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Kristine Opolais, Christian Gerhaher & Rachel Willis-Sørensen Highlight Staatskapelle Dresden’s 2019-20 Season

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(© Semperoper Dresden/Matthias Creutziger) Staatskapelle Dresden has announced its 2019-20 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus primarily on the vocal performances. The season will open with Symphonic Diversity, split into two programs over three days. On the first two days, Myung When-Chung will conduct Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, featuring Chinese pianist Yuja Wang, as well as {…}

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Iestyn Davies, Jamie Barton, Susan Graham & Sir Bryn Terfel Highlight Wigmore Hall’s 2019-20 Season

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Wigmore Hall has announced its 2019-20 season! In addition to a variety of instrumental performances, centered around the works of Beethoven, Brahms, and Britten this year, the venue is set to feature a number of renowned vocalists in song recitals, among other events, throughout the season. The season kicks off with the Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera International Song Competition 2019, Sept. {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez, Renée Fleming & Cecilia Bartoli Highlight Palau de La Musica 2018-19 Season

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The Palau de la Musica has announced its 2018-19 season, featuring a number of great performers and concerts with varying repertoire. As with previous announcements, we will only focus on the operatic and vocal performances. Take a look. Palau 100 Golda Schultz joins Gustavo Dudamel in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is led by Dudamel, who also conducts {…}

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Rolando Villazón, René Pape, Cecilia Bartoli Headline Mozart Week 2019 At Mozarteum Salzburg

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The Mozarteum in Salzburg has announced its programming for Mozart week in 2019. It will feature a wide range of music including theatrical, vocal, orchestral, and chamber music. As has been our policy with other season announcements, OperaWire will stick to the vocal performances only in this article. The company will kick things off with a production of “T.H.A.M.O.S.,” a {…}

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Canadian Opera Company 2017-18 Review – The Abduction From the Seraglio: Revisions to Libretto Don’t Feel All That Necessary

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Purists fear not. Rest easy, ye who learned with alarm that writer/director Wajdi Mouawad has taken extreme liberties with the libretto of Mozart’s early masterpiece, “The Abduction from the Seraglio,” not just tinkering with dialogue but inserting whole new scenes to both accentuate European racism and sexism and soften Ottoman despotism: not a note of Mozart’s divine magic has been {…}

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Placido Domingo, Jonas Kaufmann & Cecilia Bartoli Headline Salzburg Festival

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The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2018 summer festival. This season the festival will showcase eight operas in concert and staged performances. “Die Zauberflöte” will be the festival’s sole Mozart offering starring Matthias Goerne as Sarastro, Mauro Peter as Tamino, Albina Shagimuratova in the role of the Queen of the Night, Christiane Karg as Pamina, and Adam Plachetka as Papageno. Constantinos Carydis conducts Lydia Steier’s new production. {…}

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Royal Opera House 2017-18 Preview: Essential Facts About This Year’s ‘Die Zauberflöte’

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Right after “La Bohème” kicks off its run at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” will take over the headlines with 13 performances starting on Sept. 12, 2017, and ending on Oct. 14, 2017. Here are essential facts to prepare you for the classic gem before you check it out in London. 1. The opera will feature {…}