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Mary Bevan, Callum Thorpe & Anna Stéphany Highlight London Handel Festival 2020

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(Credit: Balthasar Denner) London Handel Festival will take place from March 5 to April 10, 2020, featuring number of vocal and orchestral works. The oratorio “Susanna” will feature Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Patrick Terry, Yaritza Véliz, April Koyejo-Audiger, Michael Mofidian, Andrés Presno, and Blaise Malaba. Patrick Milne will conduct the production by Isabelle Kettle. Performance Dates : March 5, 7, 11, 12 {…}
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Bejun Mehta, Julia Lezhneva & Lawrence Zazzo Highlight Internationale Händel Festspiele Göttingen 2020

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The Händel International Festival in Göttingen will open its doors on May 20 and it is set to run through June 1. Here is a look at what is on offer. “Rodelinda” HWV 19 will feature Christina Gansch, Christopher Lowrey, Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, William Berger, and Owen Willetts, with Laurence Cummings conducting. Performance Dates: May 20, 22, 23, 26, 31, June 1, {…}
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London Handel Festival Announces 2020 Slate

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The London Handel Festival has announced its 2020 programming. The festival opens with “Susanna,” performed at the Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre. Isabelle Kettle directs with Patrick Milne conducting. Masabene Cecilia Rangwanasha takes on the title role with Patrick Terry, Yaritz Véliz, April Koyejo-Audiger, Michael Mofidian, Andrés Presno, and Blaise Malaba. Performance Dates: March 5-14, 2020 The company will then {…}
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Tom Randle, Hilary Summers & Andrew Watts Lead Dartington International Summer School & Festival’s 2019 Season

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Dartington International Summer School & Festival has announced its 2019 concert program. The festival will take place from July 27 – August 24, 2019. In her fifth and final year as Artistic Director, Joanna MacGregor “is gifting Dartington audiences a personal and intimate series of performances” featuring composers and music that she has found “profoundly influential.” For the purposes of {…}
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Piotr Beczala, Juan Diego Flórez & Thomas Headline Opernhaus Zürich’s 2019-20 Season

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The Zurich Opera has announced its 2019-20 season which will feature a whopping 11 opera premieres and 17 opera revivals. Premieres  “The Makropulos Case” will be the first offering of the season with Evelyn Herlitzius starring as Emilia Marty. Other cast members will include Sam Furness, Kevin Conners, Deniz Uzun, Scott Hendricks, and Spencer Lang, among others. Dmitri Tcherniakov will direct while {…}
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Sophie Bevan, Hanna Hipp & Joshua Bloom Highlight Garsington Opera’s 30th Anniversary Season

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Garsington Opera has announced its 30th anniversary season, which is set to include four new productions – including a UK stage premiere of Offenbach’s little-known “Fantasio.” The season will run from May 29, 2019 through July 26, 2019. The season kicks off with Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride,” set in the English countryside. Natalya Romaniw stars as Mařenka, alongside Brenden Gunnell {…}
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Q & A: Meili Li On His Experience Creating The Title Role In The Immersive Opera ‘Orfeo’

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When Meili Li completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music, he became the first Chinese counter‐tenor to have received a conservatoire education. Since completing his studies, Li has gone on to perform a wide range of repertoire that includes Renaissance lute songs and vocal ensemble music to 20th and 21st-century contemporary operas and songs. He has also become one {…}
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Garsington Opera’s 2018-19 Season Will Feature Rare Offenbach & Monteverdi Works

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Garsington Opera has announced the schedule for its 2019 season, which will be the company’s 30th Anniversary celebration. The first production will Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride,” which will star Natalya Romaniw, Brenden Gunnell, Joshua Bloom, Stuart Jackson, Peter Savidge, Marie McLaughlin, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Anne-Marie Owens, and Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts. Jac van Steen conducts while Paul Curran directs. Performance Dates:  May 29, {…}
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Händel-Festspiele Göttingen Names New Artistic Director Starting In 2021-22

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George Petrou will be the new Artistic Director of the Händel-Festspiele Göttingen starting during the 2021-22 Festival. A baroque specialist, he was the preferred choice by Supervisory Board. Petrou initially started his career as a pianist but eventually became a conductor. He has been the Artistic Director of the Armonia Atenea and was also appointed a member of the Royal {…}

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