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Kristin Sampson & Jeremy Brauner to Headline Light Opera of New Jersey’s ‘Holiday Pops Concert’

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Light Opera of New Jersey (LONJ) has announced the principal artists for its annual “Holiday Pops Concert.” The showcase, set for Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, at the Ridge Performing Arts Center in Basking Ridge, NJ, will feature soprano Kristin Sampson and tenor Jeremy Brauner. Sampson has performed with the New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and the Festival Puccini {…}

Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: A New Perspective On Life in Michel van der Aa’s ‘A Theory of Flames’

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Photo Credit: Hugo Thomassen/Nationale Opera & Ballet Striking a balance between innovation and tradition, the genre of opera films often toes the fine line between two ways of viewing both art-forms. When opera is treated as the subject it comes to life, playing the leading role, whereas when opera is perceived as the object its role becomes supportive, and life {…}

Interviews

Q & A: Soprano Larissa Rosanoff, From Financial Analyst to World Traveler to Opera Singer

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(Photo: Philippe Palma) Larissa Rosanoff spent seven years in Moscow studying piano at the Gnesin Academy of Music where she began, at the young age of five, her voyage in music. There she acquired the necessary base for continuing professional studies in Switzerland. The memories of having performed in such prestigious venues as the Tchaikovsky Hall or the Grande Hall {…}

News

Opera Rara Announces New International Partnerships

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Opera Rara has announced two new international partnerships at the start of its 55th season. The company’s newest partners are the Donizetti Opera Festival and Bloomsbury Publishing. This season launches the collaboration with Opera Rara and Bergamo’s Donizetti Opera Festival. Over the course of six concerts across three years, all of Donizetti’s solo songs will be performed by young artists {…}

News, Season Announcement

Opera Naples Announces 2025-26 Season

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Opera Naples has announced its 2025-26 season, or more specifically, its 2026 Opera Naples Festival Under the Stars. In a statement Opera Naples Executive Director Melanie Kalnins said, “Now in our 20th Anniversary milestone year, we plan to continue to elevate our artistic standards in partnership with the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation and are proud to now extend our popular Festival Under {…}

News

Wexford Festival Opera Invites Audience to Choose Production for Festival’s 75th Anniversary

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(Photo credit: Derek Speirs) For the first time, Wexford Festival Opera is inviting audience members to vote for the opera they would like to be performed at the upcoming 75th anniversary Festival. Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi has announced that the public can vote between Rossini’s “L’equivoco stravagante,” which was last staged at Wexford Festival Opera in 1968; Paisiello’s “Il barbiere {…}

News

Ekaterina Bakanova to Headline ‘Folies d’Amour’ at Garda Festival 2025

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Soprano Ekaterina Bakanova will headline a concert at the Garda Festival on July 26, 2025. The showcase, titled “Folies d’Amour,” will showcase the soprano performing works by Donizetti, Dvořák, de Falla, Liszt, Massenet, Puccini, Purcell, and Verdi, alongside pianist Emanuele Savròn. Bakanova is an internationally recognized soprano who has performed at the Royal Opera House, Arena di Verona, Teatro Real, {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Festival Aix-en-Provence 2025 Review: The Story of Billy Budd, Sailor

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It is official: Britten is in now. It is not as if the Master of Snape was ever ‘out,’ but Aix’s adaptation of “Billy Budd” — along with Deborah Warner’s “Peter Grimes” from a couple of years ago — reiterates the timeliness of his work and theater. Watching Britten today, it feels like his works have just been waiting for {…}