Metropolitan Opera Star Evgeny Nikitin to Perform on Victory Day at Mariinsky Theatre

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Metropolitan Opera star Evgeny Nikitin is set to star in the Mariinsky Theatre’s “Prince Igor” on Victory Day. The bass, who has been performing in Russia throughout the past month, will take on the lead role on the Russian holiday, which commemorates the defeat of the Nazis in 1945. However, unlike in past years, this year Russia invaded Ukraine and {…}

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Wallis Giunta, Jason Kim, Annette Dasch & Anett Fristch Lead Volksoper Wien’s 2022-23 Season

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The Volksoper Wien has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven new productions. Premieres The first production of the season will be the Viennese-Berlin operetta “Die Dubarry” with Annette Dasch and Harald Schmidt. The cast also includes Lucian Krasznec, Juliette Khalil, Wolfgang Gratschmaier, and Marco di Sapia. Performance Dates: Sept. 3-Oct. 19, 2022 Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” and “The Nutcracker” will star Cornelia {…}

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Evgeny Nikitin Slated for 3 Operas Alongside Pro-Putin Conductor Valery Gergiev

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Bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin is set to perform in two performances at the Mariinsky Theatre this week. Nikitin, who has been performing over the past month in Russia since the war began, will sing a concert of “Iolanta” on April 10 and a production of “Parsifal” on April 14. He is also set to perform the final part of The Ring {…}

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Teatro Comunale di Bologna Announces Conductor Change

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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna has announced a conductor change for its upcoming performance of “Iolanta.” The company noted that due to the indisposition of Oksana Lyniv, the concert will be conducted by Michael Güttler. Güttler recently performed at the Glyndebourne Festival, Paris Opera and Teatro Real de Madrid, among others. The concerts, which are set to be performed on {…}

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Odessa Opera House Members Sing & Prepare for Attack

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As the city of Odessa prepares to be attacked by the Russian army, members of the Odessa Opera Company joined volunteers in building barricades and sandbag walls to protect the city. This month the Odessa Opera House was set to perform Verdi’s “Aida” and “Il Trovatore,” and Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” but all performances were canceled due to the unprovoked war. Now {…}

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Artist of the Week: Matthew Polenzani

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) On Feb. 28 the Metropolitan Opera will premiere the French version of Verdi’s “Don Carlos.” Over the course of the Met’s history, the company has presented the Verdi masterwork 217 times in various different iterations. This year the Met has lined up a star cast that includes Matthew Polenzani, one of the great tenors {…}

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Teatro Nacional de São Carlos 2021-22 Review: La Clemenza di Tito

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Opera performances resumed at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon earlier this year as Portugal’s handling of the pandemic was widely praised as possibly the best within the European Union. In Lisbon, ensembles large and small have begun filling up local church series, community performance spaces, and neighborhood stages, while fado singers have returned to smokey late-night bars {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva’s Recital at Staatsoper Berlin Postponed

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(Credit: Victor Santiago) The Staatsoper Unter den Linden has announced that the Liederabend with soprano Sonya Yoncheva has been postponed for the 2022-23 season. Yoncheva was slated to sing music by Henri Duparc, Pauline Viardot-García, Ernest Chausson, Gaetano Donizetti, Léo Delibes, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Martucci, Paolo Tosti und Giuseppe Verdi alongside pianist Malcolm Martineau. The soprano is scheduled to return {…}

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Obituary: Coloratura Soprano Bela Rudenko Dies at 88

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On Oct. 13, 2021, Coloratura Bela Andreevna Rudenko died at the age of 88. Born on August 18, 1933, in Anthracite, Ukraine, the soprano studied at the Odessa Conservatoire and graduated in 1956. In 1955, she made her debut at the Odessa Opera and ballet theatre and became a soloist for the Kiev Opera in 1956. From there, she began {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Star Evgeny Nikitin to Perform on Victory Day at Mariinsky Theatre

Wallis Giunta, Jason Kim, Annette Dasch & Anett Fristch Lead Volksoper Wien’s 2022-23 Season

Evgeny Nikitin Slated for 3 Operas Alongside Pro-Putin Conductor Valery Gergiev

Teatro Comunale di Bologna Announces Conductor Change

Odessa Opera House Members Sing & Prepare for Attack

Artist of the Week: Matthew Polenzani

Teatro Nacional de São Carlos 2021-22 Review: La Clemenza di Tito

Sonya Yoncheva’s Recital at Staatsoper Berlin Postponed

Obituary: Coloratura Soprano Bela Rudenko Dies at 88