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John Osborn, Olga Peretyatko, Anna Goryachova & Alex Esposito Headline Rai5 Broadcasts for Next Week

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(Credits: Matilde Fasso / © DR / Deutsche Oper am Rhein official website / Opus 3 Artists official website) Italian television channel Rai5 has announced broadcasts for the week of Jan. 11 – Jan. 15, 2021. First up will be a production of Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore” with Mariangela Sicilia, John Osborn, Iurii Samoilov, Alex Esposito and Francesca Benitez.  Francesco Lanzillotta {…}

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Teatro Filarmonico To Stream Concert Honoring Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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(Credit: Fondazione Arena di Verona official website) The Teatro Filarmonico in Italy has announced that it will broadcast a series of events in collaboration with the Municipality of Verona, the Cariverona Foundation and the Verona Philharmonic Academy. The concerts focus on the relationship between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the city of Verona as their central theme. “Mozart, from Austria to {…}

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Oper Leipzig To Livestream ‘Il Trovatore’ on New Year Eve

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(Image source: Oper Leipzig TV / YouTube) Oper Leipzig has announced that it will stream a shortened adapted version of Verdi’s operatic masterpiece “Il Trovatore” on Dec. 31, 2020 at 5 p.m. CET. The opera will star Roberta Mantegna as Leonora, Dario Solari as Conte di Luna, Gaston Rivero in the role of Manrico, Marina Prudenskaya as Azucena, Sandra Maxheimer {…}

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Spotlight Artists Management Streams Christmas Concert 2020

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Spotlight Artists Management has released its Christmas Concert 2020 for online viewing via the company’s official YouTube channel. The performance which took place on Dec. 12, featured performances by soprano Zoya Gramagin, soprano Dilara Unsal, soprano Nozomi Yoshuda, mezzo-soprano Eugenia Forteza, baritone Billy Huyler, and pianist Alexander Chaplinsky. The showcase included music by Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, and a number {…}

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Academy of Vocal Arts Announces Russian Romances Recital

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The Academy of Vocal Arts has announced its annual Russian Romances Recital, scheduled for Dec. 12, 2020. The event, which will be aired via the institution’s official YouTube channel starting at 7:30 p.m. EST, will feature a number of major Russian hits led by vocal coach Ghenady Meirson, who is the program’s music director and pianist. Tenor Shawn Roth will {…}

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Alexandra Nowakowski & Hannah Ludwig to Present Online Recital

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Alumnae of the Academy of Vocal Arts Alexandra Nowakowski and Hannah Ludwig are set to perform a second livestream-only recital. The pre-recorded recital will air on Dec. 4, 2020 at 6 p.m. on YouTube Premiere. The “Music, Unite Us” program features works by Rossini, Rachmaninoff, Bernstein, and more. The recital was filmed before the city of Philadelphia entered new lockdown {…}

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Zachary James, Maria Maksakova, & Bryan Murray Headline Talents of the World’s Online International Music Festival

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Talents of the World has announced the lineup for its 3rd International Music Festival. Normally held at Carnegie Hall, this year’s festival will instead be presented virtually, and will feature a number of renowned and emerging artists. The festival will open on December 12 with “Classical Christmas with the Stars,” a program of arias, duets, and ensemble numbers that celebrate {…}

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Ópera de Tenerife Confirms ‘Lucrezia Borgia’ with Yolanda Auyanet

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Ópera de Tenerife has confirmed performances of Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia.” The Spanish theater announced that opera will be performed on Nov. 24, 26, and 28, 2020 after being postponed back in March due to the pandemic. The opera will be headed by Spanish soprano Yolanda Auyanet and will be a co-production with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, la Ópera de {…}

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Rhumi Maher, Kofi Hayford, Viktoriya Koreneva Launch Curio Arts

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Curio Arts launched an inaugural concert event on Oct. 25, 2020 at the Norwood Club in New York City. The organization was founded by Rhumi Maher, bass Kofi Hayford, and mezzo-soprano Viktoriya Koreneva in response to the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic presents to artists all over the city. “In this dire economic state, so many artists are struggling to fund {…}