Will Liverman, Emily Fons, Emily Pogorelc Headline Valhalla Media’s New Live Stream Program

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Valhalla Media will launch a brand new streaming platform aimed at providing live opera performances to audiences worldwide. On June 26, the company will feature baritone Will Liverman alongside pianist Paul Sanchez in a program centered on African-American composers including Leslie Adams, Margaret Bonds, Damien Snead, and Robert Owens. There will also be a world premiere by Shawn Okpebholo. On {…}

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Obituary: Uruguayan Conductor Federico Garcia Vigil Dies, Aged 79

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Uruguayan composer and conductor Federico Garcia Vigil passed away on June 4, 2020, at the age of 79. Born in Montevideo on January 5, 1941, Vigil attended the Elbio Fernandez school before studying piano at the Guillermo Kolischer Conservatory. In the 1960s, Vigil was hired to work at the Orchester de Ballet Alicia Alsono in Havana Cuba. Here, he met {…}

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Great Performances to Broadcast Leonard Bernstein’s Mass with Paulo Szot

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Great Performances is set to present Leonard Bernstein’s Mass on May 15 at 9 p.m. EDT on PBS. The performance from the 2019 Ravinia Festival features 200 artists, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, baritone Paulo Szot, and conductor Marin Alsop. The choral ensemble Vocality, the Chicago Children’s Choir, and the Highland Park High School Marching Band also perform. Szot is {…}

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Renée Fleming & Evgeny Kissin Cancel Paris Recital

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(Credit: Jonathon Tichler) Renée Fleming and Evgeny Kissin have canceled their Paris recital scheduled for March 19, 2020. In a statement from the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, the theater announced that Fleming and Kissin will not perform due to government regulations that only allow 1,000 guests or less to congregate in a public space. As a result only part of their {…}

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Q&A: Soprano Elena Tsallagova on Her Love for Mozart, Learning from Ileana Cotrubas, Russian Roots

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(Credit: Allan Richard Tobis) Russian lyric coloratura soprano Elena Tsallagova is a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She has performed on a number of the biggest opera stages in the world, including Opéra National de Paris and Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Known for her deep vocal versatility and theatrical prowess, Tsallagova has performed title {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Matthew Aucoin

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(Credit: Steven Laxton) Throughout the years the story of Orfeo and Euridice has been portrayed on stage in several different works and operas. Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” has dominated the scene while Monteverdi’s “Orfeo” has slowly seen a resurgence in popularity. But it doesn’t stop there as Haydn, Charpentier, Luigi Rossi and even Offenbach put their mark on the story. {…}

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Adrienne Danrich & Liora Michelle To Star in Harlem Stage’s ‘The DIVA’

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(Photos Provided By GOGO Public Relations and Marketing) Harlem Stage is set to showcase “The DIVA (Divine Immigrant Voices about America)” on Jan. 10, 2020. The performance, which will feature sopranos Adrienne Danrich and Liora Michelle, alongside other special guests, will signal the premiere of the Immigrant Song Series, which focuses on diversity in America’s origins. The concert will be {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Constance Hauman

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(Credit:(c) Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Poehn) On Dec. 8, 2019 the Wiener Staatsoper will make history performing “Orlando.” The work was composed by Olga Neuwirth, the first woman to be commissioned to compose an opera for the theater in over 150 years. Based on Virginia Woolf’s novel of the same name, the work will feature an international cast including celebrated {…}

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Semperoper Dresden Announces Cast Change For ‘Der Rosenkavalier’

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The Semperoper Dresden has announced a cast change for its Oct. 12, 2019 performance of “Der Rosenkavalier.” The company announced that Christof Fischesser will sing Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau in the performance replacing Albert Pesendorfer. Fischesser launched his operatic career at the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe and was a member of the Opernhaus Zurich for several years. He has performed leading {…}

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Will Liverman, Emily Fons, Emily Pogorelc Headline Valhalla Media’s New Live Stream Program

Obituary: Uruguayan Conductor Federico Garcia Vigil Dies, Aged 79

Great Performances to Broadcast Leonard Bernstein’s Mass with Paulo Szot

Renée Fleming & Evgeny Kissin Cancel Paris Recital

Q&A: Soprano Elena Tsallagova on Her Love for Mozart, Learning from Ileana Cotrubas, Russian Roots

Artist Of The Week: Matthew Aucoin

Adrienne Danrich & Liora Michelle To Star in Harlem Stage’s ‘The DIVA’

Artist Of The Week: Constance Hauman

Semperoper Dresden Announces Cast Change For ‘Der Rosenkavalier’