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Interviews, Stage Spotlight

From West To East & Back – Bass Christopher Job on His Historic Roots in LA, Singing At the Met Opera

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Christopher Job has seen it all. The bass-baritone has worked with many of the world’s greatest artists, all while building up a unique career singing smaller roles at the Metropolitan Opera while performing bigger ones with other companies. The California native recently had an opportunity to perform with the LA Philharmonic on its 100th-anniversary concert. It was a major homecoming {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Teatro Regio Torino 2017-18 Review – I Lombardi: Angela Meade & Francesco Meli Sparkle In Early, But Underdeveloped Verdi Opera

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A number of Verdi’s early operas are closely associated with the Risorgimento, no more so than “Nabucco” with its famous chorus, “Va pensiero,” in which the people yearn for a homeland. Arguably, however, it was the follow-up and now rarely performed opera, “I Lombardi alla Prima crociata,” which best encapsulates the spirit of the Italian people’s desire for nationhood. Listening {…}

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Usedomer Musik Festival 2018 Review – Jakub Jósef Orliński Gives a Bravura Baroque Recital Minus Bboy Boomerangs

https://operawire.com/usedomer-musik-festival-2018-review-jakub-josef-orlinski-gives-a-bravura-baroque-recital-minus-bboy-boomerangs/

The remote Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern might seem a strange place for a Music Festival, but for 25 years the island of Usedom has been hosting artists of international repute. Skeptical foreign visitors expecting bleak windswept dunes with a few forlorn fishermen’s shanties shrouded in eau de poisson will be in for a big surprise. Usedom’s popularity reached its apogee during {…}

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UPDATE – Sources: Anna Netrebko & Jonas Kaufmann ‘Turandot’ Reunion in Salzburg Is Mere Speculation

https://operawire.com/anna-netrebko-jonas-kaufmann-to-reunite-for-a-new-production-in-2021/

UPDATE: Per our sources, the speculated production is just a rumor and it is the wrong information. Following is the article in its original form.  Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann are set to perform Puccini’s “Turandot” at the Salzburg Festival in 2021. According to Platea Magazine and Forum Opera, the two superstars will star in a new production of Puccini’s final opera {…}

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Opéra de Lyon 2017-18 Review – Don Carlos: Even With An Auto-Da-Fé, Christophe Honoré’s Production Never Catches Fire

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“Don Carlos” or “Don Carlo?” In French or Italian? Four acts or five? Three hours or four? Paris, Naples, Milan or Modena version? Pas de deux or pas de nul? Verdi’s longest opera is so full of revisions, rewrites, authorized or impious corrections, it is impossible to nominate a definitive score. The master music dramatist tinkered with this opera for 20 {…}

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Joyce DiDonato & Daniela Barcellona Win The Olivier Award

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Joyce DiDonato and Daniela Barcellona have won the Olivier Awards.  The mezzo sopranos won the award for Best Achievement in Opera for their starring roles in “Semiramide” at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden during a ceremony on Sunday. “Semiramide” also won Best New Opera Production. Barcellona accepted both awards thanking director David Alden, Rossini, and Sir Antonio Pappano. DiDonato {…}

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Royal Opera House 2017-18 Cinemas Preview: Anna Netrebko Leads ‘Macbeth’

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The Royal Opera House will present Verdi’s “Macbeth” live in cinemas on April 4, 2018. The performance will be broadcast around the globe and will feature superstar soprano Anna Netrebko as the villainous Lady Macbeth. She will be paired with Zeljko Lucic in the title role; the two performed the Macbeths together at the Metropolitan Opera in a performance that {…}

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Vienna State Opera 2017-18 Review – Ariodante: Sir David McVicar’s sumptuous staging for the Wiener Staatsoper Is a Case of Handel With Care

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An alien orchestra playing in the illustrious Wiener Staatsoper is about as rare as a running of the bulls on the Ringstrasse. Apart from a one-night swap with the La Scala orchestra in 2011, in recent years only Les Musiciens du Louvre, Les Talens Lyriques, and the Freiburger Barockorchester have been granted such a privilege. The latest member of this {…}