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Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Singing Penguins – Composer Allen Shearer & Librettist Claudia Stevens on the Inspiration for ‘Prospero’s Island’

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“O brave new world that has such creativity in’t!’ “Prospero’s Island,” the forthcoming chamber opera by composer Allen Shearer and librettist Claudia Stevens, tells the tale. Ninth Planet, in co-production with InTandem, will present the world premiere at San Francisco’s Herbst Theater on March 25, 2023. It is to be performed by a cadre of young and exceptionally talented musical {…}

News

Peter Brathwaite, Nicky Spence, & Fleur Barron Among Stars Featured in Britten Pears Arts Fall 2022 Lineup

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Britten Pears Arts has announced its Autumn 2022 season that includes “The Blue Woman,” a new opera by Laura Bowler and Laura Lomas, a new production of “The Rape of Lucretia,” and Britten song cycles performed by opera stars. Here’s the lineup. Composer Laura Bowler and librettist Laura Lomas’ new opera, “The Blue Woman,” explores the aftermath of sexual violence, {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Building the Sorceress – Conductor David Bates & Mezzo-Soprano Madeleine Shaw on a New Approach to Purcell’s Iconic ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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Perhaps no other figure in the history of the baroque period was so transformative, productive, and instrumental in the development of England’s musical heritage than Henry Purcell. He was a composer whose legacy is, somewhat remarkably, both famous and forgotten the world round. Having been born into a musical family—beginning his musical career as a boy chorister at the Chapel {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Nacional de São Carlos 2021-22 Review: La Clemenza di Tito

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Opera performances resumed at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon earlier this year as Portugal’s handling of the pandemic was widely praised as possibly the best within the European Union. In Lisbon, ensembles large and small have begun filling up local church series, community performance spaces, and neighborhood stages, while fado singers have returned to smokey late-night bars {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Natalie Dessay, Roderick Williams & Sofia Fomina Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get a chance to hear a complete catalog of one of the great opera singers of our time. They will also get a chance to experience rarely performed works and the culmination of one of the most revered recitalist’s experiments. Here is a look. The Freischütz Project Erato releases highlights from Weber’s exhilarating, ground-breaking work in {…}

News

Lucia Ronchetti to Lead Biennale Musica, Venice

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Lucia Ronchetti has been appointed the Artistic Director of the Biennale Musica, Venice, and will be responsible for programming throughout the 2021-2024 editions. Ronchetti is a leading Italian composer whose opera “Inferno” is set to premiere at the Oper Frankfurt in 2021. Her chamber opera “Pinocchios Abenteur” is set to appear at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. She is also {…}

IndieOpera

Eric McKeever Launches ‘Arias @ Home’ Series

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Baritone Eric McKeever has launched a new concert series entitled “Arias @ Home.” The series will take place every Friday between Oct. 9-Nov. 27 with McKeever taking on some of his favorite arias by a wide range of composers including Verdi, Massenet, Wagner, Leoncavallo, Tchaikovsky, and African-American composer Darryl Nettles. McKeever will also share other performance content from his work {…}