Francesco Meli, Nicola Alaimo & Olivier Assayas Highlight Opéra De Lyons’ 2019-20 Season

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The Opéra de Lyon has announced its 2019-20 season featuring some of the greatest stars in the world and a number of new productions of some of the great masterworks in the world. Nicola Alaimo takes on Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” with Daniele Rustioni conducting a production by Tobia Kratzer. The cast also includes Enkeledja Shkoza, Jennifer Courcier, John Osborn, Jean Teitgen, and Jane Archibald. Performance {…}

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The Best Performances of the Met Opera’s 2018-19 Season

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Another big season at the Metropolitan Opera has come and gone. The 2018-19 was a rather fascinating one from a repertory perspective, offering up a wide range of music from some of the greatest composers. The year wound up being a mixed bag of sorts from a quality standpoint with the best performances arguably taking place once the calendar turned {…}

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Interview: ‘Leading Ladies Liberated’ Puts Focus On Groundbreaking Women From Opera’s Golden Age

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“We want to make this music—these composers—part of the standard repertoire. Events like this shouldn’t be rare,” stated soprano Nicole Leone in a recent interview with OperaWire. Leone’s simple statement refers to the challenge of increasing the prominence of female composers in music programming, and she is doing her part. Together with Randi Marrazzo, her voice teacher from Temple University, {…}

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Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova & René Pape Headline Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2019-20 Season

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(Credit: Sven Helge Czichy) The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring seven new productions and a number of stars. Here is a look at what the season will offer. New Production Patrick Lange conducts a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” by Uwe Eric Laufenberg. Lena Belkina stars in the title role with tenors Sebastien Gueze, Aaron Cawley, and {…}

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Piotr Beczala, Vivica Genaux & Marlis Petersen Headline Theater An Der Wien

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2019-20 season featuring numerous rarely performed works, concert operas and a number of new productions. Opera Productions David Afkham conducts Amélie Niermeyer’s new production of Dvorak’s “Rusalka.” Maria Bengtsson sings the title role alongside Ladislav Elgr, Günther Groissböck, Natascha Petrinsky, and Kate Aldrich. Performance Dates: Sept. 19 – 30, 2019 Stefan Gottfried conducts Sam Brown’s production of Mozart’s {…}

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Opera Parallèle 2019-19 Review: Today It Rains

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Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly Reed’s “Today It Rains,” Opera Parallèle’s Chamber Opera train trip with Georgia O’Keeffe, premiered in San Francisco with a lot of hoopla. From New York’s Penn Station to Santa Fe’s Lamy Station, a journey from romance with heartache to open sky and liberation, the company offered a fresh take on some of O’Keeffe’s artistic {…}

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Plácido Domingo, Marina Rebeka & Kate Lindsey Among Stars Featured At Wiener Staatsoper’s 2019-20 Season

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The Vienna State Opera has announced its 2019-20 season, which includes six new productions and a whopping 58 operas overall. There are also a plethora of concert performances as well featuring some of the greatest opera stars on the planet. New Productions The new season kicks off with a new production of Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Directed by Irina {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann & Genia Kühmeier Highlight Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2019-20 Season

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The Boston Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of choral pieces, operatic performances and great singers. For this article we are only putting emphasis on the choral and vocal performances. Andris Nelsons conducts the opening night performance of in a program that includes Poulenc’s Concerto in D minor for two pianos and orchestra, Beethoven’s Fantasy in C {…}

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Watch Corinne Winters in ‘La Juive’ From Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Via OperaVision

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OperaVision will present the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s production of Halévy’s “La Juive” on April 6, 2019. Roy Cornelius Smith will star as Éléazar with Corinne Winters taking on the role of Rachel. Other cast members include Enea Scala, Nicole Chevalier, Riccardo Zanellato, and Leon Kosavic. Antonino Fogliani conducts. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s around 2 {…}

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Francesco Meli, Nicola Alaimo & Olivier Assayas Highlight Opéra De Lyons’ 2019-20 Season

The Best Performances of the Met Opera’s 2018-19 Season

Interview: ‘Leading Ladies Liberated’ Puts Focus On Groundbreaking Women From Opera’s Golden Age

Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova & René Pape Headline Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2019-20 Season

Piotr Beczala, Vivica Genaux & Marlis Petersen Headline Theater An Der Wien

Opera Parallèle 2019-19 Review: Today It Rains

Plácido Domingo, Marina Rebeka & Kate Lindsey Among Stars Featured At Wiener Staatsoper’s 2019-20 Season

Jonas Kaufmann & Genia Kühmeier Highlight Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2019-20 Season

Watch Corinne Winters in ‘La Juive’ From Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Via OperaVision