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Opéra de Versailles 2019-20 Review: Ercole Amante

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A Baroque opera with a goddess riding a flying pig and a sea-god in a submarine? These were just some of the unexpected combinations that you could see if you went to the Opéra de Versailles’ new production of “Ercole Amante.” This co-production of the Opéra National de Bordeaux and the Opéra Comique was performed five times in Paris where {…}

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Drottningholm Theater Announces 2020 Summer Season

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(Photo credit: Bengt Wanselius) The Drottningholms Slottstteater in Stockholm has announced its main production for the summer of 2020: a new staging of “Agrippina” by George Frideric Handel. The production will be from Swedish director Staffan Valdemar Holm. Francesco Corti , the acclaimed Italian harpsichordist who recently turned into a conductor, will lead Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra, which will play on {…}

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Jakub Józef Orliński Replaces Elizabeth DeShong In Glyndebourne Festival’s ‘Rinaldo’

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Elizabeth DeShong has canceled her participation in Glyndebourne Festival’s in Handel’s “Rinaldo.” The company announced that due to personal reasons the mezzo would not be able to perform in the production. As a result, Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński will replace DeShong in the title role. The countertenor, who was due to sing Eustazio in the production, will be replaced by {…}

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Anna Netrebko & Maria Guleghina & The Top 6 Operas To See This Weekend – International Edition

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This weekend will be dedicated to favorites with some of the biggest singers performing signature roles. Turandot – Teatro Colón, Argentina Maria Guleghina stars in the title role of Puccini’s final work. The soprano appears alongside Verónica Cangemi, Kristian Benedikt, and legendary bass James Morris. Christian Badea conducts. Les Huguenots – Semperoper Dresden, Germany Venera Gimadieva and Jennifer Rowley make their highly anticipated {…}

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Julia Bullock & Marc Laho Lead Opéra De Lille’s 2019-20 Season

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The Opéra de Lille has announced its 2019-20 season featuring a number of rare works and one of the great masterpieces of the canon. Purcell’s “The Indian Queen” opens the season with Anna Dennis, Tristan Hambleton, Hugo Hymas, Gareth John, Rowan Pierce, Nick Pritchard, Christopher Ettridge, Elisabeth Hopper, James McGregor, Julie Legrand, Ben Porter, and Jules Werner. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Guy Cassiers’ production. {…}

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Piotr Beczala, Vivica Genaux & Marlis Petersen Headline Theater An Der Wien

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2019-20 season featuring numerous rarely performed works, concert operas and a number of new productions. Opera Productions David Afkham conducts Amélie Niermeyer’s new production of Dvorak’s “Rusalka.” Maria Bengtsson sings the title role alongside Ladislav Elgr, Günther Groissböck, Natascha Petrinsky, and Kate Aldrich. Performance Dates: Sept. 19 – 30, 2019 Stefan Gottfried conducts Sam Brown’s production of Mozart’s {…}

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Tara Erraught, Mojca Erdmann, Christiane Karg Among Stars of Mozart Week 2020

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The Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg hosts Mozart Week annually on or around Mozart’s birthday (Jan. 27) in celebration of the composer’s contributions to the world of music. The lineup for Mozart Week 2020, which will be held Jan. 23 – Feb. 2, has been announced. For the purposes of this article, we will highlight vocal performances and anything else opera-related. The {…}

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Teatro alla Scala 2018-19 Review: La Finta Giardiniera

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In 1790 the Burgtheater in Vienna premiered “Così Fan Tutte,” Mozart’s well-known and regularly performed masterpiece about the fickleness of the human heart. Yet, 15 years earlier, aged only 18, Mozart wrote “La Finta Giardiniera,” another opera buffa which also tackled the theme of love, albeit from a different angle, focusing this time on the madness which love’s unrestrained passions {…}

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Marlis Petersen, Max Emanuel Cencic & Christophe Dumaux Headline Theater An Der Wien’s 2018-19 Season

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The Theater an der Wien has announced its 2018-19 season, featuring numerous operas by Weber, Handel, and Tchaikovsky. The season will include a number of productions, concert performances, recitals and chamber operas. Productions Marlis Petersen, David Hansen, Mirella Hagen, Katarina Bradić, Rainer Trost, Florian Köfler, and Tölzer Sängerknabe star in a production of Handel’s “Alcina.” Stefan Gottfried conducts Tatjana Gürbaca’s production. Performance {…}