Spoleto Festival Announces 2020 Season

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(Credit: Courtesy of Spoleto Festival) General Director Nigel Redden has announced the details of the 44th season of Spoleto Festival USA. The festival will feature a wide array of music, performances, screenings, talks and opera. For this article we have only concentrated on the vocal performances. Opera The festival will show the world premiere of “Omar” based on the life {…}

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Andrea Bocelli Announces Valentine’s Day Tour

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Andrea Bocelli is set to return to the United States for his annual Valentine’s Day performances. The acclaimed tenor will return to the U.S. for concerts in four select cities. The tour will kick off on Feb. 7, 2020, at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC where Bocelli will be performing with the beloved Opera Carolina Orchestra & Chorus. He will {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez To Perform At Festival Castell Peralada

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Juan Diego Flórez and Gustavo Dudamel are set to appear at the Festival Castell Peralada. The festival announced that Flórez will perform a concert alongside Armenian soprano Ruzan Mantashyan in duets from French and Italian operas. Guillermo García Calvo will conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica del Vallès in a concert that is set for August 9, 2019. The night after, Dudamel will conduct the {…}

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Anita Rachvelishvili To Star In Metropolitan Opera’s Upcoming New ‘Aida’ Production

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Anita Rachvelshvili is set to star in Michael Mayer’s upcoming production of “Aida” at the Metropolitan Opera. The New York Times revealed in a new interview out this weekend that the mezzo soprano will star in the upcoming production set to for 2020. Rachvelshvili will once again join forces with Anna Netrebko, who is set for the title role. The {…}

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Carlos Alvarez, Saimir Pirgu & Irene Theorin Headline The New National Theatre, Tokyo’s 2018-19 Season

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The New National Theatre, Tokyo has announced its 2018-19 season featuring 10 operas, including four new productions. New Productions The season opens with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in a new production by William Kentridge originally showcased at La Monnaie and Aix-en Provence. Roland Boer conducts a cast that includes Sava Vemic, Steve Davislim, Yasui Yoko, and Hayashi Masako Performance Dates: {…}

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Q & A: Composer Daniel Thomas Davis on Creating ‘Family Secrets: Kith and Kin’ With 7 Librettists

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The year 2018 is shaping up to be a major one for composer Daniel Thomas Davis. On Feb. 15 and 16, he will witness the staged premiere of his 2015 opera “Family Secrets: Kith and Kin” and then, this weekend, his opera “Six. Twenty. Outrageous,” will also get its world premiere. The composer hails from North Carolina and has had {…}

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Weekend Preview – International (1/13-1/15): Daniela Fally and Juan Diego Florez Perform ‘La Sonnambula’ while Ludovic Tezier Gives a Recital

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This weekend many of the international opera houses are back in session and so are many of the stars. Juan Diego Florez will be in Vienna while Yonghoon Lee will be premiering Don Carlo in Munich. Renee Fleming, Anna Smirnova and Ludovic Tezier will also be performing Austria The Vienna State Opera kicks off its weekend with a star studded {…}

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Spoleto Festival Announces 2020 Season

Andrea Bocelli Announces Valentine’s Day Tour

Juan Diego Flórez To Perform At Festival Castell Peralada

Anita Rachvelishvili To Star In Metropolitan Opera’s Upcoming New ‘Aida’ Production

Carlos Alvarez, Saimir Pirgu & Irene Theorin Headline The New National Theatre, Tokyo’s 2018-19 Season

Q & A: Composer Daniel Thomas Davis on Creating ‘Family Secrets: Kith and Kin’ With 7 Librettists

Weekend Preview – International (1/13-1/15): Daniela Fally and Juan Diego Florez Perform ‘La Sonnambula’ while Ludovic Tezier Gives a Recital