MidAmerica Productions Announces 2025 Concert Season at Carnegie Hall

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MidAmerica Productions announces its 2025 concert season. For the purposes of this article, only vocal works are included. The New England Symphonic Ensemble accompanies all performances, unless otherwise noted. The world premiere of Paul A. Aitken’s “Missa Pro Terra: A Mass for the Earth” features soloists soprano Michele Sexton and baritone Eliam Ramos. Participating choirs are the Cantabile Singers of {…}

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Staatsoper Hamburg 2024-25 Review: Mozart’s ‘Mitridate’

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Mozart’s “Mitridate, re di Ponto” premiered on the day of Germany’s elections on February 23, 2025 at the Staatsoper Hamburg. It was conducted by Adam Fischer and directed by Birgit Kajtna-Wönig, marking an ambitious co-production with the Salzburg Festival. Set in the final days of Pontic Greek King Mitridate VI’s resistance against Rome, the opera explores power, betrayal, and dynastic {…}

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Roderick Williams, Fatma Said, Louise Alder, Florian Boesch Among Headliners of Leeds Lieder Festival’s 20th Season

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(Photo credit: Bort, Williams, & Porter) The 2025 Leeds Lieder Festival has announced its programming. The 20th anniversary season taking place under the artistic direction of Joseph Middleton. This year’s theme is “Song, the Secret of Eternity.” Recitals Mezzo-soprano Patricia Nolz and pianist Joseph Middleton present the first recital, “Lunchtime Opening.” Performance Date: April 5, 2025 Baritone Florian Boesch performs {…}

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Janáček Brno Festival 2024 Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

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(Photo: Marek Olbrzymek) During a walk in the forests outside Brno, Rudolf Těsnohlidek and his friends came across an abandoned baby that was left to freeze under a tree. The unmarried mother was eventually found and claimed she was hoping that the child would be discovered and given a better life. Unfortunately, such incidents were not uncommon in the early {…}

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Janáček Brno Festival 2024 Review: Rusalka

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(Photo: Národní divadlo Brno) Fairytales often speak directly to our unconscious, revealing drives and truths that are not always apparent to our conscious selves. It is therefore not surprising that many tales are replicated across countries and cultures, even if the characters and details vary. The Slavic fable of Rusalka, for example, has counterparts with the French Melusine, Germanic Nixie {…}

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Janáček Brno Festival 2024 Review: Jenůfa

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(Photo: Marek Olbrzymek) “Every stage work takes on new meanings with each new interpretation.” So reads the opening line of the program notes by dramaturg Marta Ljubková, writing about Janáček Brno Festival’s production of “Jenůfa.” She was being somewhat disingenuous. What was presented was not a change in emphasis or an exploration of hidden themes; rather, it was a heavy-handed {…}

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San Francisco Opera 2024-25 Review: Carmen

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(Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera) Whether Nietzsche actually meant it when he declared Bizet’s “Carmen” to be the perfect opera, or whether it was merely a literary tantrum aimed at his once-beloved Richard Wagner, it matters not. The resounding overture to “Carmen” provides its own argument as to the opera’s justified and beloved place in the canon. Love is a {…}

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New National Theatre Tokyo 2024-25 Review: Guillaume Tell

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(Photo by Rikimaru Hotta) The New National Theatre Tokyo is on the rise. Fresh off its announcement earlier this year that the company would be hosting the 2028 World Opera Forum, the organization has committed to expanding its repertory in recent seasons, taking on increasingly ambitious projects, oftentimes in collaboration with the major opera houses around the world. Over the {…}

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Houston Grand Opera 2024-25 Review: Il Trovatore

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“Il Trovatore” is one of Verdi’s most popular operas and it is said that to do it justice, all you need are the four greatest voices in the world. The opera certainly packs a punch for all four soloists as it requires agility, legato, and expressiveness throughout their respective ranges. Its story is also known for being “incomprehensible” and hard {…}

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MidAmerica Productions Announces 2025 Concert Season at Carnegie Hall

Staatsoper Hamburg 2024-25 Review: Mozart’s ‘Mitridate’

Roderick Williams, Fatma Said, Louise Alder, Florian Boesch Among Headliners of Leeds Lieder Festival’s 20th Season

Janáček Brno Festival 2024 Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

Janáček Brno Festival 2024 Review: Rusalka

Janáček Brno Festival 2024 Review: Jenůfa

San Francisco Opera 2024-25 Review: Carmen

New National Theatre Tokyo 2024-25 Review: Guillaume Tell

Houston Grand Opera 2024-25 Review: Il Trovatore