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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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (5/26-28): Rolando Vilazón, Marina Rebeka & Anna Pirozzi Sing Title Roles

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It’s a weekend of role debuts, production debuts and continuing runs. It’s also a weekend to see rare works, as well as repertoire staples. Aida – Teatro Colón, Argentina The Teatro Colón opens its production of Verdi’s masterpiece with Latonia Moore starring in the title role and Nadia Krasteva as her rival Amneris. Riccardo Massi, Mark Rucker, and Roberto Scandiuzzi also star {…}

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Carlos Alvarez, Ainhoa Arteta & Sabina Puertolas Headline Teatro Del La Zarzuela’s 2018-19 Season

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The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2018-19 season featuring a number of favorites and international stars. The season will also include concerts and recitals by some of the world’s greatest singers. Productions Pablo Sorozabal’s “Katiuska” opens the season with Guillermo Garcia Calvo conducting Ainhoa Arteta, Rocio Ignacio, and Maite Alberola sharing the title role. Carlos Alvarez, Ángel Odena, Jorge {…}

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Teatro La Fenice 2017-18 Review – Signor Bruschino: Rossini Farce Gets Solid, If Not Overly Exciting, Revival

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Over the course of three years, between 1810 and 1813, Rossini rushed off five farces and a two-act opera for the Teatro Moise in Venice, which, unfortunately, closed its doors in 1818, and was subsequently demolished, although not before serving time as a puppet theatre and then as the city’s first cinema. The theater may be gone and largely forgotten, {…}

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Opera Profile: Prokofiev’s ‘War & Peace’

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Sergei Prokofiev’s operatic output isn’t all that well-known. While small bits from many of his works have made it into the mainstream via different means (a violin transcription of the March from “The Love for Three Oranges, for example), only one opera has passed the test of time, his adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.” The opera, which premiered {…}

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Opera Profile: An Introduction To Mascagni’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’

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This article represents the first of our “Opera For Beginners” section. To celebrate the date of an opera’s world premiere, we will start to create separate profiles for operas that the uninitiated can reference for their learning pleasure! Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” is one of the staples of the Verismo opera, a style of the late 1800s that showcased the lives {…}

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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

Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (5/26-28): Rolando Vilazón, Marina Rebeka & Anna Pirozzi Sing Title Roles

Carlos Alvarez, Ainhoa Arteta & Sabina Puertolas Headline Teatro Del La Zarzuela’s 2018-19 Season

Teatro La Fenice 2017-18 Review – Signor Bruschino: Rossini Farce Gets Solid, If Not Overly Exciting, Revival

Opera Profile: Prokofiev’s ‘War & Peace’

Opera Profile: An Introduction To Mascagni’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’