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Baritone Christopher Maltman Signs with MWA Management

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Photo credit: Chris Singer The Grammy Award-winning baritone Christopher Maltman has signed with MWA Management. Maltman has appeared on stages worldwide, including the Royal Opera House, Salzburg Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and Teatro alla Scala in Milan, to name a few. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music, his breakthrough {…}

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Mezzo-Soprano Alice Coote Joins Talent Agency Intermusica

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Talent agency Intermusica has announced that mezzo-soprano Alice Coote will join its roster. Nicholas Moloney, Senior Artist Manager for Vocal and Opera will manage Coote. Coote is set to appear with such organizations as the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Salzburg, Berliner Festspiele, Festival Berlioz, and Opéra Royal (Château de Versailles). Next season she will perform at {…}

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Olga Peretyatko, Marina Rebeka & Regnald Mobley Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to see a Rossini work, a debut album and a rarely performed work. Boulder Bach Festival  Sono Luminus releases Boulder Bach Festival which includes works by J.S. Bach and his admired older contemporary Johann Christoph Bach that were recorded immediately following the festival week at the conclusion of the Boulder Bach Festival’s 41st year. The {…}

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Jessye Norman, Tim Mead & Carolyn Sampson Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get a chance to hear unreleased recordings from one of the legendary sopranos of our time. There will also be new solo albums, world premieres, and rarely performed operas. Decca Classics to Release Jessye Norman – The Unreleased Masters Decca releases unreleased recordings of legendary soprano Jessye Norman. The set includes an extraordinary performance of “Tristan {…}

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CD Review: Joseph Bologne’s “L’amant anonyme”

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The life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) reads like an operatic plot set in the decades between the heyday of the Ancien Régime and the interim years of the Directorate. It involved some of France’s most illustrious figures, including Marie-Antoinette, whom he frequented in Versailles after being famously denied the directorship at the Académie Royale de Musique. Similarly, {…}

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Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival 2023 Season Announcement

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The Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival released the lineup for its 33rd season. Friendship is the theme for this year’s program. For this article, we will only focus on opera-related events. The first of three rare operas to be performed is Andrea Bernasconi’s “L’Huomo.” Philipp Mathmann, Maria Ladurner, Francesca Benitez, Florian Götz, Alice Lackner, Simon Bode, Anna Herbst, and Johanna Rosa Falkinger {…}

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Renée Fleming, Amitai Pati & Ekaterina Bakanova Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week, one of the biggest divas releases a highly anticipated album. There is also a world premiere recording and a re-release of a classic recording. Psyché Château Versailles Spectacles will release Jean-Baptiste Lully’s work featuring a cast that includes Ambroisine Bré, Déborah Cachet, Bénédicte Tauran, Cyril Auvity, Eugénie Lefebvre, Robert Getchell, Zachary Wilder, Fabien Hyon, Philippe Estèphe, Anas Séguin, Matthieu Heim, {…}

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Carlos Álvarez, Lisette Oropesa, Maria Callas & Zachary James Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to hear a rare recording by Maria Callas, a cover album, two DVDs of popular composers, and a passion project for Ukraine. Han Gál: Complete Music for Voice, Volume Two Toccata Classics releases the second album of Han Gál’s choral music. The recording offers a vivid cross-section of music for chamber choir, featuring mixed voices, {…}

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Anousha Nazeri, André Schuen & Mozart Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week opera lovers will get to see new releases by up-and-coming singers, a rarely performed opera and not just one but two recordings of the same opera. Here is a look. The Arching Path  In a Circle Records releases composer Christopher Cerrone’s latest album, a follow-up to Cerrone’s 2019 GRAMMY-nominated “The Pieces that Fall to Earth.” The new album {…}