Christophe Dumaux, Delphine Galou, Franco Fagioli Among Stars of Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2020

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The Innsbruck Festival of Early Music has announced its 2020 season, which features a wide range of early music in concert and opera. For the purposes of this article, we will focus solely on opera and vocal related program. The season opens with Ferdinando Paër’s “Leonora,” which will be directed by Mariame Clément with musical direction by Alessandro de Marchi. {…}

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Nino Machaidze & Gregory Kunde Headline Teatro De la Maestranza’s 2019-20 Season

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The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced its 2019-20 season, featuring four operatic productions and numerous recitals and concerts. Opera Carlos Chausson, Joan Martín-Royo, Anicio Zorzi Giustaniani, Sara Blanch, and Francisco Escala star in Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Corrado Rovaris conducts the production by Laurent Pelly. Performance Dates: Oct. 12-19, 2019 Saint-Saëns’ “Samson et Dalila” follows with Gregory Kunde and Nancy Fabiola Herrera starring {…}

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Q & A: Julie Fuchs On Bel Canto & Her Second Solo Album ‘Mademoiselle’

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The Bel Canto repertoire is perhaps one of the most extensive in the repertory. Throughout history, only three composers have dominated every major theater and only a fraction of their works have been shown. Thanks to recent discoveries, festivals and solo albums, the works of rare composers like Pacini, Raimondi, and Fioravanti, among others, have come to the forefront. In {…}

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Olga Peretyatko’s ‘Anna Bolena’ & The Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend Internationally (4/12-14)

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Another weekend, more opera selections. This weekend we take a look at a plethora of rare works that will be taking the stage in major forms. Anna Bolena – Opera de Liege, Belgium Olga Peretyatko, Marko Mimica, Celso Albelo, and Sofia Soloviy headline a new production of Donizetti’s breakout opera. Giamopaolo Bisanti conducts the production Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera. Gianni {…}

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CD / DVD Releases – Week of Feb. 18

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This week, two new releases are set to hit the market. One comes from the Metropolitan Opera, while the other comes from one of the world’s rising stars. Here is a look at what we recommend this week. The Exterminating Angel Thomas Adès’ latest opera gets a release by Erato after its U.S. premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. The opera {…}

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The Kurt Weill Foundation Reveals Semifinalists For 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition

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The Kurt Weill Foundation has announced the 28 semifinalists for the 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition. Among the semifinalists were a whopping 24 Americans, one Canadian, two Germans, and one Russian. Nine of the semifinalists were over the age of 30 and 19 were under 30; of those 19, six were under the age of 25. The semifinalists are Lily Arbisser {…}

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Artist Profile: Soprano Renata Tebaldi, ‘La Voce D’Angelo’

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Renata Tebaldi, born on Feb. 1, 1922, was renowned as the “voce d’angelo.” She was born to a cellist and nurse in Pesaro and became involved with music from a very young age. At 13, she was taking piano lessons and by 17 she was admitted into the conservatory. Her stage debut came as Elena in “Mefistofele” in Rovigo in {…}

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Donizetti Opera Festival 2018 Review: Enrico Di Borgogna

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Is it possible to create a first-rate theatrical experience when staging an opera in which the composer has not yet found his feet? The question is asked in response to the Donizetti Opera Festival’s decision to mount a production of “Enrico di Borgogna,” the composer’s second complete opera and the first of his works to be given a staging premiered {…}

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Analysis: 2018 Leyla Gencer Voice Competition Istanbul

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Opera aficionados d’un certain âge remember Leyla Gencer with almost idolatrous admiration and no small degree of reverence. With the passing of time, most younger devotees of the lyric theatre have about as much knowledge of “La Diva Turca” as they do Maria Reining or Toti dal Monte. Born Ayshe Leyla Ceyrekgil in Istanbul sometime between 1918-1928, Gencer enjoyed a {…}

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Christophe Dumaux, Delphine Galou, Franco Fagioli Among Stars of Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2020

Nino Machaidze & Gregory Kunde Headline Teatro De la Maestranza’s 2019-20 Season

Q & A: Julie Fuchs On Bel Canto & Her Second Solo Album ‘Mademoiselle’

Olga Peretyatko’s ‘Anna Bolena’ & The Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend Internationally (4/12-14)

CD / DVD Releases – Week of Feb. 18

The Kurt Weill Foundation Reveals Semifinalists For 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition

Artist Profile: Soprano Renata Tebaldi, ‘La Voce D’Angelo’

Donizetti Opera Festival 2018 Review: Enrico Di Borgogna

Analysis: 2018 Leyla Gencer Voice Competition Istanbul