Top 5 Operas to See This Season at the Metropolitan Opera

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The Metropolitan Opera season is only one week away and with a new season comes anticipated new productions and revivals and will showcase some of the world’s best singers. So without further ado here are OperaWire’s most anticipated productions of the 2024-25 season. Ainadamar As listed in the 10 operas to see this fall, the Osvaldo Golijov is one of {…}

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Operalia Competition Announces 2024 Semi-Finalists

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The Operalia Competition has announced the semi-finalists for the 2024 competition. The Semi-finalists in Opera are: Nurgalym Amanbay, tenor, Kazakhstan Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand Le Bu, bass-baritone, China Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia Lilit Davtyan, soprano, Armenia Elmina Hasan, mezzo-soprano, Azerbaijan Liam James Karai, bass-baritone, UK/India Elmira Karakhanova, soprano, Russia Geonho Lee, baritone, South Korea Jack Lee, baritone, UK Gabriela {…}

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Aleksandra Kurzak, Sondra Ravdanovsky & Lise Davidsen Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Tosca’ Revival

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(Credit: Karen Almond/Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present Puccini’s “Tosca” for 13 performances. The production, which runs between Sept. 25 and Jan. 23, will feature three casts. The opening cast in September–October, will star soprano Aleksandra Kurzak in the title role alongside tenor SeokJong Baek and baritone George Gagnidze. Xian Zhang and Marco Armiliato conduct. OperaWire raved {…}

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‘The Game’ to Make World Premiere at Tête à Tête Opera Festival

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Elif Nur Karlidağ and Sam Redway’s new opera “The Game” is set to make its world premiere at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival. “The Game” is a short interdisciplinary stage work that blends opera, technology, and live gameplay to create an immersive experience for the audience. It is scored for four singers, silent actor, and fixed/live electronics. In the {…}

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The Dallas Opera Announces Free Community Events in Fall 2024

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The Dallas Opera has announced its fall 2024 lineup of free events. In addition to its free community events, The Dallas Opera is offering livestreams of mainstage performances as well as sessions of the Hart Institute for Women Conductors, and more on its YouTube channel. The annual People’s Choice concert features some of opera’s most recognizable tunes sung by soprano {…}

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Thomas Oliemans Leads Opera Zuid’s ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’

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Opera Zuid’s 2024-2025 season is set to begin with Béla Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle.” The one-act opera will showcase baritone Thomas Oliemans making his role debut as Bluebeard and mezzo-soprano Deirdre Angenent as Judith. Philzuid’s chief conductor Duncan Ward will conduct the production by Kenza Koutchoukali. “Bluebeard’s Castle” is a psychological thriller about the question of how much truth love can endure {…}

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3 Controversial Moments From Opera History

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(Credit: Marty Sohl) Throughout the entire history of opera, from its beginning in the Francophile 18th century to the American 21st, there have been numerous moments which stand out as having been controversial of their time and controversial even today due to the contentious nature of the events. If one looks to contemporary issues like Anna Netrebko’s alleged blackface while {…}

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Opera Lafayette Announces 204-25 Season

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Opera Lafayette announces its 30th anniversary season. Soprano Amel Brahim-Djelloul performs in the Ensemble Amedyez and and Kalanidhi Dance in the opening event, “RE|CLAIM.” Performance Dates: October 21, 22, & 24, 2024 “RE | STORE” events are centered around Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane.” The cast features sopranos Mary Elizabeth Williams and Lindsey Reynolds, tenor Chauncey Packer, baritone Joshua Conyers, bass-baritone Jonathan {…}

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Alter Ego Chamber Opera to Present ‘Of Fiercer Origins: An Operatic Double Bill’

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Alter Ego Chamber Opera will present “Of Fiercer Origins: An Operatic Double Bill” as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. The double bill which includes “A Pregnant Pause” and two world premieres based on poems by Adrienne Rich, will take place on Sept. 27, 28, and 29, 2024. “A Pregnant Pause” is composed by Garth Baxter with a libretto by {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Season at the Metropolitan Opera

Operalia Competition Announces 2024 Semi-Finalists

Aleksandra Kurzak, Sondra Ravdanovsky & Lise Davidsen Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Tosca’ Revival

‘The Game’ to Make World Premiere at Tête à Tête Opera Festival

The Dallas Opera Announces Free Community Events in Fall 2024

Thomas Oliemans Leads Opera Zuid’s ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’

3 Controversial Moments From Opera History

Opera Lafayette Announces 204-25 Season

Alter Ego Chamber Opera to Present ‘Of Fiercer Origins: An Operatic Double Bill’