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Best of 2018: OperaWire Staff Picks Most Memorable Opera Performances Of the Year

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Yes, it’s that time of the year where we wax poetic about transformative experiences we have had over the course of the last 300 or so days. Sometimes we curate these experiences as rankings to fuel some individual emotions, and at other moments we simply do what we are doing with this piece – let a few different people chip {…}
News

Russian Airport To Be Named in Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s Honor

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The late baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky will be among several artists who will have an airport named after them in Russia. Per reports, the baritone’s name will be linked with a local Siberian airport in Krasnoyarsk. The baritone, beloved by many, passed away on Nov. 22, 2017, after a two-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer. He was highly lauded throughout his career, {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Lisette Oropesa On Building Her Career & a Triumphant 2018

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It’s a Lisette Oropesa kind of Year! After her huge success in the title role of “Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Teatro Real, she made headlines in Pesaro, Italy making her role debut in the title role of “Adina” at the Rossini Opera Festival. Then she went to Paris for two successful runs. First, she stepped in for a new {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Opera House 2018-19 Review: Der Ring Des Nibelungen

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We had the unexpected pleasure of attending the last Cycle of the Keith Warner production of “Der Ring des Nibelungen” at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (September 26 through November 2, 2018). Warner’s production, like most modern productions, had several insightful touches and many silly ones.  The performance begins and ends with the Rhine Maidens in a “natural state” {…}
Opera Wiki

Artist Profile: Ruggero Raimondi, Famed Bass-Baritone Turned Movie Star

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As far as bass-baritones go, few have the magnetic personality or onstage charisma of Italian Ruggero Raimondi. Born on Oct. 3, 1941, Raimondi was prodigious, his voice already mature by his teen years. At 15, he auditioned for maestro Francesco Molinari-Pradelli and a year later was admitted into the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. He would win the National Competition {…}
News

Which Operas Will Stream On ARTE Concert? Here’s The List

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ARTE Concert has announced the operas that it will be showcasing as part of its on-demand streams. The first opera programmed will be Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” from La Monnaie. That production is already available online and features Sabine Devielilhe, Gábor Bretz, Ed Lyon, and Sophie Karthäuser. On Oct. 6, 2018, Puccini’s “Tosca” from the Finnish National Opera gets its turn {…}

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