UPDATED: Longborough Festival Opera Announces 2022 Season

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***This article has been updated from its original version to include the casts for each opera. The Longborough Festival Opera has announced its 2022 season featuring four productions. The season opens with Wagner’s “Siegfried” in a production created especially for Longborough by Amy Lane, Artistic Director of Copenhagen Opera Festival, and Longborough Music Director and eminent Wagnerian Anthony Negus. “Siegfried” will {…}

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Asmik Grigorian, Jessica Pratt, Corinne Winters, Bianca Andrew, Zanda Svede Headline Oper Frankfurt’s 2022-23 Season

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Oper Frankfurt has unveiled its 2022-23 season which will include 11 new productions. New Productions The season opens with “Die Zauberflöte” as directed by Ted Huffman. Julia Jones and Simone Di Felice conduct casts starring Kudaibergen Abildin, Michael Porter, Hyoyoung Kim, Karolina Bengtsson, Danylo Matviienko, Domen Krizaj, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Kihwan Sim, Anna Nekhames, and Aleksandra Olczyk, among others. Performance {…}

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Adam Smith, Danielle de Niese, John Relyea & Sean Panikkar Lead English National Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The English National Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring eight productions and seven operas. Leo Hussain conducts Puccini’s “Tosca” in a new production by Christof Loy. The cast will include Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, Adam Smith, and Noel Bouley. Performance Dates: Sept. 30–Nov. 4 2022 Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Yeomen of the Guard” will include Anthony Gregory, Neal Davies, Alexandra Oomens, Heather {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Elektra

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) This is a review of the April 1st performance, the opening night of this production’s first revival at the Metropolitan Opera. To stage a successful production of Strauss’ “Elektra” is a monumental feat all its own, but to do it with such sophistication and finesse as the Metropolitan Opera’s Friday night performance is herculean. {…}

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Regula Mühlemann, Diana Damrau, Karita Mattila, & Christian Gerhaher Lead Wigmore Hall’s 2022-23 Autumn Season

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Wigmore Hall has announced details for its Autumn 2022 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Regula Mühlemann soprano and La Folia Barockorchester open the season with Cleopatra featuring music by Hasse, Vivaldi, Legrenzi, Graun, and Händel. Performance Date: Sept. 8, 2022 Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper perform a program of music by Coleridge-Taylor, G Mahler and Strauss. {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Malin Byström, Lise Davidsen, Ailyn Pérez, Juan Diego Flórez Headline Royal Opera House’s 2022-23 Season

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The Royal Opera House has announced its 2022-23 season which will feature 20 new productions, nine world premieres, and three UK premieres. Our focus will be solely on the operatic productions the company will be showcasing. The season opens with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in a production by Kasper Holten. Constantin Trinks conducts a cast starring Luca Micheletti, Christopher Maltman, Maria {…}

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English National Opera 2021-22: The Cunning Little Vixen

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Photo: © CLIVE BARDA/ArenaPAL Opening night was delayed due to a storm – very on brand for Leoš Janáček, though perhaps more apt for “Kat’a Kabanova” – so nature very much had the upper hand when this new production of “The Cunning Little Vixen” opened at the London Coliseum on Sunday. Director Jamie Manton has previously made an impact with {…}

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Lowell House Opera to World Premiere ‘NIGHTTOWN’

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Lowell House Opera is set to world premiere “NIGHTTOWN” at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater at Memorial Hall on March 10 -12 at 7:30 p.m. This story focuses on chapters 15 and 18 of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and pulls from the book’s roots in Homer’s “Odyssey.” Lowell House Opera’s Executive Producer and Stage Director says the work is a “contemporary opera {…}

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English National Opera to Present New Production of ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’

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The English National Opera is set to present a new production Janáček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen.” The production, which opens on Feb. 18, will be directed by Jamie Manton, who noted, “I am delighted to be back at the ENO, directing this sensational opera alongside the most exciting collective of talent. This piece couldn’t be more timely, capturing what it {…}

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UPDATED: Longborough Festival Opera Announces 2022 Season

Asmik Grigorian, Jessica Pratt, Corinne Winters, Bianca Andrew, Zanda Svede Headline Oper Frankfurt’s 2022-23 Season

Adam Smith, Danielle de Niese, John Relyea & Sean Panikkar Lead English National Opera’s 2022-23 Season

Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Elektra

Regula Mühlemann, Diana Damrau, Karita Mattila, & Christian Gerhaher Lead Wigmore Hall’s 2022-23 Autumn Season

Jonas Kaufmann, Malin Byström, Lise Davidsen, Ailyn Pérez, Juan Diego Flórez Headline Royal Opera House’s 2022-23 Season

English National Opera 2021-22: The Cunning Little Vixen

Lowell House Opera to World Premiere ‘NIGHTTOWN’

English National Opera to Present New Production of ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’