Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Nabucco

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(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) “Nabucco” returned to the Metropolitan Opera after a seven-year absence. The opera was set to return during the 2020-21 season but was canceled due to the pandemic. Now Verdi’s early gem is finally back in the company’s legendary Elijah Moshinsky production that has become emblematic of the Met’s grandeur and its gorgeous tableaus. Having {…}

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George Gagnidze & Liudmyla Monastyrska Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Nabucco’

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(Credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera) Elijah Moshinsky’s classic staging of Verdi’s “Nabucco” is set to return for 14 performances at the Metropolitan Opera. The production, which opens on Sept. 28, will star Georgian baritone George Gagnidze in the title role. Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprises her acclaimed turn as Abigaille which she last sang with the company during the 2016-17 season. {…}

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Ludovic Tézier Receives Premio Piero Cappuccilli

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Ludovic Tézier has been awarded the 2023 Premio Piero Cappuccilli. The French baritone was recognized with the prestigious prize at the end of a performance of “La Traviata” at the Arena di Verona on August 26, 2023. In a statement via social media, Tézier said, “More than an immense honor, a real emotion to share this with my dear friends {…}

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Q & A: Tenor Jonathan Tetelman on Singing Verdi, Opera’s Future & his Idols

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Born in Castro, Chile, but adopted from a very early age, Jonathan Tetelman grew up in New Jersey. He studied at Manhattan School of Music and the New School of Music and has been described as the most “exciting tenor discovery since Jonas Kaufmann,” “a total star,” and “a lyrical revelation,” among many other plaudits. Tetelman has established a very {…}

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Ramón Vargas Takes Over Remaining Performances of Wiener Staatsoper’s ‘Don Carlo’

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(Credit: LA Opera official website) Mexican tenor Ramón Vargas has replaced Italian tenor Fabio Sartori in the title role in Wiener Staatsoper’s “Don Carlo” for the remaining two performances on Dec. 22 & 25, 2022. Sartori withdrew from the production due to illness. Vargas joins a cast that includes René Pape as Philippo II, Ain Anger as The Grand Inquisitor, {…}

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Ramón Vargas Replaces Fabio Sartori in Wiener Staatsoper’s ‘Don Carlo’

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(Credit: Deutsche Oper am Rhein) Mexican tenor Ramón Vargas has replaced Italian tenor Fabio Sartori in the title role in Wiener Staatsoper’s “Don Carlo” for the performance on Dec. 19, 2021. According to the theater, Sartori canceled the performance due to illness. Vargas joins a cast that includes René Pape as Philippo II, Ain Anger as The Grand Inquisitor, María {…}

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Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Scotto, Shirley Verrett, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 70th Week of Nightly Streams

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(Credit: met Opera Archives) The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 70th straight week of nightly streams. In keeping with its theme-based programming, the company has announced that this coming week will be dominated by the operas of Giacomo Puccini, including the first-ever stream of “La Fanciulla del West” starring Barbara Daniels. Here’s a full rundown of the week ahead. Monday, {…}

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Opéra de Monte-Carlo 2020-21 Review: Boris Godunov

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To close their 2020-2021 season, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo has presented a new production of Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov,” mounted in collaboration with Opéra Grand Avignon. Monaco has long resounded with the strains of this opera, in part because of the prominent Russian presence on the Côte d’Azur from Mussorgsky’s time to today. Most notably, the work was performed at the Opéra {…}

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Eleonora Buratto Joins ‘Aida’ Gala At Arena di Verona

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(Credit: Julian Hargreaves) Eleonora Buratto will step into the cast of the 150° Anniversary 1871 “Aida” Gala Concert at the Arena di Verona on June 19 & 22, 2021. Buratto will perform the title role instead of Sonya Yoncheva who was originally announced for the performance. The soprano will join a cast that includes Anita Rachvelishvili as Amneris, Francesco Meli {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2023-24 Review: Nabucco

George Gagnidze & Liudmyla Monastyrska Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Nabucco’

Ludovic Tézier Receives Premio Piero Cappuccilli

Q & A: Tenor Jonathan Tetelman on Singing Verdi, Opera’s Future & his Idols

Ramón Vargas Takes Over Remaining Performances of Wiener Staatsoper’s ‘Don Carlo’

Ramón Vargas Replaces Fabio Sartori in Wiener Staatsoper’s ‘Don Carlo’

Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Scotto, Shirley Verrett, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 70th Week of Nightly Streams

Opéra de Monte-Carlo 2020-21 Review: Boris Godunov

Eleonora Buratto Joins ‘Aida’ Gala At Arena di Verona