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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Nadine Sierra & Lise Davidsen Headline Metropolitan Opera’s Spring Season

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The Metropolitan Opera returns after a successful first half of the 2021–22 season and a planned February break. During the spring portion of the season, the company is slated to present three new productions and 12 classic revivals that run from Feb. 28–June 11, 2022. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the company’s first-ever performances of the original five-act French version {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

San Francisco Opera 2021-22 Review: Così Fan Tutte

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On Nov. 21, 2021, the San Francisco Opera unveiled Michael Cavanagh’s new production of “Così fan tutte’  that rocked with energy, gaiety, verve, and abundance. The production worked on all fronts. The stage design, created by Erhard Rom, featured the so-called Wolfbridge Country Club, in the 1930s, complete with Fitness Center, Ballroom,  Badminton Court, and Swimming Pool, unfolded lively and {…}

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Nicole Cabell & Ferrucio Furlanetto Lead San Francisco Opera’s ‘Così fan tutte’

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San Francisco Opera continues its season with Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” in a new production by Michael Cavanagh. The new production is part two of the Company’s Mozart-Da Ponte Trilogy which sets the opera’s amorous deceptions and confusions in a 1930s American country club. The production is set to be conducted by Henrik Nánásiand will star sopranos, Nicole Cabell and {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Diana Damrau & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Metropolitan Opera’s Free Summer HD Festival

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The Met’s Summer HD Festival is set to return on August 28 featuring 10 free encore presentations from the company’s Live in HD series. The festival will also feature a special pre-festival screening of Susan Froemke’s acclaimed documentary “The Opera House.” The screenings will be free and open to the public, with approximately 2,500 seats set up next to the {…}

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Announces Fall 2021-22 Season

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The Chicago Symphony has announced the fall season of its 2021-22 season. Here is a look at the vocal and choral performances of the first half of the year. Michael Lewanski conducts Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with soprano Whitney Morrison. The program includes music by Montgomery, Joachim, Hearne, and Smith. Performance Date: Nov. 1, 2021 Jakub Hrůša conducts {…}

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Ailyn Pérez, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton & Nicole Car Lead San Francisco Opera’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credit: Chris Singer/Fay Fox/Yan Bleney/Bree Anne Clowdus) The San Francisco Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring a variety of classic works and some of the greatest stars in the industry. The season will open with Puccini’s “Tosca“ with Eun Sun Kim conducting an all-star cast that includes soprano Ailyn Pérez as Tosca, tenor Michael Fabiano as Cavaradossi, and bass-baritone Alfred {…}

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Karine Deshayes, Sabine Devieilhe & Philippe Jaroussky Highlight Opéra de Rouen Normandie’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credits: © Aymeric Giraudel / Fabien Monthubert / © Simon Fowler) Opéra de Rouen Normandie, France has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article, we will only focus on the operatic and vocal performances. Here is the full slate. Opera and Musicals Verdi‘s “Il Trovatore” opens the season with Lionel Lhote as Count di Luna, Brigitta Kele {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Angel Blue, Roberto Alagna, Joyce DiDonato Headline Weeks 64 & 65 of Metropolitan Opera’s Nightly Streams

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its next two weeks of nightly streams. The first week will center on operas featured in the “Aria Code” podcast. The second week will focus on reimagined settings of classic operas. Week 64 – Aria Code: The Operas Behind the Podcast Monday, May 31 – Puccini’s Turandot Starring Christine Goerke, Eleonora Buratto, Yusif Eyvazov, and James Morris, {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces 5 Beverly Sills Artist Award Winners for 2021

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it will be splitting the 2021 Beverly Sills Artist Award between five artists including Erin Morley, Brenda Rae, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ben Bliss, and Ryan Speedo Green. Each artist will receive $10,000 awards. This is the first time in the company’s history that the award is given to {…}