Bayerische Staatsoper Adds Performance to ‘7 Deaths of Maria Callas’

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(Credit: Marco Anelli © 2019) The Bayerische Staatsoper has announced an additional performance for the upcoming world premiere of “7 Deaths of Maria Callas.” The company announced via social media that the additional performance will be held on April 13, 2020 at 3 p.m. The opera, which is created by Marina Abramović is set to make its world premiere on {…}

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Liv Redpath, Anton Rositskiy, Dimitris Tiliakos Set for Deutsche Oper Berlin Debuts in Major Cast Changes for ‘Les Huguenots’

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(Credit: BdPortraits.com) The Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced multiple cast changes for its upcoming production of “Les Huguenots,” according to the official statement on the company’s website. For all the performances of the opera, soprano Liv Redpath will take over the role of Marguerite de Valois from Erin Morley, while tenor Anton Rositskiy will replace Yosep Kang in the role {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Adela Zaharia

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(Credit: LA Opera) Since winning Operalia, soprano Adela Zaharia has emerged as one of the major rising stars in the opera world. Zaharia has made major debuts in some of the world’s greatest opera houses including the Bayerische Staatsoper and LA Opera and has added a number of major role debuts. She has also become a frequent exponent of the {…}

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Obituary: French Mezzo-Soprano Michèle Vilma Passes Away At 87

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French mezzo-soprano Michèle Vilma passed away on May 28, 2019 at the age of 87. Vilma was born in Rouen, France on Feb. 23, 1932. The mezzo-soprano studied voice under Lucienne Vifquain at the Conservatoire de Rouen, according to the Greek National Opera’s Virtual Museum, before going on to make her Opera de Rouen debut as Dalila in “Samson et {…}

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Obituary: Baritone Vasilis Giannoulakos Dies At 85

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Greek baritone Vasilis Giannoulakos has died. The baritone, who won Decca’s 1961 International Song Competition in Vienna went on to become one of Greece’s most prestigious singers of his generation. Having studied at the Athens Conservatory with Kimon Triantafyllou and at the National Conservatory with Marika Kalpopoulou, he went on to perform at the National Opera in many leading roles. {…}

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Artist of the Week: Pavel Černoch To Open New ‘Damnation de Faust’ Production in

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This week marks the opening of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and with it, a new production of “La Damnation de Faust.” Headlining the cast will be burgeoning tenor Pavel Černoch. The tenor, just 43, hails from the Czech Republic and had his first big break when he debuted at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 2009 as Števa {…}

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Teatro alla Scala 2025-2026 Review: Nabucodonosor

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(Credit: Brescia e Amisano © Teatro alla Scala) A dark chapter in Giuseppe Verdi’s life came to an end with the success of “Nabucodonosor” at La Scala in 1842. During the preceding decade, between 1832 and 1842, Verdi had been rejected by the Milan Conservatory; his sister Giuseppa died, followed by his daughter Virginia just fourteen months old, his son {…}

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Cast Change: Christina Poulitsi to Join Plácido Domingo in Copenhagen

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Christina Poulitsi is set to perform with Plácido Domingo on March 6 in Tinghallen, Viborg, Denmark. The soprano, who also jumped in for the March 3 performance in Copenhagen, will replace the originally announced Adela Zaharia. Poulitsi is a Greek soprano who has performed at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Bolshoi Theatre, Teatre del Liceu, New National Theatre in Tokyo, {…}

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Q & A: Prof. Mark Tucker & Prof. Isolde Kittel-Zerer on Reviving Hasse’s ‘Artaserse’ at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

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Prof. Mark Tucker is a distinguished interpreter of the Baroque repertoire with a prestigious career performing and recording under conductors such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and René Jacobs. For over 20 years, he has taught at Hochschule für Musik und Theater (HfMT) Hamburg, specializing in Italian vocal repertoire from 1600 to 1800 within the Historical Performance Practice {…}

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Bayerische Staatsoper Adds Performance to ‘7 Deaths of Maria Callas’

Liv Redpath, Anton Rositskiy, Dimitris Tiliakos Set for Deutsche Oper Berlin Debuts in Major Cast Changes for ‘Les Huguenots’

Artist Of The Week: Adela Zaharia

Obituary: French Mezzo-Soprano Michèle Vilma Passes Away At 87

Obituary: Baritone Vasilis Giannoulakos Dies At 85

Artist of the Week: Pavel Černoch To Open New ‘Damnation de Faust’ Production in

Teatro alla Scala 2025-2026 Review: Nabucodonosor

Cast Change: Christina Poulitsi to Join Plácido Domingo in Copenhagen

Q & A: Prof. Mark Tucker & Prof. Isolde Kittel-Zerer on Reviving Hasse’s ‘Artaserse’ at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg