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Joyce DiDonato, Javier Camarena & Barbara Hannigan Highlight Palau de la Musica Catalana’s 2020-21 Season

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The Palau de la Musica Catalana has announced its 2020-21 season featuring some of the greatest singers and choruses in the world. For the purposes of this article, vocal performances are highlighted. Marta Mathéu, Gemma Coma-Alabert, David Alegret, and Joan Martín-Royo are joined by pianists Jordi Armengol and Francisco Poyato for a program of Brahms. Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2020 {…}
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Opera Stars & Their Families Join Forces to Support ‘Help Musicians’

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A number of major artists have joined forces to support Help Musicians. Led by director Thomas Guthrie, artists recorded a new arrangement of “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” to promote the fund, which is helping artists who have lost income due to the spread of COVID-19. Soloists included in the recording are Joelle Harvey, Alex Fletcher, Hazel Harvey-Fletcher, Osian {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Patricia Petibon & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Théâtre des Champs-Elysées’ 2020-21 Season

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(Credit:Javier del Real/© Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical/ Bernard Martinez) The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a vast array of programs and stars. Here are opera and vocal performance highlights of the season: Operas Handel’s Messiah is set to be directed by Robert Wilson with Marc Minkowski conducting. The cast includes Elena Tsallagova, Helena Rasker, Richard {…}
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Annette Dasch, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Sydney Mancasola Among Stars of Komische Oper Berlin 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Jan Windszus Photography, 3 D Art: Sven Windszus) Komische Oper Berlin has unveiled its 2020-21 season. The first new production of the year will be “Katya Kabanova” will be directed by Jetske Mijnssen and will star Maria Bengtsson, Maria Fiselier, Magnus Vigilius, and Doris Lamprech, among others. Giedre Sleyte conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 26, 2020 -June 30, 2021  Paul {…}
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Sonya Yoncheva, Joyce DiDonato & Diana Damrau Highlight Festspielhaus Baden Baden 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Jiyang Chen/Javier del Real/ Simon Pauly) The Festspielhaus Baden Baden has announced its 2020-21 season. For this article we will only highlight vocal performances. The season opens with Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra and “Bluebeard’s Castle.” Rinat Shaham and Gerald Finley star in the later with Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. Performance Date: Sept. 20, 2020 Benjamin {…}
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Pittsburgh Opera Unveils New Member of Board of Directors

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The Pittsburgh Opera has announced that Lydia Contis, M.D. will join its Board of Directors. Contis is a founding member and Executive Director of Imaging for Medical Cytometrix. She is also a board-certified hematopathologist who has worked in the Department of Pathology at UPMC Presbyterian. Other members of the Board of Directors include James R. Agras, Saad Aslam, David M. {…}
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Vienna State Opera to Offer Daily Live Streams From its Opera Archives

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Despite being closed for public performances, the Wiener Staatsoper has resolved to open up its streaming service to provide audiences with daily opera. Starting on Sunday, March 15, 2020, the company will start to stream operas from its archives for free on www.staatsoperlive.com. The online program is set to follow along with the same opera that audiences would have seen {…}
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Xabier Anduaga, Jeanine Tesori, Susanna Phillips Headline Mostly Mozart 2020

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The Mostly Mozart Festival has announced its 2020 festival. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. The season kicks off with “Divine Connection,” a world premiere staging of Mozart’s Requiem and works by Arvo Pärt. The performance will feature Sunhae Im, Daniela Mack, Matthew Swensen, Ryan Speedo Green, and the Choir of Trinity Wall {…}
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Chelsea Opera Group to Present Pizzetti Opera This March

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Chelsea Opera Group has announced that it will present Idlebrando Pizzetti’s “Murder in the Cathedral” on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Queen Elizabeth Hall. The opera, which features a libretto by the composer, will feature Sir John Tomlinson in the role of Archbishop Thomas Becket, in addition to Marc le Brocq, Christopher Turner, Matthew Durkan, Emyr Wyn Jones, David Ireland, Eleanor Dennis, and Harriet Williams. Martyn {…}

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