Bolshoi Theatre Announces 246th Season

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The Bolshoi Theatre has announced plans for its 246th season. The new season will include seven new opera productions and three ballet productions. For this article, we will highlight the opera productions and vocal highlights. Premieres The first new productions will be staged at the Pokrovsky Chamber Stage. The double-bill will feature “Maddalena” by Sergei Prokofiev and “L’Heure espagnole” by {…}

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44 Percent of American Opera Companies Support Black Opera Alliance’s ‘Pledge for Racial Equity and Systematic Change in Opera’

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UPDATE: OperaWire reached out the Black Opera Alliance regarding information on which companies had supported and rejected the pledge and was informed that Opera San Antonio was the lone company to refuse; BOA will provide more information on specific companies supporting the pledge in the future. The article follows as originally published. The Black Opera Alliance and international arts management {…}

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Lawrence Brownlee to Open Opera America’s Opera Conference 2021

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One week remains to register for Opera America’s Opera Conference 2021 which runs from May 10th, 2021 – May 27, 2021. The opera field will come together to discuss and address key opportunities as the industry rebuilds after devastating closures. The conference’s first week, “Artists at the Center” highlights significant innovations produced by individual artists during the pandemic. Opening Session {…}

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Opera di Roma & Orchestra di Santa Cecilia to Get New Music Directors

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(Credit: Pablo Faccinetto) Daniele Gatti is set to replace Sir Antonio Pappano at the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia. The Corriere della Serra is reporting that Pappano will leave his post in Rome at the end of the 2021-24 season to become the chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. The news comes as Gatti’s contract as Music Director of {…}

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Lea Desandre & Jakub Józef Orliński Lead Baroque Night Livestream From Aix-en-Provence

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(Credits: © Julien Benhamou / Kamil Szkopik) The Festival de Pâques will present a night of baroque music to be live-streamed on March 31, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. The performance will star mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre and counter-tenor Jakub Józef Orliński. The two singers will perform works by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Giulio Caccini, Henry Purcell, Georg Friedrich Händel, Thomas Dunford, Reynaldo Hahn, {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Russell Thomas, Elīna Garanča, Joyce DiDonato Headline Royal Opera House’s 2021-22 Season

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The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden has announced new plans for its 2021-22 season, the first full season by the company since 2019. There will five world premieres from The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera. The opera will open with a production of “Rigoletto” directed by Oliver Mears with Antonio Pappano conducting and Carlos Álvarez in the title role. He {…}

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Ryan Speedo Green Named Artist in Residence of Texas Opera Alliance

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The Texas Opera Alliance has announced that bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green will be its first Artist in Residence. Green will take the position beginning March 12, and will end it with his performance at the end of the month in Austin Opera’s An All-Star Concert. Green will participate in a variety of outreach and performance programs for the Alliance’s five-member {…}

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Obituary: Bass-Baritone Antoine Hodge Dies of COVID-19

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Bass-baritone Antoine Hodge has died after a two-month battle with COVID-19. Hodge was a rising star in the opera world who performed leading roles at the Atlanta Opera, On Site Opera, Central City Opera, Opera Colorado, Regina Opera Company, Ash Lawn Opera, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, and Winter Opera St Louis, among many others. Among the roles he performed were Antonio/Gusmano {…}

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Obituary: American Soprano Margherita Roberti Passes Away, Aged 95

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American soprano Margaret Roberts, better known as Margherita Roberti, has passed away at the age of 95. With a career spanning four decades, she is remembered for her interpretation of Verdi heroines throughout the stages of Italy. Born in 1925, Roberts grew up on her father’s cattle-breeding farm until they moved to Muscatine, Iowa when she was 12. The following {…}

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Bolshoi Theatre Announces 246th Season

44 Percent of American Opera Companies Support Black Opera Alliance’s ‘Pledge for Racial Equity and Systematic Change in Opera’

Lawrence Brownlee to Open Opera America’s Opera Conference 2021

Opera di Roma & Orchestra di Santa Cecilia to Get New Music Directors

Lea Desandre & Jakub Józef Orliński Lead Baroque Night Livestream From Aix-en-Provence

Anna Netrebko, Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Russell Thomas, Elīna Garanča, Joyce DiDonato Headline Royal Opera House’s 2021-22 Season

Ryan Speedo Green Named Artist in Residence of Texas Opera Alliance

Obituary: Bass-Baritone Antoine Hodge Dies of COVID-19

Obituary: American Soprano Margherita Roberti Passes Away, Aged 95