San Francisco Opera Guild Celebrates With Marchesa & Announces Opera Ball

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The San Francisco Opera Guild launched its 80th season celebrations on May 16, with Marchesa, a fashion show featuring the Marchesa Fall 2019 collection, at Neiman Marcus Union Square. The company also announced the Opera Ball. The Opera Ball, which is a prominent event for every new season will host “The Capulets’ Masked Ball. The ball will celebrate the opening {…}

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Rihab Chaieb, Erwin Schrott & Anna Smirnova Highlight Oper Köln’s 2019-20 Season

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Oper Köln has announced its 2019-20 season. Premieres General Music Director François-Xavier Roth will lead the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln during performances of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” directed by Patrick Kinmonth. The cast will feature KS Peter Seiffert/Heiko Börner as Tristan, Karl-Heinz Lehner as König Marke, Ingela Brimberg as Isolde, Samuel Youn/Kostas Smorginas as Kurwenal, John Huezenroeder as Melot, Claudia Mahnke as {…}

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Q & A: Author A.M. Homes On Writing Her First Libretto, ‘Chunky in Heat’

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Shapeshifting snakes, talking trees, a swimming pool, a tragic Botox accident…it’s all in renowned novelist and short fiction writer A.M. Homes’ new opera, “Chunky in Heat.” The opera, premiering on May 31st during New York Opera Fest, is based on four short stories by Homes and will be staged at The Flea Theater by Experiments in Opera. The opera explores {…}

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Q & A: Hui He On Singing ‘Turandot’ & ‘La Bohème’

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Hui He is one of today’s leading lirico spinto sopranos in the world performing every major Verdi and Puccini role. Since her debut in “Aida” in Shanghai in 1998, she has become one of the leading interpreters of such operas as “Tosca,” “Madam Butterfly,” ‘Turandot,” “Il Trovatore,” and “La Forza del Destino.” She has also performed in every major theater, including {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Saioa Hernández & Sonya Yoncheva Headline Teatro Alla Scala’s 2019-20 Season

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2019-20 season featuring numerous new productions, rare works, and a number of stars. Anna Netrebko opens the Teatro alla Scala in the title role of Puccini’s ‘Tosca” with Luca Salsi in the role of Scarpia. Riccardo Chailly conducts the production by Davide Livermore. Saioa Hernández sings three performances of the title role. Performance {…}

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Nadine Sierra, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann & Rachel Willis-Sorensen Highlight Opera De Bordeaux’s 2019-20 Season

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The Opéra de Bordeaux has announced its 2019-20 season featuring numerous new productions, great stars and a number of acclaimed recitals. Eric Cutler and Adam Smith share the title role in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” with Jessica Pratt singing the four heroines, Nicolas Cavallier as the four villains, and Aude Extrémo as Nicklausse. Marc Minkowski conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 19-Oct. 1, 2019 Marianne Crebassa {…}

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Francesco Meli, Nicola Alaimo & Olivier Assayas Highlight Opéra De Lyons’ 2019-20 Season

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The Opéra de Lyon has announced its 2019-20 season featuring some of the greatest stars in the world and a number of new productions of some of the great masterworks in the world. Nicola Alaimo takes on Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” with Daniele Rustioni conducting a production by Tobia Kratzer. The cast also includes Enkeledja Shkoza, Jennifer Courcier, John Osborn, Jean Teitgen, and Jane Archibald. Performance {…}

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Corinne Winters & Najmiddin Mavlyanov Lead Les Theatres De la Ville De Luxembourg’s 2019-2020 Season

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Les Théâtres De la Ville De Luxembourg has announced 2019-20 season, featuring eight productions. The season opens with Weber’s “Der Freishutz” with Laurence Equilbey conducting a production by Clément Debailleul & Raphaël Navarro. Tuomas Katajala sings the role of Max alongside Johanni van Oostrum, Chiara Skerath, Vladimir Baykov, and Christian Immler. Performance Dates: Oct. 6-8, 2019 Gustavo Gimeno conducts Michael Thalheimer’s production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” {…}

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San Diego Opera 2019 Review: One Amazing Night

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On May 15, 2019, at the 1300-seat Balboa Theatre, San Diego Opera presented tenor Stephen Costello and baritone Stephen Powell in an evening of arias and duets accompanied by the full San Diego Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bruce Stasyna. Although titles are not possible in this house, the program contained all the words sung in both the original language and {…}

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San Francisco Opera Guild Celebrates With Marchesa & Announces Opera Ball

Rihab Chaieb, Erwin Schrott & Anna Smirnova Highlight Oper Köln’s 2019-20 Season

Q & A: Author A.M. Homes On Writing Her First Libretto, ‘Chunky in Heat’

Q & A: Hui He On Singing ‘Turandot’ & ‘La Bohème’

Anna Netrebko, Saioa Hernández & Sonya Yoncheva Headline Teatro Alla Scala’s 2019-20 Season

Nadine Sierra, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann & Rachel Willis-Sorensen Highlight Opera De Bordeaux’s 2019-20 Season

Francesco Meli, Nicola Alaimo & Olivier Assayas Highlight Opéra De Lyons’ 2019-20 Season

Corinne Winters & Najmiddin Mavlyanov Lead Les Theatres De la Ville De Luxembourg’s 2019-2020 Season

San Diego Opera 2019 Review: One Amazing Night