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Federica Lombardi, Emily D’Angelo, Rosa Feola & Adam Plachetka Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive “Le Nozze di Figaro” for 13 performances. The opera will be conducted by Joana Mallwitz, who makes her company debut and will showcase Richard Eyre’s production. There will be two casts for the work, the first of which showcases Federica Lombardi, Olga Kulchynska, Sun-Ly Pierce, Joshua Hopkins, and Michael Sumel. The second cast {…}
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Alfred Walker, Gabriella Reyes, Anna Netrebko & Adam Plachetka Headline Palm Beach Opera’s 2025 Season

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(Photo credit: Suzanne Vinnik) Palm Beach Opera has announced its 2025 season. The season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” under the baton of Palm Beach Opera’s Ari Rifkin Music Director, David Stern. The title roles will be shared across performances. Friday/Sunday Long Long performs Romé alongside Amina Edris as Juliette. Eric Taylor and Lydia Grindatto will each make their {…}
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Leo Nucci, Cate Blanchett, Thomas Quasthoff, Adam Plachetka & Anthony Davis Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to hear a concept album for one of the acclaimed films of the year as well a solo album by one of the rising star basses of his generation. There is also a world premiere recording of an opera that is having a renaissance and a new recording of one of Verdi’s masterpieces. Molieri  Bass-baritone {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Pentatone Announces Adam Plachetka’s ‘Molieri’

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Pentatone is set to release a new album by bass-baritone Adam Plachetka entitled “Molieri.” The album, which will be digitally released on all platforms worldwide on Oct. 28, 2022, will feature arias by Mozart and Salieri from such operas as “Le Nozze di Figaro,” “Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle,” “Don Giovanni,’ “La scuola de’ gelosi,” “La grotto di Trofonio,” “La {…}
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Adam Plachetka Steps Into The Cast of ‘Don Pasquale’ at Wiener Staatsoper

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(Credit: Ilona Sochorova) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced multiple cast changes for its upcoming performances. Per an official statement on the opera houses’ website, tenor Carlos Osuna will perform the role of Narraboth and Robert Bartneck will take on the role of the Third Jew in Richard Strauss’ “Salome” on Oct. 6, 2020. Osuna and Bartneck will join a cast {…}
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Adam Plachetka, Simona Saturova, Katerina Knezikova Headline Czech Philharmonic’s Mozart Benefit Gala

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The Czech Philharmonic will be hosting a Mozart Benefit Gala on Saturday, May 23, 2020 to raise money for the People in Need Foundation, specifically for those with economic challenges resulting from the COVID-19 crisis and for the education of children. The concert will be led by Principal Guest conductor Tomáš Netopil with concert master Jiří Vodička and 39 members {…}
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Vienna State Opera 2017-18 Live Stream Preview: Plachetka, Röschmann, Álvarez Lead ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Vienna State Opera showcases its second live streaming event on Friday, Sept 15, 2017, with a performance of Mozart’s masterwork “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The performance kicks off at 7 p.m. local time and stars Adam Plachetka and Dorothea Röschmann as the Almavivas, Andrea Carroll as the heroine Susanna and Carlos Álvarez as her fiancé Figaro. Margarita Gristkova rounds {…}
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Kateřina Kněžíková, Corinne Winters, Nicky Spence, & Markéta Cukrová Star in Janáček Brno International Opera & Music Festival 2026

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The Janáček Brno International Opera and Music Festival announces its 2026 and 10th anniversary season. This article only includes operatic works. Tomáš Hanus conducts Janáček’s “Destiny,” with Robert Carsen directing Alžběta Poláčková, Eliška Gattringerová, Vít Nosek, Jan Šťáva, Lukáš Bařákthe, and the Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno ensemble. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2026 (Janáček Theatre) Marko Ivanović conducts Teatro {…}
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Nicholas Phan, Carlo Vistoli, Corinne Winters, Tomasz Konieczny Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week audiences get remasters, rare works, world premieres and many star-studded releases. Musiques de cinéma Erato will release “Musiques de cinéma” featuring Laurence Equilbey and the Insula Orchestra celebrating great works by Bach, Händel, Mozart, Pachelbel, Purcell, Rameau, and Vivaldi, all of which {…}

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