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Simon O’Neill & Anja Kampe Lead San Francisco Opera’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’

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San Francisco Opera is set to present Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” The opera is set to be presented between Oct. 19 and Nov. 5 for five performances under the baton of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim. Paul Curran makes his company debut directing a cast that will be led by Wagnerian interpreters Simon O’Neill and Anja {…}
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San Francisco Opera Announces 2024-25 Season Livestreams

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The San Francisco Opera has announced the 2024-25 livestream season. The season opens with a production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” The opera will star Michael Fabiano, Lianna Haroutounian, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Mei Gui Zhang, and Judit Kutasi. Livestream Date: Sept. 15, 2024 at 2pm Poul Ruder’s “The Handmaid’s Tale“ will be the second stream and will star Irene Roberts, Lindsay Ammann, Sarah Cambidge, and John Relyea. Livestream {…}
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Deutsche Oper Berlin Announces Cast Changes for ‘Carmen’ & ‘La Fiamma’

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(Credit: Deutsche Oper Berin) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced cast changes for its productions of “Carmen” and “La Fiamma.” The company said that for Sept. 1 and 6 performances, Nina Solodovnikova will take over the role of Micaëla replacing Sua Jo while for the Sept. 6 and 12 performances Joel Allison will take over the role of Escamillo in {…}
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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Götterdämmerung

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(Photo Credit: Bernd Uhlig) There is something unique about waiting for the curtain to rise on “Götterdämmerung.” Anyone who has followed a “Ring” in the theatre, may take their seat in sadness as this evening will end the journey through the most fabled, mythical and symbolic landscape of all. Though the images and sentiments confronted in any given production condition {…}
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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Das Rheingold

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(Fotos von Bernd Uhlig, Kontakt: [email protected]) 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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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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(Photo credit: Bernd Uhlig) The man who gave the opera world its most dazzling 21st century “Parsifal,” Stefan Herheim, continues his quest to interrogate the Romantic text that is Richard Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelungen.” Inspired refreshing of a 150-year-old work of art can provide new insights and flashes of illumination. But conceptual pyrotechnics can just as easily destroy its {…}
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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2024 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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(Photo by Bernd Uhlig) I’m back in Berlin, a city I favor and enjoy so much, ready for yet another Ring cycle at Deutsche Oper, a large, comfortable 1850-seat theatre boldly designed in the Modernist style and simply ideal for large-scale productions. And none comes much larger than those penned by Giacomo Meyerbeer, Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner  Therefore, with {…}
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Jessica Nuccio, Tommi Hakala & Viktor Antipenko Lead Theater Dortmund’s 2024-25 Season

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The Theater Dortmund has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres  Verdi’s “La Traviata” will get a new production by Vincent Boussard and Will Humburg will conduct. The opera will star Anna Sohn, Sooyeon Lee, Jessica Nuccio, Andrea Caré, Sungho Kim, and Mandla Mndebele. Performance Dates: Sept. 15, 2024-Jan 3, 2025 Gil Mehmert directs a new production of “Sweeney Todd” with Ks. {…}
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Jonathan Tetelman, Aigul Akhmetshina, Aušrine Stundyte, David Butt Philip & Sondra Radvanovsky lead Deutsche Oper Berlin’s 2024-25 Season

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The Deustche Oper Berlin has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Respighi’s “La Fiamma” will be directed by Christof Loy and conducted by Carlo Rizzi. The cast will include Aušrine Stundyte, Georgy Vasiliev, Vladislav Sulimsky, Martina Serafin, Sua Jo, Cristina Toledo, Martina Baroni, Karis Tucker, Caren Van Oijen, Doris Soffel, and Patrick Guetti. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 18, 2024 Enrique Mazzola {…}

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