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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 {…}

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76th Annual Concorso Internazionale Aslico Announces Winners

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The 76th annual Concorso Internazionale Aslico for young opera singers has announced its 2024 winners. The competition, which was held on Jan. 6,  saw 18 singers competing. Of those 18, 16 singers competed for a role in an opera while two competed for an emerging prize. In total 120 singers competed before 18 were selected for finals. The winners for {…}

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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Das Rheingold

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(Fotos von Bernd Uhlig, Kontakt: bernd.uhlig.fotografie@t-online.de) It does seem that the 2021 Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Ring has been somewhat of a success over the last few years. And this is good for opera. A major achievement, this as other cycles, after the centennial Patrice Chéreau staging have created negative stirrings, indeed vivid contestations largely due to mistaken stage-director conceptions ingrained {…}

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Karen Chia-Ling Ho, Levy Sekgapane & Sydney Mancasola Lead Boston Lyric Opera’s 2023-24 Season

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The Boston Lyric Opera has announced its 2023-24 season featuring four productions. The Boston Lyric Opera opens with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” featuring Karen Chia-Ling Ho, Alice Chung, Dominick Chenes, and Troy Cook. David Angus conducts the opera in a production by Phil Chan. Performance Dates: Sept. 14-24, 2023 David Angus conducts Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” in a production by Dawn M. Simmons. {…}