Opera Forward Festival 2024 Review: The Shell Trial

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(Photo: Marco Borggreve) In 2021, a court in The Hague ordered the giant oil company Shell to cut its CO2 emissions by 45% by 2030 relative to its 2019 levels. The case had been brought by Dutch environmental groups concerned by the company’s flagrant disregard for the damage their emissions were doing to the planet’s climate; recent research has shown {…}

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Mannes Opera to Present ‘Flashpoints-The Mannes Festival of Short Operas’

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The Mannes Opera is set to present “Flashpoints~the Mannes festival of short operas.” Directed by Emma Griffin and conducted by Cris Frisco, the festival will include eight dramas in 90 minutes. The Mannes’ first annual celebration of short opera is a theatrical sampler of incredible composers and librettists, new and old. The longest opera that will be presented is 15 {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča, Nicholas Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Pretty Yende & Christopher Maltman Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2024-25 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Tobias Krazter directs a new production of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” with Nicholas Brownlee, Milan Siljanov, Sean Panikkar, Markus Brück, Matthias Klink, Matthew Rose, Timo Riihonen, Ekaterina Gubanova, Mirjam Mesak, and Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Vladimir Jurowski conducts. Performance Dates: Oct. 27, 2024-July 31, 2025 Damiano Michieletto directs Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment” with {…}

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Guildhall School of Music & Drama Unveils Summer 2024 Slate

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Guildhall School of Music & Drama has unveiled its summer 2024. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. “Vocal at Six: Richard Strauss” will feature performances of the famed composer to commemorate the 75th anniversary of his death. Eugene Asti will be the accompanist on the evening. Performance Date: March 13, 2024 Nicky Spence OBE & Dylan Perez {…}

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English National Opera 2023-24 Review: Peter Grimes

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(Photo: ENO’s Peter Grimes 2023 © Tom Bowles) David Alden’s “Peter Grimes” begins with the curtain up. Upstage the people of the Borough mill about restlessly, occasionally breaking into shouts of anger and impatience. Alden’s 2009 production, on its second revival, breaks with any wistful or bucolic notions about the seaside community of the Borough, who drive the equally unrelenting {…}

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A Stroll Through The Many Genres of Opera (Part One)

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Opera is not one thing, as many people know. Instead, opera is an umbrella term for a large host of different categories and types ranging from the typical to the rather peculiar. While Mozart looks one way, Monteverdi and Wagner will look a different way. Of course they all follow the same trajectory, but their style has led them in {…}

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Bryn Terfel, Asmik Grigorian & Mark S. Doss Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences cannot miss debut albums, a world premiere recording, and two acclaim DVD releases A Phoenix Rising Navona Records releases tenor Brian Smith Walters’ first album. The CD is a cross-section of chansons and Lieder spanning five centuries, and Walters navigates them with stunning bravado. Audiences will hear selections from Purcell, Copland, Schubert, Saint Saens, Tchaikovsky, Barber, Wagner, {…}

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Des Moines Metro Opera Festival 2024 Announces Lineup

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Des Moines Metro Opera Announces its lineup for its 2024 festival. All productions will be performed in rotating repertory at the Pote Theatre at the Blank Performing Arts Center in Indianola, Iowa. Each opera features English supertitles. The Des Moines Metro Opera Festival Orchestra will accompany all four productions. Starting things off is Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” starring baritone {…}

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Académie Opéra National de Paris Announces 2023-24 Season

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The Académie Opéra National de Paris has unveiled its 2023-24 season. There will be an opening concert featuring artists in residence of the Académie. Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2023 There will be a Brahms concert featuring Lied from the famed composer. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2023 Next up is a double bill of the ballet “Ma Mère L’Oye” and the opera {…}

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Opera Forward Festival 2024 Review: The Shell Trial

Mannes Opera to Present ‘Flashpoints-The Mannes Festival of Short Operas’

Jonas Kaufmann, Elīna Garanča, Nicholas Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Pretty Yende & Christopher Maltman Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2024-25 Season

Guildhall School of Music & Drama Unveils Summer 2024 Slate

English National Opera 2023-24 Review: Peter Grimes

A Stroll Through The Many Genres of Opera (Part One)

Bryn Terfel, Asmik Grigorian & Mark S. Doss Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Des Moines Metro Opera Festival 2024 Announces Lineup

Académie Opéra National de Paris Announces 2023-24 Season