Marina Rebeka, Ermonela Jaho, Golda Schultz, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Ludovic Tézier Headline Radio France’s 2021-22 Season

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Radio France has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on the vocal works. Here is a look. Operas Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les sortilèges” spotlights Jodie Devos, Clara Guillon, Adèle Charvet, Marie Lenormand, Élodie Méchain, Antoine Normand, Régis Mengus, and Paul Gay. Mikko Franck conducts. Performance date: Oct. 1, 2021, Philharmonie de Paris {…}

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NAXOS UK to Manage Bayerische Staatsoper’s BSOrec Label

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Naxos UK has announced that it will now be distributing recordings from the Bayerische Staatsoper. This news follows the Bayerische Staatsoper’s recent revelation that it would be launching its own record label, BSOrec. Per a press release, all global physical and digital distribution of the recording label will be operated by NAXOS Music Group. BSOrec’s first recording will be Kirill {…}

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Soprano Olivia Warburton & Conductor Finnegan Downie Dear Present ‘Sundays at Six’ Recital Series

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Award-winning soprano Olivia Warburton is set to team up with Mahler Competition-winning conductor/pianist Finnegan Downie Dear in a continuation of their “Sundays at Six” live-streamed virtual recital series. Founded by Warburton in March 2020, the Berlin-based duo has presented 15 recitals to date, performing music ranging from traditional arias to art songs and Broadway tunes. “During this incredibly difficult and {…}

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Criticism on Fridays: Opera Journalism in Times of Crisis

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(Photo: Hasan Almasi) Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most sensitive topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. The choice of topics discussed, how they are researched, and how they are portrayed is conducted independently of OperaWire’s editors. “Through the stories we tell {…}

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Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Lise Davidsen, Damien Geter, Lead Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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We are deep into the summer, but opera has not stopped. We are getting live performances throughout Europe and still getting full slates of online opera offerings. So for this week’s recommendations, we are looking at a wide range of options, including a few classic works, a recital from two major opera stars, and a lot of new operas. As {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Patricia Petibon & Cecilia Bartoli Lead Philharmonie Luxembourg’s 2020-21 Season

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The Philharmonie Luxembourg has announced its 2020-21 season featuring several great orchestras, soloists, and the famed Orchestre Philharmonique Luxembourg. For this article, we will only focus on the vocal performances. Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle“ with Rinat Shaham and Gerald Finley. Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2020 Oksana Lyniv and Rolando Villazón join the Orchestre {…}

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Opera Profile: George Benjamin’s ‘Written on Skin’

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(Credit: Steven Pisano) “Written on Skin” is considered by some to be British composer George Benjamin’s masterpiece and one of the most important works of the 21st Century. The opera, which was written by Martin Crimp, first premiered July 7th, 2012 at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Led by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the piece was an instant success, lauded for its {…}

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Sabine Devieilhe, Jakub Józef Orliński, Waltraud Meier, Magdalena Kožená Headline Revamped Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

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(Photo Credit / Source: Magdalena Kozena Facebook / Kamil Szkopik / Warner Classic) The Festival d’Aix-en-Provence has announced a revamped approach to its 202 Festival which is set to take place online due to the continued impact of COVID-19. For 10 days, audience members will get the opportunity to engage with four distinct events which will be accessible via Arte {…}

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Elīna Garanča, Joyce DiDonato & Günther Groissböck Highlight Musikverein Wien’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Paul Schirnhofer/DG/Chris Singer) The Musikverein Wien has announced its 2020-21 Season featuring a number of great stars. For this article of the Austrian concert hall, vocal performances have been highlighted. Michael Havlicek joins the Philharmonia Schrammeln for “Schlawi(e)nerisches.” Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2020 Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts Haydn’s Die Schöpfung. Oratorium with soloists Christiane Karg, Benjamin Bruns, and Florian Boesch. Performance {…}

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Marina Rebeka, Ermonela Jaho, Golda Schultz, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Ludovic Tézier Headline Radio France’s 2021-22 Season

NAXOS UK to Manage Bayerische Staatsoper’s BSOrec Label

Soprano Olivia Warburton & Conductor Finnegan Downie Dear Present ‘Sundays at Six’ Recital Series

Criticism on Fridays: Opera Journalism in Times of Crisis

Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Lise Davidsen, Damien Geter, Lead Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

Joyce DiDonato, Patricia Petibon & Cecilia Bartoli Lead Philharmonie Luxembourg’s 2020-21 Season

Opera Profile: George Benjamin’s ‘Written on Skin’

Sabine Devieilhe, Jakub Józef Orliński, Waltraud Meier, Magdalena Kožená Headline Revamped Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Elīna Garanča, Joyce DiDonato & Günther Groissböck Highlight Musikverein Wien’s 2020-21 Season