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Sonya Yoncheva, Valery Gergiev & Gerald Finley To Be Featured At The Philharmonie De Paris’s 2018-19 Season

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced its 2018-19 season filled with numerous concerts and operatic selections. The season will see a number of international stars and orchestras as guest artists to this important Parisian hall. Here is a look at the vocal highlights. Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra continue their exploration of the Ring Cycle with “Siegfried.” The opera {…}

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Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend (2/2-4): Diana Damrau, Jonas Kaufmann & Sonya Yoncheva Headline Concert Tours

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This weekend offers a variety of different options from the around the world. Among the choices will be concert tours as well as new productions and premieres. Lulu – Hamburg State Opera, Germany  Grammy winner Barbara Hannigan continues her run in the title role of “Lulu,” Berg’s masterpiece. The production by Christoph Marthaler also stars Angela Denoke, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, and Sergei Leiferkus. {…}

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The 5 Must-See Performers of the Paris Opera’s 2018-19 Season

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The Paris Opera is set to celebrate two anniversaries and will bring together some of the greatest stars in the world. However, this season will also be special because it will feature stars making house debuts as well as role debuts. In one case, there will also be a world premiere. Here are five performers OperaWire believes audiences need to {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko & Sonya Yoncheva To Be Featured In Paris Opera 2018-19 Season

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The 2018-19 Paris Opera will celebrate a double anniversary including the signing, in 1669, of the letters patent authorizing Perrin to establish an Academy of Opera – rapidly named the Royal Academy of Music and that of the inauguration of the Opéra Bastille in 1989. The season will feature a number of new productions, classic revivals, and world premieres. It {…}

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Opera Meets Film: Opera Stars Who Have Been Featured In Recent Films

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“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a section or a film in its entirety, highlighting the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment, given the fact that {…}

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Metropolitan Opera Lead Grammy Nominations

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The nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards have been announced as of Nov. 28th, 2017. This year’s list of nominees are notable for the inclusion of two works by Austrian composer Alban Berg, as well as the strong presence in the lists from the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Also included in the nominees is Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, whose {…}

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Critically Acclaimed ‘Hamlet’ To Be Live Streamed From Glyndebourne Festival

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For years, the world has craved a solid Hamlet Opera. Well, it seems that that wish may have come true with Brett Dean’s new work. The opera received thunderously positive reviews from the Glyndebourne Festival and now audiences around the world will get to weigh in with their thoughts when the opera is streamed online on July 6, 2017. The {…}

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Glyndebourne Festival Presents Three Operas In Cinemas

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Opera in cinemas seems to be a major trend all around the world and the Glyndebourne Festival will continue its acclaimed transmissions. The season gets off to a start on June 8, 2017, with the 2014 production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” starring acclaimed tenor Michael Fabiano and Bolshoi star Venera Gimadieva. The series continues on July 10, 2017, with the {…}

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Weekend Preview – International (2/24-2/26): Ailyn Perez, Francesco Meli and Leo Nucci Preview Verdi’s “La Traviata” Among Weekend Highlights

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What are you seeing this weekend? Is it Verdi, Wagner, Mozart or more experimental composers like Jake Heggie and Kurt Weill? These are only some of the many composer’s the major theaters of the world will be showing this weekend. Austria The Wiener Staatsoper kicks off the weekend with two performances of “Die Zauberflöte” for kids, which is followed by {…}