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Theater Bonn Announces 2022-23 Season

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Germany’s Theater Bonn has announced its 2022-23 season. Here are the operatic productions this season. Kurt Weill’s “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” will star Susanne Blattert, Martin Koch, Giorgos Kanaris, Natalie Karl, Matthias Klink, Mark Morouse, and Tobias Schabel. Dirk Kaftan conducts the production by Volker Lösch. Performance Dates: Sept. 11, 2022-Jan. 7, 2023 Martin Mühle, Svetlana {…}
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Sondra Radvanovsky, J’Nai Bridges, Karita Mattila & Olga Busuioc Lead Canadian Opera Company’s 2022-23 Season

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The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven productions and a world premiere. The season kicks off with Richard Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” directed by Christopher Alden and stars Danish bass-baritone Johan Reuter. The cast also includes Marjorie Owens as Senta, Franz-Josef Selig, Miles Mykkanen, Christopher Ventris, and Rosie Aldridge. COC Music Director Johannes Debus leads the {…}
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Joyce DiDonato, Jamie Barton, Roderick Williams, Lucy Crowe Headline Saffron Hall’s Fall 2021-22 Season

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Saffron Hall in North Essex, U.K. has announced its 2021-22 season, which will feature some of opera’s greatest stars. “The past eighteen months have been challenging for everyone, but it’s a testament to Saffron Hall’s staff and supporters that we are able to announce such a such a line-up of great artists and ensembles. We have been open throughout the {…}
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Xabier Anduaga, Saioa Hernández, Sonya Yoncheva, Anna Netrebko & Michael Fabiano Lead Teatro Real de Madrid’s 2021-22 Season

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The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2021-22 season which will feature repertoire from 17th century all the way to the 21 century. Here is a look at the new season. The new season opens with Rossini’s “La Cenerentola“ in a production by Stefan Herheim. Riccardo Frizza conducts the opera which is set to star Karine Deshayes and Aigul {…}
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Natalya Romaniw, Toby Spence & Christine Rice To Feature In Garsington Opera’s 2020 Season

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The Garsington Opera has announced its 2020 season which will feature four staged operas including two repertory staples and two rarities. Here is a look. Verdi and Romani’s “Un giorno di regno” gets a new staging by Christopher Alden with Tobias Ringborg conducting. Richard Burkhard, Henry Waddington, Christine Rice, Siobhan Stagg, Konu Kim, and Grant Doyle star in the production. Performance {…}
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San Francisco Opera 2018-19 Review: Arabella

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San Francisco 2018: Vienna 2010. Connection? “Arabella,” Richard Strauss’s opera with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last operatic collaboration. Opening in a new production, the San Francisco Opera production is from Tim Albery, making his San Francisco debut. Albery designed it first for Santa Fe Opera in 2012. This was followed by a staging in 2013 {…}
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Creating a Murderer – Mezzo Daniela Mack on Premiering Opera Philadelphia’s “Elizabeth Cree”

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In a contemporary landscape overrun with new operas featuring white, cisgendered men in the title roles, it’s refreshing to consider Opera Philadelphia’s newest commission, “Elizabeth Cree.” This chamber opera, composed by Kevin Puts with a libretto by Mark Campbell, adapts Peter Ackroyd’s macabre murder mystery, “The Trial of Elizabeth Cree.” The story, set in late 19th century London, follows Elizabeth Cree, {…}
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Pride Month 2017: Commemorating Harvey Milk & Stonewall In Operatic Works

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As we continue to celebrate Pride month and look at the LGBT individuals who have contributed to the opera world, we take a look at two operas that have celebrated some of the most iconic moments in LGBT history. The first is “Stonewall” and the second is “Harvey Milk.” “Stonewall: The Opera” The Stonewall Inn in New York City became {…}

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