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Interviews, Stage Spotlight

In Less Than Five Minutes, Get to Know American Soprano Jacquelyn Stucker

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(Photo: Dario Acosta) In March, American soprano Jacquelyn Stucker will be performing in Philip Venables’ “We are the Lucky Ones” at Amsterdam’s Opera Forward Festival. OperaWire will be interviewing her about the production during the festival, but as a taster, she kindly agreed to answer a few questions about herself. OperaWire: How old were you when you saw your first {…}

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Tamara Wilson, Sylvia D’Eramo, Gerardo Bullón, Jacquelyn Stucker & Ryan Speedo Green Lead Santa Fe Opera’s 2025 Season

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The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2025 season. Sylvia D’Eramo and Long Long lead Puccini’s “La Bohème” featuring Szymon Mechliński, Emily Pogorelc, Soloman Howard, Efraín Solís, and Kevin Burdette. Iván López-Reynoso conducts the production by James Robinson. Performance Dates: June 27-August 23, 2025 Harry Bicket leads Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” in Laurent Pelly’s production. The cast includes Florian {…}

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Ying Fang & Jacquelyn Stucker Lead Handel & Haydn Society’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

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The Handel and Haydn Society is to perform a semi-staged production of “The Marriage of Figaro.” Raphaël Pichon, founder and artistic director of Pygmalion, will lead the performances on Nov. 17 and 18 at Boston’s Symphony Hall. The H+H Orchestra and Chorus will be joined by soprano Ying Fang as Susanna, soprano Jacquelyn Stucker as Countess Almaviva, bass-baritone Cody Quattlebaum {…}

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Michelle Bradley, Jacquelyn Stucker & Denyce Graves Highlight Atlanta Symphony’s 2021-22 Season

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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced the 2021-22 season. For this article, we will only focus on vocal performances. Sir Donald Runnicles and Jacquelyn Stucker perform an evening of music by R. Strauss, Brahms, and Eötvös. Performance Dates: Dec. 2 – 4, 2021 Sir Donald Runnicles conducts Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel“ with Kelley O’Connor, Jacquelyn Stucker, Tichina Vaughn, Stephen Powell, {…}

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Pendragon Press Releases New Phonetic Transcription and Translation of ‘Wozzeck’ By Soprano Jacquelyn Stucker Drye

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(Credit: Jonathan Nesteruk) American soprano Jacquelyn Stucker Drye has prepared and published a complete phonetic transcription and detailed translation of the libretto from Berg’s “Wozzeck” from German into English. “A singer’s translation and phonetic transcription of ‘Wozzeck’ does not, as yet, exist in any format whatsoever, but this resource would enable any non-German-speaking singer the opportunity to assimilate this work {…}

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Federica Lombardi, Emily D’Angelo, Rosa Feola & Adam Plachetka Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive “Le Nozze di Figaro” for 13 performances. The opera will be conducted by Joana Mallwitz, who makes her company debut and will showcase Richard Eyre’s production. There will be two casts for the work, the first of which showcases Federica Lombardi, Olga Kulchynska, Sun-Ly Pierce, Joshua Hopkins, and Michael Sumel. The second cast {…}

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Dutch National Opera to Present ‘We Are The Lucky Ones’

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The Dutch National Opera is set to present the world premiere of Philip Venables’s latest opera “We Are The Lucky Ones.” The opera will be shown at the Opera Forward Festival 2025 and will mark the fourth collaboration between Philip Venables and Ted Huffman based on real-life interviews. “We Are The Lucky Ones” tells the story of a generation and {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Opera House 2024-25 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

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(Credit: Clive Barda) As marriages go, this wasn’t one made in heaven. But despite an uneven performance, it ultimately won the audience over and did have moments of striking musical beauty. As the opening night for the 2024-25 season at Covent Garden, the revival of David McVicar’s “Le nozze di Figaro” did predictably well, and filled the house on a {…}

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Royal Opera House Announces Cast Changes for ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ & ‘Tosca’

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(Credit: Royal Opera House) The Royal Opera House has announced cast changes for its productions of “Le Nozze di Fígaro” and “Tosca.” The company said that Maria Bengtsson will replace Jacquelyn Stucker in the role of the Countess Almaviva. Bengtsson will join a cast that includes Luca Micheletti, Ying Fang, Huw Montague Rendall, Ginger Costa-Jackson. Julia Jones conducts the David {…}