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Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczala & Sarah Connolly Highlight Staatskapelle Dresden’s 2022-23 Season

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The Staatskapelle Dresden has announced its 2022-23 season with many vocal highlights. Here is a look. Philippe Herreweghe conducts Dorothee Mields, Sophie Harmsen, Alex Potter, Reinoud Van Mechelen, and Krešimir Stražanac in Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Performance Dates: Feb. 13 & 14, 2023 Christian Thielemann and Diana Damrau team up for an evening of Richard Strauss. Performance Dates: April {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Piotr Beczala, Juan Diego Flórez & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Arena di Verona’s 2023 Season

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The Fondazione Arena di Verona has announced its 2023 season, which will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Arena Opera Festival. To celebrate the occasion, the festival will present 50 unrepeatable performances in under three months. The season will open with Verdi’s “Aida” in a new production by Stefano Poda. Marco Armiliato and Daniel Oren conduct a cast that includes {…}

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Quinn Kelsey & Piotr Beczala Headline Metropolitan Opera’s New Production of ‘Rigoletto’

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) On Dec. 31, 2021, the Metropolitan Opera will ring in the new year with a new production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The production which is set to be shown nine times and will be directed by Bartlett Sher with set designs by Michael Yeargan, costume designs Catherine Zuber, and lighting designs by Donald Holder. The {…}

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Pretty Yende & Piotr Beczala Lead Bastille Day Concert de Paris

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On July 14 the Orchestre national de France, the Chœur, and the Maîtrise de Radio France will celebrate Bastille Day with the annual Concert de Paris at the Eiffel Tower. This year, the concert will feature Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Clémentine Margaine, Pretty Yende, and tenor Piotr Beczała alongside violinist Renaud Capuçon and musician Ibrahim Maalouf. Simone Young conducts the celebration. The {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez, Piotr Beczala & Nino Machaidze Highlight Wiener Staatsoper’s Weekly Streams

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its latest week of streams featuring a number of classic works and recent performances. Here is a look at the week. Juan Diego Flórez, Margarita Gritskova, Rafael Fingerlos, and Paolo Rumetz star in Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia“ from a 2019 performance. Evelino Pidò conducts. Streaming Date: April 22, 2021 Nino Machaidze, Juan Diego Flórez, {…}

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Pretty Yende, Juan Diego Flórez, Anita Rachvelishvili, & Piotr Beczala Lead Wiener Staatsoper Streaming Slate

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(Credit: Opera de Paris/Wiener Staatsoper) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a new week of streaming featuring recent live performances and classic productions. Here is a look. The week begins with a recent stream of “Carmen” with Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducting Calixto Bieito’s production. The opera stars Anita Rachvelishvili, Piotr Beczała, Erwin Schrott, and Vera-Lotte Boecker. Streaming Date: March 1, 2021 Verdi’s “Otello” {…}

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Isabel Leonard, Tomasz Konieczny, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Piotr Beczala headline Wiener Staatsoper’s Streaming Week

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced this week’s streaming series. The week begins with Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” from 2018 starring Isabel Leonard, Maxim Mironov, Alessio Arduini, and Luca Pisaroni. Streaming Date: Jan. 5, 2021 Dvořák’s “Rusalka” follows with Tomáš Hanus conducting the production from 2020. The opera stars Piotr Beczała, Olga Bezsmertna, Jongmin Park, Elena Zhidkova, and Monika Bohinec. Streaming Date: Jan. {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez, Erin Morley, Piotr Beczala Headline Vienna State Opera’s Streaming Lineup This Week

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The Vienna State Opera has announced its latest streaming options for this week. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on operas. Things kick off with Bellini’s “La Sonnambula” in a production by Marco Arturo Marelli. Juan Diego Florez, Daniela Fally, Luca Pisaroni, and Maria Nazarova star. Streaming Date: Dec. 22, 2020  After Christmas, audiences will {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Piotr Beczala, Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak Headline Vienna State Opera’s Streaming Options This Week

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The Vienna State Opera has announced its streaming options over the next week. Here is a full rundown of what audiences can check out on the company’s official streaming platform. The week kicks off with Henze’s “Das Verratene Meer” in a live performance. Simone Young conducts a cast that includes Vera-Lotte Boecker, Bo Skovhus, Josh Lovell, Erik Van Heyningen, Kangmin {…}