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Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opéra de Paris 2022-23 Review: Nixon in China

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Performing “Nixon in China” nowadays is a particularly hard task: in Paris, mountains of burning trash compete with the buildings; In the United States, a series of attacks on the arts and on intellectual freedom headlines newspapers; And most importantly, war is happening not so far away from France. John Adams and Alice Goodman’s “Nixon in China” addresses today’s realities {…}

Interviews

Q & A: Mary Bevan on Her Bayerische Staatsoper Debut in Cavalli’s ‘Calisto’

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Photo: Victoria Cadisch On Mar. 19, 2023, soprano Mary Bevan will make her Bayerische Staatsoper debut, singing the role of Calisto in Cavalli’s “La Calisto.” The opera’s libretto, written by Giovanni Faustini, is based on Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” (book two) and retells the myth of Calisto and Jupiter. Bevan’s repertoire is loaded with baroque, from Monteverdi to Gluck, with lots of Handel {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: The Hours

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SPOILER & CONTENT WARNING: There will be a lot of spoilers for the plot details of this opera. There are  also references to self-harm and suicide. In 2012, Kevin Puts’s “Silent Night” won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. And following that victory, the opera, which premiered in Minnesota in 2011, seemingly toured all over the country getting performances at Arizona {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

David Geffen Hall Opening Galas 2022-23 Review: The Journey & The Joy

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On October 26, 2022, Lincoln Center’s newly-renovated David Geffen Hall presented the first of its opening night galas, titled “The Journey.” The event was a momentous celebration of the music and history which has played so large a part through the numerous forms and iterations the hall has taken over the decades. The reinvented venue strikes a visually-appealing balance between {…}

News

Kennedy Center Announces 2022-23 Performances For Young People

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The Kennedy Center announced its performances for young people that will take place during the 2022-23 season. There will be a variety of events for families and children ages 5 and up. For this article, we will only focus on opera-related pieces. Composer of “Parable of the Sower: The Opera,” Toshi Reagon’s new piece “The Day You Begin” makes its world {…}

News

Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Marina Rebeka, Juan Diego Flórez & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2022-23 Season

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(Credit: Brescia Amisano / Teatro alla Scala) The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2022-23 Season featuring opera, recitals, and symphony concerts. Opera  The season opens with Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov.” The production will be directed by Kasper Holten and conducted by Riccardo Chailly. The work will star Ildar Abdrazakov, Lilly Jørstad, Anna Denisova, Agnieszka Rehlis, Norbert Ernst, Alexey Markov, Ain {…}

News, Streaming

Anna Netrebko, Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano, Luciano Pavarotti & Philip Glass Lead Week 58 & 59 of Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its next two weeks of streams, which include a plethora of famed opera stars, modern operas, and classic productions. The company will also showcase the streaming premiere of the 1984 telecast of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra,” starring Sherrill Milnes, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, and Vasile Moldoveanu and the 2000 telecast of Beethoven’s “Fidelio,” with Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Tenor Brian Giebler on ‘a lad’s love,’ Opera in Times of COVID,

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American singer Brian Giebler impresses with his light high-placed tenor and has established a career singing virtuosic and eclectic repertoire, focusing on Baroque and contemporary music, musical theatre, and new opera at once. An active crossover artist, dedicated to the changing landscape of new music, Giebler has performed with The English Concert, The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Baroque, Boston Early Music Festival, Grand Rapids {…}