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Joshua Guerrero to Perform Recital with LA Opera

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(Credit: Solomon Howard) On June 7, 2025, LA Opera and The Wallis will present a recital by Joshua Guerrero. The tenor will be accompanied by pianist Peter Walsh in a program that will include art songs, jazz, cabaret, and traditional Mexican songs. The concert will take place at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Guerrero began his professional career {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces 2025 Summer Recital Series Featuring Janai Brugger, Jack Swanson & Sunghoon Han

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The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025 Summer Recital Series has announced its 16th season, which begins June 9. The six free outdoor recitals will take place in all five boroughs of New York City, presented in collaboration with Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage. The concerts at SummerStage in Central Park, which will be held on June 16 and in Brooklyn Bridge {…}

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Q & A: Olga Kulchynska on ‘Le Nozze di Figaro,’ The Metropolitan Opera & Her Salzburg Festival Debut

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(Credit: Julia Wimmerlin) Olga Kulchynska is currently starring in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The soprano made her Met debut six years ago and has already performed over 20 times with the company in “La Bohème” and Turandot.” This season, she will get her first Met Live in HD with her interpretation of Susanna in Mozart’s {…}

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Dutch National Opera to Tour ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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The Dutch National Opera is set to perform Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” on tour in concert performances. The company will partner with Opera Zuid and Nederlandse Reisopera and will be touring the Netherlands with a Purcell programme centred around the short opera “Dido and Aeneas.” This music from more than 300 years ago will be interpreted by members of the {…}

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Rosa Feola Headlines Accademia Filarmonica Romana Recital

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The Accademia Filarmonica Romana is set to present Rosa Feola on April 10, 2025. The soprano will perform at the Teatro Argentina alongside pianist Fabio Centanni. She will sing vocal music from the 18th century by Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Liszt, and Ponchielli. Feola is one of today’s most acclaimed sopranos who studied with Renata Scotto and made her debut in {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro (Cast A)

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The Metropolitan Opera revived “Le Nozze di Figaro” for the 2024-25 season. I’ve seen this Richard Eyre production countless times and it’s always a breath of air to see how different casts can take the same directions, but breathe new life into them. And this cast was no different. When I reviewed the opera in 2021-22, I remarked how different {…}

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Wiener Staatsoper Announces New Cast Change for ‘Norma’

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its March 6, 2025 performance of Bellini’s “Norma.” The company said that Dmytro Popov will sing the role of Pollione replacing Juan Diego Flórez, who is ill. This is the second performance that Flórez cancels. He previously canceled the March 3 performance due to viral tracheitis. Popov is a tenor who {…}