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Artist of the Week, Interviews, Special Features, Stage Spotlight

Artist of the Week: Kathryn Lewek

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This week the Salzburg Festival opens a new production of “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” with an all-star cast that includes some of the best performers of the work. Among them is Kathryn Lewek, who will be taking on the challenge of portraying all four heroines, something that has always been seen as rare and complex. In preparation for the roles, Lewek {…}

News, Streaming

Stage + to Stream ‘Les Contes D’Hoffmann’ with Benjamin Bernheim & Kathryn Lewek

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Deutsche Grammophon’s Stage + is set to present Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” from the Salzburg Festival. The stream will be presented on August 24, 2024, and will star tenor Benjamin Bernheim in his signature role as Hoffmann. Kate Lindsey, Kathryn Lewek, and Christian Van Horn will join him. Marc Minkowski will conduct the production by Mariame Clément. The stream is {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Carnegie Hall 2023-24 Review: The Met Opera Orchestra’s ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’

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On June 14, 2024, the Metropolitan Opera presented its second program to its Carnegie Hall series which is set to go on tour later this month. The program combined the works of Wagner, Debussy, and Bartók. The result was an uneven opening half and a second half that was perhaps one of the best operatic performances of the entire Met {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opéra National de Paris 2024 Review: Don Quichotte

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(Photo credit: Emilie Brouchon / Opéra national de Paris) I’ve been told that one reads “Don Quichotte” three times in life: in one’s twenties to laugh, in one’s forties to think, and in one’s sixties to cry. This saddening saying reflects the multivocal quality of the Chevalier of La Mancha’s myth: painfully delusional and carnally human, his hallucinatory deeds are {…}

News

Pretty Yende, Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez, Allan Clayton, Lise Davidsen, & Lisette Oropesa Lead Royal Opera House’s 2024-25 Season

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The Royal Opera House has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the season. Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” will open the season with a cast that includes Luca Micheletti, Ying Fang, Huw Montague Rendall, Jacquelyn Stucker, and Ginger Costa-Jackson. Performance Dates: Sept. 2-15, 2024 Verdi’s “La Traviata” will feature two casts. The first cast will be headlined {…}

Business, News

Opus 3 Artists Teams Up With Lamling Group for New Partnership

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Opus 3 Artists is teaming up with Lamling Group for a new creative alliance aimed at creating a unique business model in the classical music world. “I’m thrilled about this new alliance with my longtime colleagues at Opus 3,” said Lamling Group Founder and Principal Amy Lam in an official press statement. “Innovative thinking is what got our field through {…}

News

Benjamin Bernheim, Lisette Oropesa, Ludovic Tézier & Asmik Grigorian Lead Opéra de Paris’ 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Verdi’s “Falstaff” opens the season with a cast that includes Ambrogio Maestri, Olivia Boen, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Andrei Kymach, Gregory Bonfatti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Iván Ayón-Rivas, and Federica Guida. Michael Schønwandt conducts the production by Dominique Pitoiset. Performance Dates: Sept. 10-30, 2024 Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will star Eleonora Buratto, Elena Stikhina, Aude {…}

News

Opéra de Paris Announces New Cast Change for ‘Don Quichotte’

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The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its production of “Don Quichotte.” The company said that Marianne Crebassa has withdrawn from the production for personal reasons. As a result, the role of La Belle Dulcinée will be played by Gaëlle Arquez. Arquez was originally set to sing “La Cenerentola” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu but was {…}

News

Lise Davidsen, Benjamin Bernheim, Freddie De Tommaso, Angel Blue, Piotr Beczala Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Live in HD Slate

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The Metropolitan Opera has its Live in HD series for the 2024-25 season. “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” opens the Live in HD season. The opera stars Benjamin Bernheim, Christian Van Horn, Clémentine Margaine, Pretty Yende, and Erin Morley. Marco Armiliato conducts. Screening Date: Oct. 5, 2024 Next up is “Grounded.” Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast starring Emily D’Angelo, Kirsten MacKinnon, Ben Bliss, {…}