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Elza van den Heever & Diana Damrau Lead Easter Festival Baden-Baden’s 2023 Season

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The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden has announced its 2023 Easter Festival Baden-Baden. The festival will present a production of R. Strauss’ “Die Frau ohne Schatten” directed by Lydia Steier. The production will star Clay Hilley, Elza van den Heever, Michaela Schuster, Wolfgang Koch, and Iréne Theorin. Kirill Petrenko will lead the Berliner Philharmoniker. Performance Dates: April 1-9, 2023 Kirill Petrenko conducts Diana {…}

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Ermonela Jaho, Barbara Hannigan & Asmik Grigorian Film ‘Fuoco Sacro’ Opening in Germany

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(Credit: PARS Media) On April 21, a new film “Fuoco Sacro” will be released in Germany. The film by Jan Schmidt-Garre takes a look at a day in the life of such singers as Ermonela Jaho, Barbara Hannigan, and Asmik Grigorian. It explores what they do, how they do it, and what it does to us. The film observes the {…}

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2022 Europakonzert to be Held in Latvia Instead of Ukraine

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(Credit: Karlis Volkovskis) The Berliner Philharmoniker will perform the annual Europakonzert in Latvia instead of Ukraine. The orchestra said, “This year’s concert celebrating the orchestra’s 140th anniversary was originally scheduled to take place at the Odesa National Academic Opera. Due to the attack on Ukraine, another venue has had to be found.” “The Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko {…}

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Berlin Philharmonic Announces Cast Change for ‘The Queen of Spade’ Performances

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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced a cast change for its upcoming performances of “The Queen of Spades.” The company noted that “due to ill health, Asmik Grigorian has to cancel her participation in the opera performances of Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Queen of Spades’ with the Berliner Philharmonic conducted by Kirill Petrenko at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on 9, 12, 15 and 18 {…}

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Artists Condemn War & Show Solidarity with Ukraine

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Following the attack against Ukraine by the Russian government on Feb. 23, 2022, several Russian and Ukrainian artists are voicing their support for Ukraine and asking for peace. Russian soprano Olga Peretyatko took to social media and posted a picture against war and said, “God, how can I stop this?” Russian Tenor Maxim Mironov also took to his social media {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Rebeka, Javier Camarena Among Winners of International Classical Music Awards 2022

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The International Classical Music Awards has announced the winners of its 2022 awards, comprised of a body of artists from across the globe. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on the operatic winners, with a full list of recipients on the company’s website. In the category of opera, this year’s winner is Prima Classic’s recording of Bellini’s {…}

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Asmik Grigorian Replaces Sonya Yoncheva in Berliner Philharmoniker’s ‘Iolanta’

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(Credit: Algirdas Bakas) The Berliner Philharmoniker has announced that soprano Sonya Yoncheva has canceled her participation in the title role in Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” for concert performances of the opera on Jan. 12, 14 & 15, 2022 due to flu. As a result, soprano Asmik Grigorian will take over the role, making her Berliner Philharmoniker house debut. Grigorian joins a cast {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Christian Gerhaher & Michael Spyres Lead Presto Music’s 2021 Awards Winners

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(Credit: Presto Music official website) Presto Music has announced its 2021 awards. Tenor Michael Spyres was awarded for the CD “BariTenor” on the Erato label. The album ranges wide, encompassing repertoire normally assigned to both tenors and baritones. Programming 18 arias by 15 composers, it covers three centuries of opera in Italian, French and German. Marko Letonja conducts the Orchestre {…}

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Criticism on Fridays: The Societal Problems Jonas Kaufmann’s ‘Tristan’ Revealed

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(Photo C.W. Hoesl) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most essential topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. It comes to everyone in a different way. The inner voice, friend’s suggestion, family talk, and the therapist session, but in recent years, we all slowly accepted {…}