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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Marina Rebeka, Juan Diego Flórez & Sonya Yoncheva Lead Teatro alla Scala’s 2022-23 Season

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(Credit: Brescia Amisano / Teatro alla Scala) The Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2022-23 Season featuring opera, recitals, and symphony concerts. Opera  The season opens with Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov.” The production will be directed by Kasper Holten and conducted by Riccardo Chailly. The work will star Ildar Abdrazakov, Lilly Jørstad, Anna Denisova, Agnieszka Rehlis, Norbert Ernst, Alexey Markov, Ain {…}

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Dallas Symphony Announces Wagner’s Ring Cycle in 2024

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(Credit: Rosie Hardie) The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center’s Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, Music Director Fabio Luisi, and Ross Perot President & CEO Kim Noltemy have announced plans for a complete Ring cycle presented by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra will perform the monumental work in May 2024 under the direction of Luisi and will become the first US {…}

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Festival della Valle d’Itria Announces Program Change

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The Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, Italy has announced a program change. The festival noted that “Delitto e castigo” by Arrigo Pedrollo, which was announced in December will be replaced by “Le joueur” by Prokofiev. The work will inaugurate the festival on July 19 and will also be subsequently performed on July 24, 30, and August 6. The {…}

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Dallas Symphony Announces Cast Change for ‘Eugene Onegin’

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The Dallas Symphony has announced a cast change for its upcoming performances of “Eugene Onegin.” The company noted that Melody Wilson will sing the role of Olga replacing Deniz Uzun, who was originally scheduled. Wilson has performed with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Union Avenue Opera, Theater Bremen, the Hungarian State Opera, Opera Delaware, and the Wexford Opera Festival. Her {…}

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Adriana Gonzalez, Piero Pretti, Susan Graham & Thomas Hampson Lead Dallas Symphony’s 2022-23 Season

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The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2022-23 season featuring numerous concerts and international soloists. For the purposes of this article, we will highlight vocal performances. Stephane Deneve conducts Jeanine de Bique in a program of music by Connesson, Barber, and Rachmaninoff. Performance Dates: Sept. 22-24, 2022 Fabio Luisi conducts Susan Graham and Thomas Hampson in selections from Lehar’s “The {…}

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Teatro Carlo Felice Announces New Music Director

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The Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Italy has named Riccardo Minasi its new Music Director. Minasi, who will take the position from 2022 to 2025, will make his debut at the Teatro Carlo Felice in November conducting “La Cenerentola” in November 2022. Minasi’s is currently the Chief Conductor at the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Artist in residence at Ensemble Resonanz at Hamburg {…}

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Marie Jacquot Appointed Music Director of Royal Danish Opera

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(Credit: Christian Jungwirth) Marie Jacquot has been appointed Music Director of the Royal Theater in Copenhagen, also known as the Royal Danish Opera. Her five-year tenure is set to kick off 2024. The 31-year-old conductor will succeed Alexander Vedernikov, who served as director until 2020 when he passed away due to complications related to COVID-19. The French music director was {…}

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Angel Blue, Étienne Dupuis, Nicole Car, & Soloman Howard Headline Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Winter / Spring 2022 Slate

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The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has announced a series of new performances for the winter and spring of 2022. Among those showcases is a concert performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” scheduled for April 1-5, 2022. The opera will star Étienne Dupuis and Nicole Car alongside Pavol Breslik, Brindley Sherratt, Deniz Uzun, Keith Jameson, Claudia Chapa, Alexis Galindo, Will Hughes, and Allen {…}