Anja Kampe, Gatson Rivero & Karine Babajanyan Headline Oper Leipzig’s 2018-19 Season

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The Oper Leipzig has announced its 2018-19 season with multiple new productions, concert performances, and revivals. It will also feature a number of international stars, as well as ensemble singers, that will perform some of the greatest operatic masterpieces in the repertoire. New Productions Karine Babajanyan and Anja Kampe headline a new production of Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” with {…}

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Dallas Opera 2018-19 To Include Gregory Kunde, Anja Kampe & Angela Meade

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The Dallas Opera has announced its 2018-19 season, which is set to include five classic operas and numerous international stars. The season kicks off on Oct. 12, 2018 with Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” starring Greer Grimsley in the title role, Anja Kampe in her Dallas debut, and Jay Hunter Morris. Music director Emmanuel Villaume conducts. Performance Date: Oct. 12-20 (4 {…}

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Soprano Anja Kampe Responds to Former Agent’s Legal Threats

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Soprano Anja Kampe has written a response to the situation regarding her former agent Heidi Steinhaus. After Steinhaus issued a statement regarding the possibility of taking the soprano to court (after Kampe essentially ended her relationship with Steinhaus) the soprano wrote a formal response to a report issued on Slipped Disc.com. Here is her response below. “Dear Mr. Lebrecht, One {…}

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Salzburg Osterfestpiele Begins With ‘Die Walküre’ Starring Anja Harteros, Anja Kampe And Peter Seiffert

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On April 8 the Salzburg Osterfestpiele will officially open with a starry production of Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” The festival, which was established by Herbert Von Karajan, is celebrating its 50th anniversary, will re-create the original 1967 production. According to Christian Thielemann, the festival will celebrate Karajan by “attempting to re-create Karajan’s musico-theatrical vision of ‘Die Walküre’ from 1967. Our re-creation of {…}

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Anja Harteros Cancels Bayerische Staatsoper’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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Anja Harteros is out of the Bayerische Staatsoper‘s production of “Tristan und Isolde.” The company said that she will be replaced for the April performances by Elena Pankratova. For the July shows, Anja Kampe will replace Harteros. This isn’t the first of Harteros’ cancelations at Bayerische this past year. Harteros had canceled her July 19, 2022 recital performance. Harteros’ next {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Brian Jagde & Charles Castronovo Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2022-23 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2022-23 season featuring 10 new productions. Premieres Benedict Andrews directs Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” with Vladimir Jurowski conducting a cast that includes Louise Alder, Avery Amereau, Konstantin Krimmel, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Sandrine Piau, and Christian Gerhaher. Performance Dates: Oct. 26, 2022-July 17, 2023 Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will be conducted by François-Xavier Roth and directed by film director {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Anna Netrebko, Michael Fabiano, Roberta Mantegna Headline Top Operas to Stream This Week

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As July comes to a close we are fortunate to bring you another week of unique opera streams. Three hail from one company in Germany, but all of them are undeniably worth a look. We also have some unique streams from a number of other companies and organizations around the world. So without further ado, here are our top operas {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau, Anja Harteros & Christian Gerhaher Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2021-22 Season

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(In collaboration with Dejan Vukosavljevic) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced its 2021-22 season featuring new productions and revivals as well as concerts. Here is a look at the new season. Premieres Shostakovich’s “The Nose” will get a new production by Kirill Serebrennikow. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the cast that includes Boris Pinkhasovich, Sergei Leiferkus, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Andrey Popov, Sergey Skorokhodov, Anton Rositskiy, {…}

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Anja Harteros & Erin Morley Highlight Staatskapelle Dresden’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Monarca Studios/Markus Tedeskino) The Staatskapelle Dresden has announced its 2020-21 season. For this article on the German orchestra, we will focus on the vocal concerts. Ingo Metzmacher conducts Angela Denoke in Schönberg’s “Erwartung.” The program also includes Ligeti’s Lontano and Schubert’s Symphony in C Major. Performance Dates: August 28, 2020 Christian Thielemann opens the season with Anja Kampe and Anja {…}

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Anja Kampe, Gatson Rivero & Karine Babajanyan Headline Oper Leipzig’s 2018-19 Season

Dallas Opera 2018-19 To Include Gregory Kunde, Anja Kampe & Angela Meade

Soprano Anja Kampe Responds to Former Agent’s Legal Threats

Salzburg Osterfestpiele Begins With ‘Die Walküre’ Starring Anja Harteros, Anja Kampe And Peter Seiffert

Anja Harteros Cancels Bayerische Staatsoper’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’

Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Brian Jagde & Charles Castronovo Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2022-23 Season

Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Anna Netrebko, Michael Fabiano, Roberta Mantegna Headline Top Operas to Stream This Week

Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau, Anja Harteros & Christian Gerhaher Lead Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2021-22 Season

Anja Harteros & Erin Morley Highlight Staatskapelle Dresden’s 2020-21 Season