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Teatro Real, Lise Davidsen, & Javier Camarena Win Top Awards at 2021 Opera Awards

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The International Opera Awards have announced its 2021 winners with Teatro Real, Robert Carsen, Lise Davidsen and Javier Camarena taking top awards. The Teatro Real took home the top award for Opera Company of the year. The company was one of the few companies in the world to continue performing throughout the pandemic and produced the historical production of “La {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva & Asmik Grigorian Headline Osterfestspiele Baden Baden’s 2022 Festival

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The Osterfestspiele Baden Baden has announced its 2022 season. For this article, we will highlight the operatic and vocal performances of the season. The festival will open with a production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” directed by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier. Kirill Petrenko conducts the production starring Asmik Grigorian, Arsen Soghomonyan, Doris Soffel, and Vladislav Sulimsky. Performance Dates: {…}

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Bayerische Staatsoper Launches New Record Label

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced the launch of a new record label entitled Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings. The company will launch its label in May 2021 in order to document the company’s excellence, versatility, and tradition. The first album to be launched by the label will be Kirill Petrenko and the Bayerische Staatsorchester’s performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 7. The recording {…}

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Olga Peretyatko & Vladislav Sulimsky Headlines ‘Mazeppa’ Stream from Berlin

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) The Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Kirill Petrenko will present Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa” on May 15, 2021. The performance, which was originally scheduled for Easter at the Festspielhaus Baden Baden and later rescheduled for May 6 and 9 and later canceled, will star Vladislav Sulimsky as Mazeppa, Olga Peretyatko, Vitalij Kowaljow, Oksana Volkova, Dmitry Golovnin, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Anton Rositskiy, {…}

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Baden Baden Festspielhaus Cancels Osterfestspiele & Whitsun Festivals

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The Baden Baden Festspielhaus has announced that its annual Osterfestspiele Baden-Baden and its Whitsun Festival have been canceled due to extended COVID-19 restrictions. The German festival was expected to open reopen in early May and had rescheduled an originally planned production of Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa” in concert form. The work was supposed to be performed twice and feature the Berlin Philharmonic {…}

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Christian Gerhaher & Magdalena Kožená Highlight Broadcast of ‘St Matthew Passion’ From Berlin Philharmonic

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(Credits: Sony/ Gregor Hohenberg / Oleg Rostovtsev) The Berlin Philharmonic has announced that it will unlock its Digital Concert Hall in order to broadcast the presentation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St Matthew Passion,” BWV 244. The performance was filmed on April 11, 2010, and stars baritone Christian Gerhaher, mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, soprano Camilla Tilling, tenor Mark Padmore, tenor Topi Lehtipuu, {…}

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Osterfestspiele Baden-Baden Announces Reimagined Festival

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The Baden Baden Festspielhaus has announced that its annual Osterfestspiele Baden-Baden has been shortened due to COVID-19 restrictions. The German festival will now be held from May 6 to 9 and will present an originally planned production of Tchaikovsky’s “Mazeppa” in concert form. The work will be performed twice and will feature the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Kirill Petrenko. The {…}

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International Opera Awards Announces 2021 Award Ceremony Date

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The organization leading the International Opera Awards has announced a date for its 2021 award ceremony. The awards ceremony will take place online on May 10 after the planned 2020 live ceremony was canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. The virtual event will see the announcement of the 2020 winners and will pay tribute to the resilience of the opera industry {…}

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Michael Spyres, Ekaterina Semenchuk & Diana Damrau Lead Berlin Philharmonic Online Festival

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(Credits: © Marco Borrelli / OnP / © Alexey Kostromin / OnP / © Jiyan Chen) The Berlin Philharmonic Online Festival’s “The Golden Twenties” will be held from February 13 until February 27, 2021. For the purpose of this article, we will focus only on the vocal works. First up is Igor Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex.” The showcase will star Ekaterina {…}