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Corinne Winters, Ryan McKinny, Angel Blue, Sasha Cooke, Arturo Chacón-Cruz Headline Houston Grand Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2025-26 season, titled “The Light We Hold.” The season opens with “Porgy and Bess” in a production by Francesca Zambello and starring Michael Sumuel, Angel Blue, Latonia Moore, Blake Denson, and Demetrious Sampson Jr.  James Gaffigan conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 24 – Nov. 15, 2025 Corinne Winters headlines “Il Trittico,” taking on roles in each {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Appl, Amanda Majeski & Varduhi Abrahamyan Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week Sonya Yoncheva releases her first solo recital with her new record label. There will also be a new album by Benjamin Appl and several rarely performed works. There is also a complete opera recording coming out for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Constraints/Creativity {…}
DVD and CD Releases, News

Cecilia Bartoli, Andrè Schuen, Tassis Christoyannis & Barbara Hannigan Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear a new “Winterreise” recording, a compilation album, a new song cycle, and a masterwork. Schubert: Winterreise Deutsche Grammophon releases Andrè Schuen and Daniel Heide’s latest album, which completes the recordings of Schubert’s three big song cycles. {…}
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Angel Blue, Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2024 ‘Live in HD’ Summer Encores

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024 Live in HD Summer Encores. First up is “La Bohème” starring Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano, Susanna Phillips, Lucas Meachem, Matthew Rose, and Alexey Lavrov. Marco Armiliato conducted the 2018 transmission. Screening Date: July 24, 2024 Then comes the 2014 production of “La Cenerentola” starring Joyce DiDonato and {…}
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Ailyn Perez, Russell Thomas, Joshua Guerrero & Isabel Lenoard Lead Houston Grand Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Verdi’s “Il Trovatore“ starring Michael Spyres, Ailyn Perez, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Lucas Meachem, and Morris Robinson. Patrick Summers conducts the production by Stephen Wadsworth. Performance Dates: Oct. 18-Nov. 3, 2024 Isabel Leonard leads Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” with Jack Swanson, Alessandro Corbelli, Iurii Samoilov, and Cory McGee. Lorenzo Passerini {…}
Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Laurent Pelly on ‘Il Turco in Italia’ at the Teatro Real de Madrid & Why He Prefers Comedies to Tragedies

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French stage director Laurent Pelly is one of the most prolific and renowned stage directors today. Many of his productions are still being performed after premiering 20 years ago. He is a specialist in French repertoire and comedy. He also designs the costumes of his creations. His productions can be seen all over the world from Japan and Europe to {…}
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Lise Davidsen, Lisette Oropesa & Tomasz Konieczny Lead Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2023-24 Season

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The Lyric Opera of Chicago is set to open its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the season. Tomasz Konieczny leads Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” alongside Tamara Wilson, Robert Watson, and Mika Kares. Enrique Mazzola conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 23, 2023 – Oct. 7, 2023 Audra MacDonald will perform in one evening. Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2023 Donizetti’s “La {…}
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Plácido Domingo Withdraws from Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s ‘La Traviata”

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PlácidoDomingo has withdrawn from Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s production of “La Traviata” scheduled for March 17-23, 2023. Domingo was scheduled to return to Monte Carlo, performing the role Giorgio Germont. In a press release put out by Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Domingo stated, “Unfortunately, it is with great sadness that for very personal reasons of a family nature I have to withdraw {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Continuing to Defy Vocal Categorization – Stephanie Blythe Takes on Gianni Schicchi

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Listeners can refer to her however they wish, but Stephanie Blythe has always resisted categorizing herself as a mezzo-soprano, an alto, a contralto, or any other voice type. In her mind, she is a “vocalist.” Considering her upcoming appearances at San Diego Opera, her second foray into a role outside her gender, any attempt to categorize her voice will be {…}

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