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The Ebell of Los Angeles to Host Conversation with Renée Fleming

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The Ebell of Los Angeles is set to host a conversation featuring famed soprano Renée Fleming. The event, scheduled for June 11, 2024 at 7 p.m. local time, will feature Fleming and Dr. Assal Habibi of Brain and Creative Institute at the University of Southern California as they discuss Fleming’s “Music and the Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and {…}
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The Boston Camerata To Bring “Free America! Songs Of Resistance And Rebellion” To Boston And Portland

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The Boston Camerata will soon take its “Free America! Songs of Resistance and Rebellion (1790 – 1860)” to Boston and Portland, ME. The ensemble recently performed the program of early American music to a sold-out crowd in Boston’s sister city of Strasbourg, France in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the two cities’ pairing. They were joined by two local {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opéra de Montréal 2025-26 Review: Carmen

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(Photo: @Vivien Gaumand) “Carmen” is one of the most perfect operas in the repertoire. It features an inspired setting, a marvelous orchestration, spirited vocal parts, and most of all, intense drama. It was highly admired by no less than Gustav Mahler, who championed the work while Director of the Vienna Court Opera. It’s thought of as an indestructible work, a {…}
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Vittorio Grigolo Releases Recording of ‘Nessun Dorma’

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Bluebelldisc Music releases the digital single “NESSUN DORMA” from Act three of Puccini’s “Turandot” featuring Vittorio Grigolo. In a press release the tenor said, “Today, this aria should not be viewed merely as the expression of love for another person, but as the embodiment of a deeper idea: the meaning of risk. Nessun dorma! – like the unknown prince Calaf, who {…}
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Birmingham Opera Company to Present World Premiere of ‘RE-WIRE’

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Birmingham Opera Company has announced the world premiere of “RE-WIRE, running April 28–30, 2026 at Forum Digbeth in Birmingham. The production brings together six world premieres of newly commissioned works, made with and about the people of Birmingham. The six works include Leon Clowes’s “Absent Fathers,” directed by Finn Lacey; Romarna Campbell’s “The Quiet Rebellion Continues,” directed by Harriet Taylor; {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Forward Festival 2026 Review: The Knife Of Dawn

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(Photo: Bart Grietens) Martin Carter was born in 1927 in the British South American colony of Guyana. As a young man, he became involved in left-wing political activism and in 1950 helped set up the People’s Progressive Party, which in 1953 was voted into government. It was not long, however, before it came into conflict with colonial interests, causing the British {…}
News, Season Announcement

John Moore, Monica Zanettin, Michał Sławecki, Diana Alexe, Kangmin Justin Kim & Daniel Brenna Lead Finnish National Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Finnish National Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. New Productions  Monica Zanettin and Liana Aleksanyan lead Verdi’s “Aida” Giorgi Sturua, Milen Bozhkov, Emilia Rukavina, Tuija Knihtilä, Tuomas Pursio, Samuli Takkula, Don Lee, Young-Doo Park, Volodymyr Tyshkov, and Koit Soasepp. Noa Naamat directs the production and Dan Ettinger and Harri Karri conduct. Performance Dates: August 28, 2026 – Oct. 1, 2026 Kevin {…}
Reviews

Barockwerk Hamburg 2026 Review: Pharao Tubaetes

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(Photo: Valentin Daniel Preissler) The annals of Baroque opera are filled with lost masterpieces—works that once dazzled European courts only to be silenced by shifting musical fashions. While the period ensemble Barockwerk Hamburg performs only a few times a year, their contribution to resurrecting rare Baroque gems is peerless. They have become the primary champions of Carl Heinrich Graun, an {…}
Reviews, Stage Reviews

Internationale Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe 2026 Review: ‘Tamerlano’ & ‘Atalanta’

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(Photo: Felix Grünschloß) This year, Karlsruhe curated a true weekend feast for Baroque enthusiasts: staging two Handel operas in a single day! The organizers even meticulously accounted for the expected performance durations of “Tamerlano” by pushing back the evening performance of “Atalanta.” It was not merely a schedule; it was a curated emotional arc that tested the endurance of the {…}

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