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Academy of Vocal Arts Presents ‘Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music’

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The Academy of Vocal Arts is set to present “Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music” on March 14 and 15, 2020. The concerts will take place at Bryn Mawr, Church of the Redeemer and Center City, Church of the Holy Trinity. Both performances will be conducted by Master Vocal Coach David Anthony Lofton, who will perform with the Academy of {…}

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AVA to Present Spring Recital of Forgotten Opera Excerpts by Massenet

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AVA will showcase a unique recital entitled “Forgotten Opera Excerpts by Jules Massenet” on May 3 and 5, 2020 at the Helen Corning Warden Theater. Pianist and Music Director Audrey Saint-Gil will lead the evening with resident artists performing select duets and arias. The performers include Aubry Ballarò, Claire de Monteil, Yihan Duan, Emily Margevich, Renée Richardson, Alice Chung, Chelsea Laggan, {…}

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San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Announce 2020 Schwabacher Recital Series

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The San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program have announced their 37th annual Schwabacher Recital Series for 2020. The performances, which are scheduled at San Francisco’s Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater, will feature emerging artists from around the globe. The first concert will showcase a set of performers recently seen as part of the Merola Opera Program. Mezzo-soprano {…}

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Tulsa Opera 2019-20 Review: Carmen

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If stuffy audiences at the Opéra-Comique first attacked George Bizet’s “Carmen” for its offensive content, today the opera runs the risk of seeming antiquated. Much of the music might get your toes tapping, but over-exposure risks making the most popular tunes seem trite or even parodic. Today’s audiences might not appreciate the orientalist take on Spanish culture that was so {…}

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Merola Opera Program To Present Schwabacher Summer Concert

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The San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program is set to begin its 62nd season with a showcase of the program’s rising stars in the Schwabacher Summer Concert. The first concert of the summer series will showcase scenes from “La Rondine,” “Lucia di Lammermoor,” “Die Schweigsame Frau,” “Faust,” and “Il Trovatore.” The first scene of the program will be selections from Act {…}

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Merola Opera Programs Reveals 2019 Young Artists & Performances

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The Merola Opera Program has announced its 62nd season, which will feature 29 artists from all around the world. This year’s artists will include eight sopranos, four mezzo-sopranos, five tenors, four baritones, two bass-baritones, and one bass to go along with one apprentice stage director, and five apprentice coaches. The sopranos are Anna Duga, Chelsea Lehnea, Anne-Marie MacIntosh, Amber Monroe, {…}

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AVA To Present Dvořák’s ‘Rusalka’ For The First Time

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The Academy of Vocal Arts begins 2019 with a production Dvořák’s “Rusalka,” an opera that it will present for the first time ever in the academy’s 84-year history. The opera is set to star Kara Mulder in the title role,  John Myers and Piotr Buszewski as the Prince and Claire de Monteil and Renée Richardson as the Foreign Princess. Alice Chung and Chelsea {…}

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Bayreuth Festival 2025 Review: Der Ring Des Nibelungen

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(Photo Credit: Enrico Nawrath) The power of the music transcends any single interpreter. From the primal opening chord the rising and falling of Richard Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk will lead audiences through 17 hours of an ecstatic vision. Amidst such orchestral glory, however, the second cycle of the Bayreuth Festival’s 2025 “Ring” provided plenty of conceptual confusion as Wagner-lovers bid a grateful {…}