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Karita Mattila, Thomas Hampson & Angel Blue Headline Canadian Opera Company 2018-19 Season

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The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2018-19 season filled with numerous classics and a world premiere. And there is also a major surprise. As in previous years, the season will include six productions divided into three pairs, for the fall, winter and spring seasons. The season will open on Sept. 30, 2018, with “Eugene Onegin” in Robert Carsen’s classic {…}

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Artist Of The Week: John Adams Adds Another Opera To His Historic Legacy

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This week, John Adams fifth opera “Girls of the Golden West” makes its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera. The premiere will mark the second time one of Adams’ operas opens at the company. The new work is inspired by the 1851/1852 letters of Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe who lived for a year and a half in the {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – USA (11/17-19): Marina Rebeka, Ailyn Pérez, ‘As One’ & World Premiere Among Must-Sees

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It’s a busy weekend in North America with close to 70 performances taking place all over the continent. With so much activity from such major companies, pinning down just a handful to recommend to the operagoer was a rather challenging task. But here is a look at five performances to see this weekend around the States and Canada. As One {…}

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172 of World’s Greatest Singers Pick Mozart Opera As Greatest Ever

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What is the greatest opera of all time? Everyone has his or her own opinions but a recent poll of 172 of the world’s greatest singers has yielded a consensus – Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The poll included such stars as tenor/baritone Plácido Domingo, sopranos Kiri Te Kanawa and Renée Fleming and bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, among others, and was {…}

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James Newby Wins Prestigious Award At Glyndebourne

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British baritone James Newby has been named the 2017 recipient of Glyndebourne’s John Christie Award. The award is presented annually to a promising young singer to fund private study. This season Newby was a Jerwood Young Artist and a member of the 2017 Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. He sang the roles of Marcellus/Player 4 in “Hamlet,” Messenger in “La traviata” and Notary {…}

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Weekend Preview – International (8/25-27): Krassimira Stoyanova and Juan Diego Flórez Star in ‘Lucrezia Borgia’

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This weekend the Salzburg Festival, the Arena di Verona, and the Edinburgh Festival  see their respective seasons come to an end. But before they end, there are still must see performances. Argentina  At the Teatro Colón, Kurt Weill’s “Rise and Fall of The City of Mahagonny” gets its second and third performances with Iris Vermillion and Alejandra Malvino alternating the role of Leokadja. Austria  The {…}

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Weekend Preview – International (8/18-20): Anna Pirozzi and Oksana Dyka Headline Macbeth At Edinburgh

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The festival season is coming to an end with many performances and productions on their last weekends. That said, the schedule around the world is still slated to feature a ton of major opera stars. Austria  The Salzburg Festival is in full swing with Rolando Villazón and Cecilia Bartoli performing on Friday in “Ariodante” and Anna Netrebko and Francesco Meli {…}

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Best of Metropolitan Opera 2016-17: Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo Lead The Top 10 Casts Of the Year

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After looking at the top female and male singers as well as the finest maestros of the 2016-17 season, we now turn the spotlight on the 10 best-assembled casts of the season. This was a truly difficult piece to put together as this Met season had great casts for almost every single opera. But the casts listed below were simply {…}

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Best of Metropolitan Opera 2016-17: Plácido Domingo & The 10 Best Male Performances

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This article is a joint collaboration between David & Francisco Salazar.  Yesterday we gave you the finest female performers of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2016-17 season. Now we turn toward the men that truly brought down the house. Remember that these picks are mere favorites based purely on personal preference. Since there were so many incredible performers this season, here is {…}