Simon Keenlyside, Joélle Harvey, Lauren Snouffer, Liv Redpath Headline Cleveland Orchestra’s 2025 International Radio Broadcast Series

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The Cleveland Orchestra is teaming up with WCLV / Ideastream Public Media and WFMT to present a 13-week radio international broadcast series. Here is the rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection.” Franz Welser-Möst conducts with Lauren Snouffer and Marie-Nicole Lemieux as the soloists. Streaming Date: Jan. 7, 2025 Then comes a concert {…}

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Opera Australia 2024 Review: Hamlet

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(Credit: Keith Saunders) It was commissioned by and premiered at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017. Then new cities followed suit every year (apart from the horrid COVID-infected era): Adelaide Festival (2018), a new production in Cologne, Germany (2019), the massive success at the Metropolitan Opera of New York (2022) and the Bavarian State Opera in München (2023). Finally, after seven {…}

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Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne has announced its 2024-25 season which features Renaud Capuçon as the Music Director. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Hossein Pishkar conducts a program of Haydn and Martin with bass-baritone Johan Reuter. Performance Date: Dec. 11 & 12, 2024 Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings a program of music by Khayam, Haydn, Stravinsky, and {…}

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Public Funeral Announced for Jodie Devos

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A public funeral has been announced for Jodie Devos. Opera Magazine is reporting that the Belgian soprano’s service will be held on June 22 at Namur’s Cathédrale Saint-Aubain at 10 a.m. local time. The news comes after the Belgian soprano died on June 16 at the age of 35 from cancer. Devos’ death resonated throughout the opera world with many {…}

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Bayerische Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Le Grande Macabre’

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The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced a cast change for Liegti’s “Le Grande Macabre.” The company noted that Sam Carl will sing the role of Astradamors replacing the previously announced Brindley Sherratt. Carl is currently rehearsing a new production of “Il trittico” at the Dutch National Opera. This summer he is set to perform in the Glyndebourne Festival’s production of “Giulio Cesare. {…}

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Nadine Sierra, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Asmik Grigorian & Marina Rebeka Lead London Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

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The London Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Performance Dates: Oct. 20 & 23, 2024 André J Thomas conducts the Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir and LSO Community Voices in music by Brandon Boyd, Nolan Williams, Margaret Bonds, Brandon Waddles, André J Thomas, Moses Hogan, Rosephanye Powell, Joe Pace, Carol Cymbala, Kurt Carr, Raymond Wise, and Frances Fonza Smith. Performance {…}

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Marion Cotillard, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez & Sabine Devieilhe Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2024-25 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Orchestre de Paris Klaus Mäkelä conducts music by Beethoven, Peteris Vasks, and Tchaikovsky. Lisa Batiashvili is the soloist. Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2024 Stanislav Kochanovsky conducts a program of music by Tchaikovsky, Ravel, and Alexandre Tcherepnine. Golda Schultz stars. Performance Date: Oct. 9, {…}

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Pacific Opera Victoria Announces 2024-25 Season

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Canada’s Pacific Opera Victoria has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” which will star Canadian Andrew Haji, and Jennifer Tarver. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-22, 2024 Rachel Portman’s “The Little Prince” will showcase Emma Parkinson, Ben Butterfield, and Melody Courage. The show will feature a partnership, with Principal Conductor and Chorus Master, Giuseppe Pietraoria {…}

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Swedish Radio Choir 2024 Review: Igor Stravinsky’s ‘The Rake’s Progress’

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(Photo Credit: Dagens Nyhter/Mattias Ahlm) On February 4, I had the pleasure of seeing Igor Stravinsky’s, “The Rake’s Progress,” for the first time. Having only read about the opera, I hadn’t come to realize how satirical Stravinsky could really be. Shostakovich and Prokofiev have been my references for the identity of Russian musical satire. Leading the Swedish Chamber Orchestra was {…}

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Simon Keenlyside, Joélle Harvey, Lauren Snouffer, Liv Redpath Headline Cleveland Orchestra’s 2025 International Radio Broadcast Series

Opera Australia 2024 Review: Hamlet

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Announces 2024-25 Season

Public Funeral Announced for Jodie Devos

Bayerische Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Le Grande Macabre’

Nadine Sierra, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Asmik Grigorian & Marina Rebeka Lead London Symphony Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

Marion Cotillard, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez & Sabine Devieilhe Lead Philharmonie de Paris’ 2024-25 Season

Pacific Opera Victoria Announces 2024-25 Season

Swedish Radio Choir 2024 Review: Igor Stravinsky’s ‘The Rake’s Progress’