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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 {…}
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‘Adventures in Italian Opera With Fred Plotkin’ Returns This March

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(Credit: Frances Marshall) Back in 2006, renowned opera expert Fred Plotkin began hosting events at NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò in New York City.  The set up was straight forward – a conversation between the host, Plotkin and the guest, a well-known opera star, that also included video and audio clips throughout. The conversation would explore musical matters as well as {…}
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Joyce DiDonato, Asmik Grigorian, Piotr Beczala, Sonya Yoncheva, Lisette Oropesa Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. New Productions The season opens on a Sunday with Mason Bates and Gene Scheer’s  “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” in its Met Opera premiere. Bartlett Sher directs and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast starring Lauren Snouffer, Sun-Ly Pierce, Miles Mykkanen, Patrick Carfizzi, Craig Colclough, and Andrzej Filoncyzk. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}
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Juan Diego Flórez & Nadine Sierra Lead Wiener Staatsoper’s Opera Ball

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(Credit: © Gregor Hohenberg) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the 67th Opera Ball. The event will take place on Feb. 27 and will focus on Johann Strauss. The Opera Ball will feature musical guests such as Juan Diego Flórez, Nadine Sierra, Maria Nazarova, and Daniel Jenz. Cornelius Meister will conduct the Viena State Opera Orchestra. The program will include such {…}
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Salzburg Festival 2024 Review: Don Giovanni

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( Photo: © SF/Monika Rittershaus) All sinful things come wrapped in fascinating aesthetics. You know the feeling: something that is extremely beautiful and appealing, but disquieting—too pleasurable to be ethically good. That is Salzburg Festival’s “Don Giovanni”: a spectacular dramatic installation, a grandiose musical project, a lustful conception; yet sinfully wrong. First things first. This is a revival of Romeo {…}
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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Così fan tutte’

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its June 19 performance of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” The company said that Ben Bliss will sing the role of Ferrando while Filipe Manu will act out the role on stage. Bliss is known for his work in Mozart and has sung the role of Ferrando at the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, {…}

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