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Yulia Matochkina Replaces Lise Davidsen in Verbier Festival’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’

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The Verbier Festival has announced Lise Davidsen’s replacement for “Cavalleria Rusticana” on July 24, 2025. The company said that Yulia Matochkina will sign the role of Santuzza replacing Davidsen, who announced that she was pregnant and canceling all engagements after March. Matochkina is set to perform the Bayerische Staatsoper and Royal Ballet & Opera in productions of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and {…}
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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Tosca (Cast C)

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(Credit: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera) For the third time this season, the Metropolitan Opera is reviving Sir. David McVicar’s “Tosca” production. The production has become one of the most successful for Peter Gelb’s tenure and one that has seen some of the greatest divas on stage. At the beginning of the season, the Met showcased a beguiling Aleksandra Kurzak {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Board Members Among Sponsors of Anna Netrebko Gala in Palm Beach

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(Credit: © 2023 Olga Rubio Dalmau) On Feb. 3, 2025, superstar soprano Anna Netrebko is expected to return to the United States for the first time in five years performing a gala at the Palm Beach Opera. The gala, which is the company’s yearly fundraiser, will see the diva perform alongside pianist Ángel Rodriguez in an intimate recital program. The {…}
Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Chiara Isotton on Her Debut at the Royal Opera House & Performing the Role of Tosca

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(Photo: Michele Monasta) Italian Soprano Chiara Isotton is a graduate of the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, and is a member of the La Scala Academy, Milan. She won several important national and international competitions, including being among the winners of the “European Community” Competition for Young Opera Singers by the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto in 2013 where she {…}
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Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama to Present ‘Don Giovanni’

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(Photo credit: Kirsten McTernan) The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has announced its opera programming for its spring 2025 season. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” is produced in collaboration with the David Seligman Opera School. Students will attend the stage direction of Isabelle Kettle. James Southall conducts. Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama can be seen {…}
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Opéra National de Paris Announces 150th Palais Garnier Anniversary Events

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The Opéra de Paris will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Palais Garnier with a series of special events. First up is an anniversary gala set for Jan. 24, 2025 featuring Thomas Dunford, Juan Diego Flórez, Lisette Oropesa, Lea Desandre, and Ludovic Tézier. The event will be showcased on France 5 with a documentary “Une journée extraordinaire: 24 heures à  {…}
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Royal Ballet & Opera 2024-25 Review: Tosca

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(Photo © [2024] Clive Barda) Puccini’s “Tosca” is, in effect, a historical 18th Century fable as seen through 19th Century eyes; still resonating here in the  21st Century purely because its story of love over politics – played out by Tosca, an opera singer; her lover the heroic painter Cavaradossi; and the thoroughly unpleasant dictator Baron Scarpia – combine to {…}
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Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Announces Dame Shirley Bassey as New President

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At the end of its celebratory 75th birthday year, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama announced Dame Shirley Bassey CH DBE FRWCMD as its new President. For the next three years she will hold the title. The President of the College is an honorary role which supports the College’s position as the national conservatoire of Wales and inspires {…}
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Sonya Yoncheva, Lise Davidsen, Ying Fang, Benjamin Appl, Thomas Hampson & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Verbier Festival’s 2025 Season

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The Verbier Festival has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Verbier Festival Orchestra and Barbara Hannigan perform works by Berlioz, Haydn, Copland, Rodgers, and Bill Elliot. Performance Date: July 17, 2025 Thomas Hampson and Ksenija Sidorova perform works by Schubert and Weill. Performance Date: July 20, 2025 The VF Academy Atelier Lyrique and {…}

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