Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Changes to 2020-21 Season

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The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced changes to its 2020-21 season. Instead of presenting Verdi’s “Nabucco” in August, the company will present a Verdi gala with Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Patrick Cook, Marko Mimica, Saioa Hernandez, and Irene Roberts. Performances are set for Sept. 12 and 13, 2020. On Sept. 19 and 20 Verdi’s “Aida” will be performed in a “Best of” Concert with {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča & Plácido Domingo Highlight Wiener Staatsoper’s 2020-21 Season

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced its massive 2020-21 season. Here is a rundown. Premieres Philippe Jordan conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly“ in Anthony Minghella’s acclaimed production. The production from 2005 arrived in Vienna with Asmik Grigorian in the title role, Virginie Verrez, Freddie De Tommaso, and Boris Pinkhasovich. In January, Grigorian is joined by Noa Beinart and Marcelo Puente. A third {…}

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Erwin Schrott, Catherine Foster & Gabriela Scherer Highlight Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2020-21 Season

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Credit: Uwe Arens/Dario Acosta/Tatyana Vlasova The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2020-21 season featuring eight new productions, the Ring Cycle and a number of important revivals. Here is a look. Premieres Konrad Junghänel conducts a new production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Tilo Nest directing. Ioan Hotea and Antonio Garés share the role of the count while Silvia {…}

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Anne Schwanewilms & Christian Gerhaher Highlight Musikfest Berlin’s 2020 Season

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The Musikfest Berlin in Germany has announced its 2020 Festival. For this article we only focus the vocal highlights of the season. Anja Petersen joins the Bamberger Symphoniker with Jakub Hrůša conducting music by Hermann and Josef Suk. Performance Date: August 31, 2020 John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with {…}

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Javier Camarena, Brandon Jovanovich & Piotr Beczala Highlight Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2020-21 Season

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The Deutshce Oper Berlin has announced its 2020-21 season featuring six new productions and a new Ring Cycle. Premieres The season kicks off with “The 7 Deaths of Maria Callas,” which will be directed by Marina Abramovic. Marina Abramovic, Nadezhda Karyazina, Whitney Morrison, Leah Hawkins, Adela Zaharia, Selene Zanetti, Gabriella Reyes, and Mané Galoyan will lead the cast. Performance Dates: {…}

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Rolando Villazón, René Pape, Anja Harteros Highlight Semperoper Dresden’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Jiyang Chen / Marco Borggreve) The Semperoper Dresden has announced its 2020-21 season featuring seven new operatic productions and a number of revivals. Here is a look at the operatic productions. Premieres The first new production of the season will be Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell,” written by de Jouy and Bis. The new production by Georg Schmiedleitner will star Christoph {…}

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The Great Link – Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Operas Experiencing Major Renaissance At Deutsche Oper Berlin

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(Credit: Pierre Petit) When Giacomo Meyerbeer died on May 2 in 1864 in Paris, he was one of the most performed composers of his time. Among the surviving manuscript documents in the Meyerbeer archive in Berlin is to be found a prayer that Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote on 8 December 1863, a few months before his death: “Great almighty God! … {…}

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Semperoper Dresden Announces Cast Change For ‘Der Rosenkavalier’

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced a cast change for “Der Rosenkavalier” on Oct. 31, 2019. The company announced that Elena Gorshunova will sing Sophie in the performance, replacing Nikola Hillebrand. The soprano joins a cast that includes Anne Schwanewilms, Albert Pesendorfer, Sophie Koch, and Martin Gantner. Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conducts the production by Uwe Eric Laufenberg. Gorshunova has performed at the Semperoper {…}

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Sophie Koch Replaces Christina Bock In Dresden’s “Der Rosenkavalier’

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(Credit: Catherine Ashmore / Royal Opera House) The Semperoper Dresden has announced a cast change for its production of “Der Rosenkavalier.” The company announced that Sophie Koch will sing Octavian in performances on Oct. 17, 26, and 31, replacing Christina Bock. Koch will reprise the role of Octavian which she sang in Dresden last season. She has also performed the role {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Changes to 2020-21 Season

Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča & Plácido Domingo Highlight Wiener Staatsoper’s 2020-21 Season

Erwin Schrott, Catherine Foster & Gabriela Scherer Highlight Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2020-21 Season

Anne Schwanewilms & Christian Gerhaher Highlight Musikfest Berlin’s 2020 Season

Javier Camarena, Brandon Jovanovich & Piotr Beczala Highlight Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2020-21 Season

Rolando Villazón, René Pape, Anja Harteros Highlight Semperoper Dresden’s 2020-21 Season

The Great Link – Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Operas Experiencing Major Renaissance At Deutsche Oper Berlin

Semperoper Dresden Announces Cast Change For ‘Der Rosenkavalier’

Sophie Koch Replaces Christina Bock In Dresden’s “Der Rosenkavalier’