New York Opera Festival 2019 Kicks Off By Celebrating The Career of Ira Siff

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The New York Opera Festival 2019 officially launched with a preview concert on Monday, April 29 at The National Opera Center. The event featured a wide range of performances and also took the time to honor a major figure in the opera world as the recipient of the 2019 NYOA Service Award. Things kicked off with a performance of “Udiste?” {…}

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Marlis Petersen, Elina Garanca & Diana Damrau Headline Berlin Philharmonic’s 2019-20 Season

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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2019-2020 season featuring numerous guests including Marlis Petersen as the Artist in Residence. Here is a look at the starry Lineup. The season opens with Kirill Petrenko conducting Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Marlis Petersen, Elisabeth Kulman, and Benjamin Bruns. The concert will also include Alban Berg’s “Lulu Suite.” Performance Dates: August 23-31, 2019 John {…}

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Diana Damrau, Renée Fleming & Nina Stemme Headline Musikverein Wien’s 2019-20 Season

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Musikverein Wien has announced its 2019-20 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances. Martin Haselböck will lead the Orchester Wiener Akademie in a performance of various works by Franz Schubert as well as Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 4 in D Minor. Baritone Thomas Hampson will be featured. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2019 Bass Günther Groissböck and {…}

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Q & A: Dieter Kaegi On The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s Emergence & Direction

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During early June, tucked away in the Blackwater Valley in Ireland’s southeast, the small town of Lismore plays host to Ireland’s other opera festival. Not nearly as famous as the Wexford Festival, the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival has been slowly developing its profile, and attracting the attention of a wider public, although it still remains relatively unknown outside Ireland. This {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Season Review: La Traviata

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On April 20, 2019, audiences gathered at the Metropolitan Opera for one of the last few performances of this season’s run of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The nearly-full auditorium was abuzz and for a number of reasons. This new production by Michael Mayer opened in December to mixed reception, resuming its run in the beginning of April. Despite the gorgeous {…}

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Sean Panikkar, Anne Sofie von Otter & Leonardo Capalbo Lead Komische Oper Berlin’s 2019-20 Season

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Komische Oper Berlin has announced its 2019-20 season. This season will celebrate Dionysus, the forefather and protagonist of Greek theatre, with new productions reflecting the entire spectrum of musical theatre. Chief Director Barrie Kosky comments, “. . . [O]nce we believe in the power of theatre and music, believe in their intoxicating, seductive, physical, emotional, and ultimately community-building impacts, once {…}

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Jamie Barton, Joyce DiDonato & Sarah Connolly Headline BBC Proms 2019

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2019 festival featuring some of the great singers, performers and orchestras in the world. For this season announcement we will concentrate on the vocal performances. Omer Meir Wellber leads the BBC Proms Youth Choir and BBC Philharmonic in Haydn’s “The Creation.” He is joined by soloists Sarah-Jane Brandon, Benjamin Hulett, and Christoph Pohl. Performance Date: July 29, {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Season Review: Don Giovanni

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On April 12, 2019, the Metropolitan Opera resumed it season’s run of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Occupying a rather unique space as a dramma giocoso, the work unfolds the allegorical message through often-comedic methods. The cast and crew of Friday’s performance strongly favored these comedic elements, much to the delight of the audience. Michael Grandage’s production highlights the universal nature of {…}

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Natalya Romaniw & Wallis Giunta Headline Scottish Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Scottish Opera has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring five main stage performances and a number of concert opera performances. Sydney Mancasola, Duncan Rock, and Wallis Giunta headline the European premiere of Missy Mazzoli and Roy Vavrek’s “Breaking the Waves.” Stuart Stratford conducts Tom Morris’ new production. Performance Dates: August 21-24, 2019 Natalya Romaniw and Sinéad Campbell-Wallace alternate the title role in Puccini’s “Tosca” with {…}

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New York Opera Festival 2019 Kicks Off By Celebrating The Career of Ira Siff

Marlis Petersen, Elina Garanca & Diana Damrau Headline Berlin Philharmonic’s 2019-20 Season

Diana Damrau, Renée Fleming & Nina Stemme Headline Musikverein Wien’s 2019-20 Season

Q & A: Dieter Kaegi On The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s Emergence & Direction

Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Season Review: La Traviata

Sean Panikkar, Anne Sofie von Otter & Leonardo Capalbo Lead Komische Oper Berlin’s 2019-20 Season

Jamie Barton, Joyce DiDonato & Sarah Connolly Headline BBC Proms 2019

Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Season Review: Don Giovanni

Natalya Romaniw & Wallis Giunta Headline Scottish Opera’s 2019-20 Season