Romeo. Alex Boyer returns to the California Theatre in the role of Tybalt, {…}
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Lawrence Brownlee to Perform Songs by Black Composers at Princeton University Concerts

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Credit: Derek Blanks Tenor Lawrence Brownlee returns to Princeton University Concerts (PUC) on March 8, 2023, to premiere a program of songs by Black composers of the Harlem Renaissance, including Jasmine Barnes, Margaret Bonds, Shawn Okpebholo, and Damien Sneed. The musical selections use texts by Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Georgia Douglas, and others. Collaborative pianist Kevin J. Miller will accompany. {…}
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‘La Sonnambula’ Cut from Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Season, Set for 2025

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Following the announcement of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season, the company disclosed that a major new production was cut due to budgetary concerns. General Manager Peter Gelb told the AP said that “Rolando Villazón’s staging of Bellini’s ‘Sonnambula’ was cut and will be presented in the future.” OperaWire was later informed that the production would be headed to the Met {…}
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Santa Fe Opera Announces 2023 Apprentice Program for Singers

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(Credit: Norman Doggett) Santa Fe Opera has announced the 44 singers participating in the 2023 apprentice program. Apprentice singers will join in the mainstage opera performances for the 2023 season and will appear in two staged Apprentice Scene productions. Each singer will also have opportunities to work with voice faculty, participate in masterclasses with notable artists, and audition for opera {…}
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Vincerò Academy Gala Concert at Carnegie Hall

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To celebrate its inaugural 2021-2022 season, the Vincerò Academy singers will perform a gala concert on Jan. 13, 2022, at 8 pm in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City. Performers include sopranos, AddieRose Forstman, Athena Palombi, Carolina Torres, Cassandra Douglas, Claire Choi, Desire Doilin, Hannah Hall, Iuno Connelly, Jessica Bloch, Jessica Lewis, Ibeth Ortiz, Mariah Muehler, Mariko {…}

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