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Ewa Płonka, Lucas Meachem, Sasha Cooke, Lawrence Brownlee, Denyce Graves & Angela Meade Lead The Dallas Opera 2023-24 Season

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The Dallas Opera (TDO) has announced its 2023-24 Season, featuring a world premiere production of “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” Kicking off the season, opening with Puccini’s “Tosca” starring Ewa Płonka in the title role, Joseph Calleja as Cavaradossi, Gihoon Kim as Scarpia, Andrew Potter as Angelotti, Thomas Cilluffo as Spoletta, and Darren Drone as Sacristan in this Andrew {…}

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Julia Bullock, Lise Davidsen, Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Pérez, Will Liverman Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring seven new productions. New Productions Joyce DiDonato, Ryan McKinny, Latonia Moore, and Susan Graham star in the Met premiere of Ivan van Hove production of  Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking.” Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Steven Osgood will make his Met debut conducting for two performances. Performance Dates: Sept. 26-Oct. 21, {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Pérez, Angel Blue, Leah Hawkins, Benjamin Bernheim Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2023-24 Live in HD Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its Live in HD series for the 2023-24 season. First up is “Dead Man Walking.” Yannick Nézet-Seguin conducts a cast starring Latonia Moore, Joyce DiDonato, Susan Graham, and Ryan McKinny. Screening Date: Oct. 21, 2023 Next up is “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.” Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Victor Ryan Roberston, Will Liverman, and {…}

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Detroit Opera 2021-2022 Review: Aida in Concert

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On December 30th, Detroit Opera ended its transformative 2021-2022 season with a concert production of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Aida,” his antepenultimate work whose Oriental plot and exotic aesthetics discredit the work’s premiere location, ironically the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt. It seemed people of all kinds came to see this production, one of opera’s most infamous players. It should {…}

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Detroit Opera Announces Major Cast Change for ‘Aida’

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Detroit Opera has announced a major cast change for its concert performance of Verdi’s “Aida.” The company revealed that Alfred Walker will be taking on the role of Amonasro for the December 30 performance, replacing Reginald Smith, Jr., who has withdrawn due to illness. Walker previously appeared in Detroit Opera’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” in 2021. His 2022-23 season will see him {…}

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San Francisco Opera 2022-23 Review: Antony and Cleopatra

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(Credit: Cory Weaver) “I am fire and air; my other elements I give to baser life.” So sings Cleopatra in John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra.” The baser life about which Cleopatra sings is everything that is not she and everything that was not Antony. So Adams tells us in the latest from his roster of remarkable operas. San Francisco Opera {…}

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San Francisco Opera to Present World Premiere of ‘Anthony & Cleopatra’

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The San Francisco Opera is set to present the world premiere of John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra.” The production, which opens on Sept. 10 and runs through Oct 5, 2022, was created especially for San Francisco Opera’s 100th season and continues the company’s relationship with John Adams. The composer’s “Doctor Atomic (2005)” and “Girls of the Golden West (2017)” were {…}

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Tanglewood Festival Updates COVID-19 Protocols for 2022 Season

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The Tanglewood Festival has announced new COVID-19 protocols for its summer 2022 slate. The organization noted that visitors will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or have to present a negative test result in order to enter performance venues. Furthermore, masking will be optional, though it is recommended inside Ozawa Hall and the Linde Center {…}

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San Francisco Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Antony and Cleopatra’

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The San Francisco Opera has announced a cast change for the world premiere of John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra,” opening on Sept. 10, 2022 as the first operatic presentation of the Company’s 2022–23 Centennial Season. Soprano Amina Edris will create the role of Cleopatra, replacing Julia Bullock, who has withdrawn from the production because she and her husband, conductor Christian Reif, are expecting the {…}