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Medici.tv to Stream Vienna Philharmonic’s Summer Night Concert

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Medici.tv is is set to live broadcast the 2023 Vienna Philharmonic’s Summer Night Concert. Vienna Philharmonic and medici.tv will continue their global partnership, providing accessibility to the collaboration and streaming of the 2023 New Year’s Concert. This ongoing initiative aims to reach audiences in markets without television transmissions. The 2023 edition will feature maestro Yannick Nézert-Séguin for the first time {…}
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Gregory Dahl, Sandra Piques Eddy, Kirsten MacKinnon Headline Vancouver Opera’s 2023-24 Season

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Vancouver Opera has announced its 2023-24 season. “We are excited to present an incredible season of opera “classics” to expose our great art form to new audiences,” said Tom Wright, Vancouver Opera General Director, in an official press statement issued by the company. “Two of the operas have not been seen in over a decade and one has only been {…}
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Daniela Mack, Nicholas Phan & Michelle Bradley Lead Boston Baroque’s 2023-24 Season

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The Boston Baroque has announced its 2023-24 season featuring a number of vocal performances. The Boston Baroque opens its season with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 featuring Heidi Stober, Daniela Mack, William Burden, and Eric Owens. The program also includes the “Coriolan” Overture and Elegiac Song. Performance Dates: Oct. 13-15, 2023 The company will also perform Handel’s Messiah with Amanda Forsythe, {…}
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Nina Stemme & Lise Davidsen Lead Metropolitan Opera’s Revival of ‘Elektra’

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The Metropolitan Opera will revive R. Strauss’ “Elektra” in Patrice Chéreau’s celebrated staging. The production will return for six performances from April 1 to 20 and will star Nina Stemme in her acclaimed turn of the title role. The soprano will be joined by Lise Davidsen, making her role debut as Elektra’s sister Chrysothemis. It will mark her third Met production of {…}
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Christian Gerhaher Withdraws from Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Christian Gerhaher has canceled his Met debut as the Count in “Le Nozze di Figaro.” According to the Met, the baritone has been canceled due to a non-Covid-related illness. As a result, Adam Plachetka will sing the role of the Count from Jan. 8 through Jan. 28. The baritone previously performed the role at the {…}
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Q & A: MET Orchestra Members Barbara Jöstlein Currie & Julia Bruskin on the Orchestra’s Spotlight Series & the Current State of Organization

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The MET Orchestra, one of the greatest in the world, is in jeopardy. Read that again. The MET Orchestra, one of the greatest in the world, is in jeopardy. That’s not just an opinion. As reported in multiple news outlets, including this one, none other than the iconic conductor, Maestro Riccardo Muti, unequivocally stated just that. In his letter dated {…}
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Artist Profile: Mezzo Joyce DiDonato, A Modern Superstar

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Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is a true American superstar. Born on Feb. 13, 1969 in Prairie Village, Kansas, the mezzo initially headed to Wichita State University to study vocal education. However, she became more interested in singing and performing and upon graduating in 1992, she headed the Academy of Vocal Arts which she followed up with enrollment in the Santa Fe {…}
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Metropolitan Opera to Finally Showcase Opera By Jake Heggie in 2020

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The Metropolitan Opera will finally showcase an opera by Jake Heggie. Despite Heggie’s rise to operatic fame as a composer over the last decade, the Met has seemed to not notice. Until now. According to a picture in Opera Magazine taken by New York Times Reporter Zachary Woolfe, conductor Yannick Nézet Seguin will conduct “Dead Man Walking” as part of {…}

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