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Diana Damrau, Simon Keenlyside & Florian Boesch To Be Featured In Wigmore Hall’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Jiyang Chen/ Robert Workman) Wigmore Hall has announced its 2020-21 Season with a number of recitals from some of the world’s greatest singers. The season will include a plethora of performances, including chamber music, song, piano, early music, contemporary music, and jazz. For this article, we will highlight singers. Some of the biggest highlights of the season will include {…}

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Joyce DiDonato & Diana Damrau Headline New CD/DVD Releases (Week Of 1/27)

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This week there are new releases from a recent Grammy winner, a Cardiff winner, and two well-known artists performing songs. Agrippina Coming off her Grammy win, Joyce DiDonato brings her acclaimed interpretation of Handel’s opera “Agrippina” in a complete CD recording. Performing alongside Maxim Emelyanychev, Chief Conductor of Il Pomo d’Oro, DiDonato is joined by a cast that also includes {…}

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Diana Damrau & Carmen Giannattasio Lead Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend Internationally (1/25-27)

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This weekend is all about standard repertoire pieces with some of the world’s greatest stars. La Bohème – Opera de Monte Carlo, Monaco Daniele Callegari conducts Jean-Louis Grinda’s production of Puccini, Giacoso, and Illica’s most popular work. The cast stars acclaimed soprano Irina Lungu, Mariam Battistelli, Andeka Gorrotxategi, Davide Luciano, Boris Pinkhasovich, Nicolas Courjal, Fabrice Alibert, and Guy Bonfiglio. Lucia {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau & Gaёlle Arquez Lead New Year’s Eve Performances!

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(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, Jiyang Chen Photography) New Year’s Eve is a night of non-stopped celebration. It is a night often associated with fireworks, champagne, and time spent with loved ones. It is also a night of opera galas, with many companies around the world showcasing top talents for the last time in the calendar year. As such, OperaWire has compiled {…}

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Diana Damrau, Anthony Roth Costanzo Among OPERA NEWS Award 2020 Winners

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OPERA NEWS has announced the recipients for 2020 Opera News Awards which include Diana Damrau, Thomas Allen. Javier Camarena, Ana María Martinez, and Anthony Roth Costanzo. This is the 15th year that the organization distributes its awards, with this year’s gala event set for April, 5, 2020 at the Plaza Hotel. “Since the first presentation of the OPERA NEWS Awards in 2005, the {…}

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Carnegie Hall 2019-20 Review: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Diana Damrau

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(Photo Credit: Chris Lee) On Friday, Nov 8, 2019, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra took to Carnegie Hall for a highly touching concert of R. Strauss and Brahms. Conducted by Mariss Jansons, the evening’s program was comprised of personal works from the composers, being some of the last works they ever put on paper, while touching on themes of love, {…}

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Diana Damrau, Javier Camarena & Ekaterina Semenchuk Lead Accademia di Santa Cecilia’s 2019-20 Season

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The Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia has announced its 2019-20 season featuring some of the world’s most renowned soloists. For this article we will only focus on the concert featuring vocal performances. The season opens with Antonio Pappano conducting Javier Camarena in Berlioz’s Requiem “Grande Messe des morts.” Performance Dates: Oct. 10-12, 2019 Mikko Franck conducts Verdi’s Messa da Requiem {…}

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Diana Damrau, Anna Netrebko Headline Met Opera’s 2019 Summer Encores Series

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2019 Summer Encores series which will feature four total operas over the years. First up will be “Roméo et Juliette” which features Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo in the title roles. This was transmitted live on Jan. 21, 2017, but this summer will appear in the U.S. on June 19, 2019 and in Canada {…}