Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Member Tests Positive for COVID-19

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(Credit: Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera) One of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra members has tested positive for the coronavirus. In a letter sent to members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the company said, “We regret to let you know that we have just been informed a member of our orchestra has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This musician was last at {…}

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Vienna State Opera to Offer Daily Live Streams From its Opera Archives

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Despite being closed for public performances, the Wiener Staatsoper has resolved to open up its streaming service to provide audiences with daily opera. Starting on Sunday, March 15, 2020, the company will start to stream operas from its archives for free on www.staatsoperlive.com. The online program is set to follow along with the same opera that audiences would have seen {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau & Elīna Garanča Highlight Opéra de Paris’s 2020-21 Season

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The Opéra National de Paris has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of new productions revivals. Here is a look. Domingo Hindoyan and Keri-Lynn Wilson lead performances of Bizet’s “Carmen” with Clémentine Margaine, Elīna Garanča, and Varduhi Abrahamyan sharing the title role and Vittorio Grigolo and Charles Castronovo as Don José. Adam Plachetka and Lucas Meachem alternate as Escamillo, {…}

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Always Together – A Conversation with Nicole Car & Étienne Dupuis

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(Credit: Yan Bleney) Soprano Nicole Car and Étienne Dupuis do not like to be apart. The two stars, who are currently at the Metropolitan Opera individually taking on two thirds of the Da Ponte and Mozart trilogy, not only share a home, a two-year-old boy, and as many productions as they can, but this very interview. When it was proposed {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

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Richard Eyre’s production of “Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Metropolitan Opera is far from perfect. But what it has proven to be over the years, is durable and a blast for audiences and performers alike. Despite its metallic set that seems to swallow up sound from the stage, there is no doubt that its revivals are often fantastic experiences {…}

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Amanda Woodbury Replaces Anita Hartig at Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The company announced that Amanda Woodbury will sing the Countess in all upcoming performances replacing Anita Hartig, who is ill. The American soprano won the Met’s National Council Auditions and has performed with the company since 2015. At the Met she has performed Leïla in Bizet’s {…}

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Renée Fleming, Angel Blue & Anna Caterina Antonacci Headline Washington National Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Washington National Opera) The Washington National Opera has announced its 2020–2021 season offering up some ambitious repertoire. The season with WNO’s new production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Robert Spano makes his WNO debut conducting a cast that includes Elza van den Heever, Brandon Jovanovich, Brian Mulligan, Ryan Speedo Green, Joshua Blue, and Eric Owens. Performance Dates: Oct. 24–Nov. 9, 202o {…}

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Mariusz Kwiecień Withdraws From Final Performances of Met Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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(Credit: Yan Bleney) Canadian baritone Étienne Dupuis will replace Polish singer Mariusz Kwiecień for the final three performances of Mozart and Da Ponte’s opera “Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Metropolitan Opera House, according to the official statement on the company’s website. Kwiecień has withdrawn from the production due to illness. Dupuis will perform the role of Count Almaviva on {…}

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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’

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(Source: Vienna State Opera Official Website) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that Paolo Rumetz will be singing the Jan. 7 and 10 performances of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” taking over for Wolfgang Bankl. Rumetz, who will take on the role of Don Bartolo, will join a cast led by Pavel Kolgatin as Almaviva, Tara Erraught as Rosina, Adam Plachetka {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Member Tests Positive for COVID-19

Vienna State Opera to Offer Daily Live Streams From its Opera Archives

Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau & Elīna Garanča Highlight Opéra de Paris’s 2020-21 Season

Always Together – A Conversation with Nicole Car & Étienne Dupuis

Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

Amanda Woodbury Replaces Anita Hartig at Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

Renée Fleming, Angel Blue & Anna Caterina Antonacci Headline Washington National Opera’s 2020-21 Season

Mariusz Kwiecień Withdraws From Final Performances of Met Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’