Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Ben Bliss, Nathan Gunn, & Ying Fang

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On Monday, June 10, 2019, the Metropolitan Opera’s annual Summer Recital Series was launched amidst stormy weather. Lovers of opera braved the rain to gather at Central Park’s Summer Stage for an evening of arias and duets sung by Metropolitan Opera artists Nathan Gunn, Ben Bliss, and Ying Fang. Through the cloudy sky and almost constant veneer of rain, their {…}

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Ben Bliss, Kathryn Lewek & Sarah Coburn Headline Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s 2019-20 Season

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The Lyric Opera of Kansas City has announced its 2019-20 season which will include four main staged productions. Of these four operas, there will be two new productions and a Kansas City premiere. All performances will be accompanied by members of the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra. Here is a look! Main Stage The season opens with “The Abduction from the Seraglio” starring {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Lise Davidsen, Freddie de Tommaso, René Pape, Benjamin Bernheim, Asmik Grigorian, Jonathan Tetelman & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2026-27 Season

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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced its 2026-27 season. Premiere Carlo Rizzi and Giuseppe Mentuccia conduct a new production of Spontini’s “La Vestale” by Lydia Steier. Sonya Yoncheva, David Butt Philip, Marina Prudenskaya, Siyabonga Maqungo, Jean Teitgen, and Hanseong Yun star. Performance Dates: Sept. 26, 2026-May 8, 2027 Christina Pluhar conducts Cavalli’s “La Calisto” in a production by Stefan Herheim. {…}

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Roderick Williams, Hera Hyesang Park, Hugh Cutting, Dame Sarah Connolly, Dorothea Röschmann Headline Bliss Song Series’ 2025-26 Season

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The Bliss Song Series announced its 2025-26 season. First up is a concert featuring soprano Dorothea Röschmann and pianist Joseph Middleton, featuring music by Brahms, Berg, and Wagner. Performance Date: Nov. 1, 2025 Dame Sarah Connolly and pianist Joseph Middleton will take on works by Brahms, Mahler, Debussy, Weill, and Errollyn Wallen. Performance Date: Nov. 30, 2025 Hera Hyesang Park and Joseph {…}

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CD Review: George Benjamin & Martin Crimp’s ‘Picture a day like this’

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Every six years or so, we’re gifted with an operatic gem from composer George Benjamin and playwright Martin Crimp. Their fourth and latest collaboration, “Picture a day like this,” is a revelation. This live recording, released by Nimbus Records, features the composer conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the work’s 2023 Aix-en-Provence Festival premiere. While Benajmin and Crimp’s colleagues on {…}

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Benjamin Bernheim & Christian Van Horn Lead HD Performance of Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’

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(Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 live in HD series is set to open with Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” The opera will be shown in HD on Oct. 5 with Benjamin Bernheim taking on the lead role. The HD will mark his second following his acclaimed run of Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette.” He will be joined by {…}

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Benjamin Bernheim, Lisette Oropesa, Ludovic Tézier & Asmik Grigorian Lead Opéra de Paris’ 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra de Paris has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Verdi’s “Falstaff” opens the season with a cast that includes Ambrogio Maestri, Olivia Boen, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Andrei Kymach, Gregory Bonfatti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Iván Ayón-Rivas, and Federica Guida. Michael Schønwandt conducts the production by Dominique Pitoiset. Performance Dates: Sept. 10-30, 2024 Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will star Eleonora Buratto, Elena Stikhina, Aude {…}

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Pretty Yende, Anna Netrebko, Philippe Jaroussky, Natalie Dessay & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’ 2024-25 Season

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The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Opera in Production Bach’s “Passion selon Saint” will be conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón and directed by Sasha Waltz. The cast will include Sophie Junker, Georg Nigl, Christian Immler, Benno Schachtner, Valerio Contaldo, and Mark Milhofer. Performance Dates: Nov. 4 & 5, 2024 Poulenc’s “Dialogues des {…}

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Lise Davidsen, Benjamin Bernheim, Freddie De Tommaso, Angel Blue, Piotr Beczala Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Live in HD Slate

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The Metropolitan Opera has its Live in HD series for the 2024-25 season. “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” opens the Live in HD season. The opera stars Benjamin Bernheim, Christian Van Horn, Clémentine Margaine, Pretty Yende, and Erin Morley. Marco Armiliato conducts. Screening Date: Oct. 5, 2024 Next up is “Grounded.” Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast starring Emily D’Angelo, Kirsten MacKinnon, Ben Bliss, {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series: Ben Bliss, Nathan Gunn, & Ying Fang

Ben Bliss, Kathryn Lewek & Sarah Coburn Headline Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s 2019-20 Season

Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Diana Damrau, Lise Davidsen, Freddie de Tommaso, René Pape, Benjamin Bernheim, Asmik Grigorian, Jonathan Tetelman & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2026-27 Season

Roderick Williams, Hera Hyesang Park, Hugh Cutting, Dame Sarah Connolly, Dorothea Röschmann Headline Bliss Song Series’ 2025-26 Season

CD Review: George Benjamin & Martin Crimp’s ‘Picture a day like this’

Benjamin Bernheim & Christian Van Horn Lead HD Performance of Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’

Benjamin Bernheim, Lisette Oropesa, Ludovic Tézier & Asmik Grigorian Lead Opéra de Paris’ 2024-25 Season

Pretty Yende, Anna Netrebko, Philippe Jaroussky, Natalie Dessay & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’ 2024-25 Season

Lise Davidsen, Benjamin Bernheim, Freddie De Tommaso, Angel Blue, Piotr Beczala Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Live in HD Slate