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New York Festival of Song Announces 2024-25 Season

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The New York Festival of Song announces its 2024-25 season. Adriana Stepien, Scott Rubén La Marca, Philip Stoddard, Katherine M. Carter, and Steven Blier lead NYFOS@North Fork. The concert at Poquatuck Hall will feature music by Strauss, Lehar, Kalman, Weill, Piazzolla, Mauri, Puccini, Kern, Sondheim, Messager, and Sorozabal. Performance Date: August 25, 2024 Steven Palacio, Blythe Gaissert, Britt Hewitt, and {…}

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Volksoper Wien Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres  Bizet’s “Carmen” will directed by Lotte de Beer and star Katia Ledoux, Wallis Giunta, Annelie Sophie Müller, Nikolai Schukoff, Jason Kim, Josef Wagner, Daniel Schmutzhard, Iulia Maria Dan, and Hedwig Ritter. Ben Glassberg, Alexander Joel, and Tobias Wögerer. Performance Dates: Sept. 21, 2024-May 28, 2025 Ella Milch-Sheriff’s “Alma” will star Annette Dasch, Annelie Sophie Müller, {…}

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OperaVision to Stream Eötvös’ ‘Valuska’

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OperaVision is set to stream the Hungarian State Opera’s production of Péter Eötvös’ “Valuska” starting on Jan. 19, 2024. The opera premiered at Eiffel Art Studios in December of 2023 and starred Zsolt Haja in the title role alongside Adrienn Miksch (Mrs Pflaum), Tünde Szabóki (Tünde), and András Hábetler (Professor). Kálmán Szennai conducted the production by director Bence Varga. “Valuska” {…}

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Marina Rebeka, Diana Damrau & Nino Machadize Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will experience albums from some of the top divas in the opera world as well as Christmas albums that will be great for the holiday season. Essence Marina Rebeka releases a new album on Prima Classic. The soprano sings a selection {…}

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Hungarian State Opera to World Premiere ‘Valuska’

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The Hungarian State Opera will present Péter Eötvös’ “Valuska” at the Eiffel Art Studios on Dec. 2, 2023. The world premiere opera was commissioned by the company in 2018 and represents the 13th opera composed by Eötvös. It is based on the novel “The Melancholy of Resistance” and centers on a traveling circus that arrives at a small town. Murder {…}

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Ausrine Stundyte, Sara Jakubiak, Elena Guseva, Brian Jagde, Chiara Isotton Headline Opéra de Lyon’s 2023-24 Season

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The Opéra de Lyon has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera The season kicks off with “Die Frau ohne Schatten” in a production by Mariusz Trelinski. Daniele Rustioni conducts a cast starring Sara Jakubiak, Josef Wagner, Ambur Braid, and Vincent Wolfsteiner. Performance Dates: Oct. 17 – 31, 2023 Daniele Rustioni conducts “Adriana Lecouvreur” with Elena Stikhina in the title role. The {…}

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Oper Graz Announces 2023-24 Season

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Oper Graz has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the productions and concerts.  Opera Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann“ will star Matthias Koziorowski, Anna Brull, Andżelika Wiśniewska, Tetiana Zhuravel, Tetiana Miyus , Sieglinde Feldhofer, Mareike Jankowski, and Petr Sokolov. Performance Date: Sept. 30, 2023-Jan. 6, 2024 Tobias Ribitzki directs Kurt Weill’s “Tom Sawyer” with Tom Schimon, Michael Heller, Euiyoung {…}

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Ermonela Jaho, Piotr Beczala, Cecilia Bartoli & Olga Peretyatko Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2023-24 Season

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The Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2023-24 season featuring more than 20 productions, concerts, and reictals. Ermonela Jaho stars in Puccini’s “La Rondine” with Sandra Hamaoui, Benjamin Bernheim, Juan Francisco Gatell, and Vladimir Stoyanov. Marco Armiliato conducts the production by Christof Loy. Performance Dates: Sept. 17-Oct. 28, 2023 Nahuel Di Pierro, Olga Peretyatko, Renato Girolami, Alasdair Kent, Pietro Spagnoli, and {…}

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Hungarian State Opera to Revive Ede Poldini’s Long-Lost ‘Love Adrift’

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The Hungarian State Opera has announced the premiere of a new production of Ede Poldini’s “Love Adrift.” The opera, which will return to the repertory on Feb. 19, 2022, will be presented at Eiffel Art Studios in a production by András Almási-Tóth with Szabolcs Sándor at the podium. The opera tells the tale of a bunch of strangers who end {…}