Elza van den Heever Leads Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Rodelinda’

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) Handel’s “Rodelinda” is set to return to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in more than a decade. Soprano Elza van den Heever makes her Met role debut singing the title character and is joined by a cast that includes countertenor Iestyn Davies as the king Bertarido, tenor Paul Appleby as Grimoaldo, mezzo-soprano {…}

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Angel Blue, Russell Thomas, Rhiannon Giddens & Renée Fleming Lead LA Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The LA Opera has announced its 2022-23 Season featuring six operatic productions including an LA premiere. The season opens with Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Amanda Woodbury and Liv Redpath sharing the title role. They will be joined by Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Alexander Birch Elliott, and Eric Owens with Lina González-Granados conducting Simon Stone’s production. Performance Dates: Sept. 17-Oct. 9, 2022 Rhiannon {…}

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Sasha Cooke Joins Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Rodelinda’

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Sasha Cooke has joined the Metropolitan Opera’s revival of “Rodelinda.” Cooke will replace Jamie Barton in the role of Eduige. Barton recently withdrew from the production as she will sing the company’s new staging of “Don Carlos,” replacing Elina Garanca. Cooke made her Met debut in 2007 in a production of “Iphigénie en Tauride” and is set to take on {…}

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Royal Opera House 2021-22 Review: Theodora

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(Credit: © Camilla Greenwell, ROH 2022) A much-publicized intimacy director; bold text warnings about sexual violence and “terrorist themes.” There was a certain gung-ho mood amongst the audience going into Katie Mitchell’s new production of Handel’s tragic oratorio “Theodora” at the Royal Opera House this week. The first performance of the work in Covent Garden for 272 years, in fact. {…}

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Elizabeth Llewellyn, Kate Lidnsey, Michael Spyres, Cecilia Bartoli Among BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Nominees

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BBC Music Magazine has announced its 2022 award nominees. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic winners. In the Choral Award 2022 category, the first nominee is Dunedin Consort’s recording of Bach’s Cantatas, BWV 23, 82 & 106. John Butt conducts the album. Also nominated is the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Kaspars {…}

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Cincinnati Opera & 90.9 WGUC to Present Encore of ‘Hallelujah Handel’

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Cincinnati Opera and 90.9 WGUC will present an encore broadcast of “Hallelujah Handel,” a four-part radio series hosted by Evans Mirageas, the Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera. The series explores the life and work of composer George Frideric Händel and will be broadcast over four successive Tuesday evenings beginning on Nov. 30, 2021, at 9 p.m. Each {…}

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Emily D’Angelo, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Bevan, Iestyn Davies & I Fagiolini Headline St. Martin-in-the-Fields Spring 2022 Season

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St. Martin-in-the-Fields has announced its Spring 2022 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on soley vocal performances. Soprano Natalya Romaniw and pianist Iain Burnside will initiate the new ENO in the Fields program, a collaboration with the English National Opera. Performance Date: Feb. 12, 2022 I Fagiolini will take on baroque music for multiple choirs {…}

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Isabel Leonard, Michael Fabiano, Quinn Kelsey, Kangmin Justin Kim, Jamie Barton Headline Santa Fe Opera’s 2022 Season

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Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2022 festival, which will run between July 1 through August 27, 2022. The season will include five new productions, 38 performances, one world premiere, one company premiere, and an international co-production. In sum, there will be 26 artists making their debuts and another 29 returning to the company. It all kicks off with “Carmen,” {…}

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Sophie Bevan, Elizabeth DeShong, Alek Shrader, Karina Gauvin, Lucy Crowe Headline The English Concert’s Fall 2021 Season

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The English Concert has announced the fall portion of its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic performances. First up will be Händel’s “Samson” at the London Händel Festival, St. George’s Hanover Square. The showcase will star Stuart Jackson, Sophie Bevan, Paula Murrihy, Matthew Brook, David Shipley, and Rachel Redmond. Harry {…}

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Elza van den Heever Leads Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Rodelinda’

Angel Blue, Russell Thomas, Rhiannon Giddens & Renée Fleming Lead LA Opera’s 2022-23 Season

Sasha Cooke Joins Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Rodelinda’

Royal Opera House 2021-22 Review: Theodora

Elizabeth Llewellyn, Kate Lidnsey, Michael Spyres, Cecilia Bartoli Among BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Nominees

Cincinnati Opera & 90.9 WGUC to Present Encore of ‘Hallelujah Handel’

Emily D’Angelo, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Bevan, Iestyn Davies & I Fagiolini Headline St. Martin-in-the-Fields Spring 2022 Season

Isabel Leonard, Michael Fabiano, Quinn Kelsey, Kangmin Justin Kim, Jamie Barton Headline Santa Fe Opera’s 2022 Season

Sophie Bevan, Elizabeth DeShong, Alek Shrader, Karina Gauvin, Lucy Crowe Headline The English Concert’s Fall 2021 Season