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Boston Baroque Releases 2020-21 Season Trailer

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Boston Baroque has released a trailer for its 2020-21 virtual season. The new trailer is the latest from a set of documentary short films by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Hansen as a part of its 2020-2021 Virtual Season subscription package. The new trailer features Amanda Forsythe, Aldo Abreu, Jesse Levine, Christina Day Martinson, and music director Martin Pearlman. The virtual season {…}

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Ermonela Jaho, Ricky Ian Gordon & Sarah Kirkland Snider Highlight New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get to hear the debut album of one of today’s greatest divas and two new pieces in world premiere recordings. Anima Rara  Ermonela Jaho releases her debut recital disc “Anima Rara.” Recorded in Valencia in November 2019 with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana and Andrea Battistoni, this recording brings together music championed by the Italian {…}

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Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Lise Davidsen, Damien Geter, Lead Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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We are deep into the summer, but opera has not stopped. We are getting live performances throughout Europe and still getting full slates of online opera offerings. So for this week’s recommendations, we are looking at a wide range of options, including a few classic works, a recital from two major opera stars, and a lot of new operas. As {…}

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Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Plácido Domingo, Aida Garifullina Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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More options, more variety. That is what is going on with the release of more streams from more companies. This week’s recommendations features the best mix of classical performances, traditional operas, and new works to engage the widest range of audience. Eugene Onegin – Opera Vision / Komische Oper Berlin (NOW) OperaVision kicks off its Russian festival in May with {…}

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Susanna Phillips Headlines Boston Baroque Live Streaming Platform

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Boston Baroque has launched Boston Baroque Live its first-ever live recorded performance streaming platform. The first performance to be featured on the platform will be Handel’s “Agrippina” with a cast headlined by Susanna Phillips as Agrippina,  David Hansen as Nero, Amanda Forsythe as Poppea, Ken Deas as Claudius, and Martin Pearlman at the podium. In addition to the performance, audiences {…}

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Orchestra of St. Luke’s to Launch Online ‘Bach at Home 2020’ Series

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The Orchestra of St. Luke’s has reconceived the June performances of its OSL Bach Festival as a series of curated online concerts entitled “Bach at Home 2020.” The concert series will be released on the company’s official website this June and will feature such artists as Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, cellist Pieter Wispelwey, harpsichordists Jean Rondeau {…}

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Royal Opera House 2019-20 Live in Cinemas: Jonas Kaufmann & Lise Davidsen Lead ‘Fidelio’

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On Thursday March 17, 2020, the Royal Opera House will stream Beethoven’s “Fidelio” into local cinemas, with international audiences getting a chance to see the transmission at a later date. The performance will be conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano with Jonas Kaufmann as Florestan and Lise Davidsen in the role of Leonora. Other cast members include Simon Neal, Georg Zeppenfeld, {…}

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Royal Opera House Announces Cast Change for March 13 ‘Fidelio’

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Jonas Kaufmann has canceled his appearance in the March 13, 2020 performance of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” in London. The Royal Opera House announced that due to illness, Kaufmann will not be able to perform. According to his official instagram, he been fighting an infection since before the opening night. As a result David Butt Philip will sing the role of Florestan. {…}

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Royal Opera House Announces Cast Change for ‘Fidelio’

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Jonas Kaufmann has canceled March 9, 2020 performance of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” The Royal Opera House announced that due to illness, Kaufmann will not be able to perform. As a result David Butt Philip will sing the role of Florestan. Philip was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme from 2012 to 2014 where he sang First Chevalier/Master of {…}