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Opera Saratoga To Present World Premiere Of Ellen West In 2019 Season

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Opera Saratoga’s has announced its 2019 season featuring three operas that will be featured at the center of the company’s 2019 Summer Festival. The season, which will run from June 29 through July 14, 2019, is set to present two classics from the standard repertoire and one world premiere. Program The season will open with Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment” in a {…}

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David Bizic, Ginger Costa-Jackson & Marco Ciaponi Headline Opera De Toulon’s 2018-19 Season

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The Opera de Toulon has announced its 2018-19 season, featuring rarely performed works, modern operas and a number of classics. Here is a look at what the company will showcase next season. Productions  Francesco Landolfi stars in the title role of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with Marco Ciaponi and Mihaela Marcu. Daniel Montané conducts Elena Barbalich’s production. Performance Dates: Oct. 5-9, 2018 Anna Maria Sarra,  Yael Raanan-Vandor, Marco {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America (2/23-25): ‘The Daughter of the Regiment’ & Others Lead Weekend of Rare Operas

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This weekend is jampacked with rare operas to see. No joke. With one exception, the list consists of works you probably will struggle to find productions for at any given point a year from now. So strap in and find a way to watch these five shows. (List is in alphabetical order by company). Euridice – Cantanti Project The New {…}

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Jennifer Rowley, Tamara Mumford Lead Teatro Nuovo’s First-Ever Bel Canto Festival

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From July 28 through August 5, 2018, Teatro Nuovo, headed by Will Crutchfield, will be holding an inaugural festival at Purchase College titled “The Dawn of Romantic Opera.” The festival will perform two versions of Rossini’s “Tancredi,” as well as Mayr’s “Medea in Corinto,” in productions that will not only feature some of opera’s current stars, but will shine a {…}

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Everything You Need to Know About The Atlanta Opera’s 2017-18 Season

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With each passing week, the opera world gets the lates ton the 2017-18 season. The Atlanta Opera has joined the fray announcing the six operas that its audiences will get to clamor over between November 2017 and June 2018. The Flying Dutchman – Nov. 4, 7, 10, 12 (2017) Wagner’s early masterwork  gets a new production by the company’s General {…}

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Caramoor Festival 2017 Season: Angela Meade Celebrates The Festival’s 20th Anniversary Of Bel Canto At Caramoor In Bellini’s ‘Il Pirata’

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Caramoor has announced its 2017 summer festival program. The festival, which comprises seven summer weeks of opera, orchestral, chamber, jazz, world and American roots music, family programs, young artist showcases, and sound artwork, will celebrate its 20th anniversary of Bel Canto at Caramoor with five summer operatic offerings The program will include two offering with 2017’s Artist in-Residence Angela Meade. Meade will headline Caramoor’s opening-night opera gala with tenor Santiago {…}

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Ainhoa Arteta Receives Gran Cruz del Dos de Mayo

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Soprano Ainhoa Arteta has been awarded the Gran Cruz del Dos de Mayo. The award is the most valuable distinction given by the community of Madrid and is given to an individual or institution that has contributed to the political, economical, social, or cultural endeavors. Arteta will be given the award alongside musician Nacho Cano, historian Carmen Iglesias, and neurobiologist {…}

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Top 5 Performances To See This Weekend-International (11/24-26): Roberto Alagna & Barbara Frittoli Close Out Acclaimed Production

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As many companies start to prepare new productions, there are still a number of great choices with some of the world’s greatest singers. Here is a look at what we recommend as the top five to look out for this weekend. “Adriana Lecouvreur” – Opera Monte-Carlo, Monaco  For audiences interested in a new production of Cilea’s masterpiece, the Opera Monte {…}