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Sonya Yoncheva, Valery Gergiev & Gerald Finley To Be Featured At The Philharmonie De Paris’s 2018-19 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2018-19 season filled with numerous concerts and operatic selections. The season will see a number of international stars and orchestras as guest artists to this important Parisian hall. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra continue their exploration of the Ring Cycle with “Siegfried.” The opera {…}

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BREAKING NEWS: Valery Gergiev To Conduct Verdi ‘Requiem’ In Memory Of Tupolev-154 Victims

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On Dec. 29, Valery Gergiev will lead the Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus, the Student Chorus of the Popov Academy of Choral Art and the State Academic Kozhevnikov Chorus of the Moscow Region at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Verdi’s “Requiem.” The soloists will include Tatiana Serjan (soprano), Yulia Matochkina (mezzo-soprano), Najmiddin Mavlyanov (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass). The company announced that the concert would “be dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Tupolev-154 air {…}

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Ekaterina Semenchuk to Appear in Recital at Palau de les Arts

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The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía will present a recital featuring mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk on April 14, 2024. The mezzo will be joined by pianist Semyon Skigin as they present works by Glinka and Mussorgsky. Per an official press statement Semencuk has called the first part a “Goodbye to St. Petersburg.” In the second half she performs “Songs and {…}

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Mariinsky Theatre to Hold Concert for Victims of Crocus City Hall

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The Mariinsky Theatre has announced that it will perform a concert for the victims of the Crocus City Hall tragedy. The company said that on March 27, Verdi’s Requiem will be played in the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre. The concert will honor the memory of “the victims of the terrible terror attack in Moscow.” Valery Gergiev will conduct {…}

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Elena Obraztsova Competition Announces Western Agencies in Jury

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Correction: A representative from the Teatro Massimo di Palermo will not be in attendance as part of the jury.  The Elena Obraztsova Singing Competition has announced the jury members for the 2024 edition which will take place between July 21 and 27, 2024. The competition, which is sponsored by Russia’s Minister of Culture, will see Larisa Gergieva, the Artistic Director {…}

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Ildar Abdrazakov Appears on List of Putin’s Reelection Supporters

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Ildar Abdrazakov has appeared on a list of Vladimir Putin’s supporters who nominated the president as an independent candidate for reelection. Per Reuters, according to Russian news agencies, “An initiative group made up of over 700 politicians and figures from the sporting and cultural worlds met on Saturday in Moscow and unanimously endorsed Putin’s nomination as an independent candidate.” In {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Tannhäuser

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(Credit; Evan Zimmerman) “No Opera on a Dead Planet.” In the middle of Act two of the opening night of “Tannhäuser” as Wolfram delivered his “Blick ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise,” specifically as he sang that “love is a spring to be drunk from,” an audience member started shouting from the rafters of the Met Opera auditorium. The first {…}

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Ferruccio Furlanetto to Perform at Mariinsky Theatre

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Ferruccio Furlanetto is set to return to the Mariinsky Theatre for two performances. The Italian bass will first perform on Nov. 19 at the VIII Russian National Opera Prize Onegin alongside Hibla Gerzmava, Maria Barakova, Inara Kozlovskaya, and Igor Golovatenko. Valery Gergiev will conduct the evening. Then on Nov. 20, 2023, he will perform “Don Carlo” with Irina Churilova and Valery Gergiev {…}