Berlin Philharmonic Announces Cast Change For Verdi Requiem

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Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine has canceled the Verdi Requiem with the Berlin Philharmonic. The mezzo canceled the performance scheduled for Nov. 30, 2019 and as a result will be replaced by Annalisa Stroppa. The performance will mark Stroppa’s Berlin Philharmonic debut. The mezzo has performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Real, Teatro Carlo Felice, and Salzburg Easter Festival, among {…}

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The Shed 2019 Review: Verdi’s Messa di Requiem

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(Credit: Kate Glicksberg) The season’s final performance of the Verdi Requiem at the recently opened (and rather amazing) Hudson Yards Shed was something unexpectedly moving, with a very high emotional level. To be clear, this was not just some other Verdi Requiem. Let’s start with the venue itself. On this first visit, the Shed’s “McCourt” theater space appears grand, with {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann & Placido Domingo Highlight Royal Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Royal Opera House has announced its 2019-20 Season featuring some of the greatest singers in the world in 17 new productions of both ballet and opera. For this article, we will only focus on opera performances. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” opens the 2019-20 season with Erwin Schrott in the title role alongside Roberto Tagliavini, Malin Byström, Christine Rice. Daniel Behle, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Louise Alder, Lars Woldt, {…}

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Carmela Remigio & Salome Jicia Headline Donizetti 2019 Festival

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The Donizetti Festival has announced its 2019 lineup featuring three operas with star-studded casts. Roberto De Candia headlines a new project of Donizetti’s “Pietro il Grande” with Loriana Castellano, Paola Gardina, Francisco Brito, and Marco Filippo Romano. Rinaldo Alessandrini conducts Ondadurto Teatro – Marco Paciotti e Lorenzo Pasquali’s new production. Performance Dates: Nov. 15-Dec. 1, 2019 Jean-Luc Tingaud conducts the first-ever production of {…}

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Opera Rara Releases ‘L’Ange De Nisida’ With Joyce El-Khoury

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Opera Rara has released the world premiere recording of Donizetti’s “L’Ange de Nisida.” The new recording was taken from two concert performances of the work in July 2018 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with Opera Rara’s Artistic Director Sir Mark Elder leading the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in his ninth Donizetti title for the company. The new {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Diana Damrau & Jonas Kaufmann Headline Baden-Baden Festival’s 2019-20 Season

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The Baden-Baden Festival has announced its 2019-20 season with a number of great performers and concerts. For this article, we have only concentrated on vocal and opera events. here is a look. Fall Festival John Neumeier directs Gluck’s “Orfeo et Eurydice” with Alessandro de Marchi conducting. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-19, 2019 Dorothee Mields sings a program centered on Der Orpheus-Mythos {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury, Ermonela Jaho To Headline Upcoming Opera Rara Releases

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Opera Rara and Warner Classics are ramping up their partnership with a number of upcoming releases to follow up the collaboration on a recent recording of Rossini’s complete “Semiramide.” At a luncheon in New York City, the chief participants in the partnership, including conductor and Opera Rara musical director Sir Mark Elder, talked about the future plans, which included three {…}

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OperaVision 2017-18 Preview: Michael Fabiano Headlines ‘Il Corsaro’ From Valencia

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Opera Vision will start streaming Verdi’s “Il Corsaro” from the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia starting on April 8, 2018. The early Verdi opera will showcase Michael Fabiano alongside Kristina Mkhitaryan, Oksana Dyka, Vito Priante, and Evgeny Stavinsky. Fabio Biondi is conducting the opera and the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. The stream kicks off at 8 {…}

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Opéra de Toulon Names New Music Director

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Jurjan Hempel has been named music director of the Opéra de Toulon, starting next year. He will take over for Giuliano Carella, who has been in charge since 2003. The Dutch Maestro has a massive resume, working regularly with such ensembles as Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Symphony Orchestra of {…}

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Berlin Philharmonic Announces Cast Change For Verdi Requiem

The Shed 2019 Review: Verdi’s Messa di Requiem

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann & Placido Domingo Highlight Royal Opera’s 2019-20 Season

Carmela Remigio & Salome Jicia Headline Donizetti 2019 Festival

Opera Rara Releases ‘L’Ange De Nisida’ With Joyce El-Khoury

Sondra Radvanovsky, Diana Damrau & Jonas Kaufmann Headline Baden-Baden Festival’s 2019-20 Season

Joyce El-Khoury, Ermonela Jaho To Headline Upcoming Opera Rara Releases

OperaVision 2017-18 Preview: Michael Fabiano Headlines ‘Il Corsaro’ From Valencia

Opéra de Toulon Names New Music Director