Carmela Remigio, Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi & Xabier Anduaga Lead Festival Valle d’Itria’s Revised 2020 Edition

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The Festival Valle d’itria Martina Franca has announced its revised 2020 edition. Opera The first work of the season will be “Il borghese gentiluomo” with music by Richard Strauss. The work based on a comedy by Moliere will star Stefano Massini and Davide Gasparro sharing the title role alongside Vittorio Prato, Ana Victoria Pitts, Barbara Massaro, Manuel Amati, Nico Franchini, {…}

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Updates on Opera House Closings in Europe Due to Coronavirus

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A number of opera houses in Europe have announced cancellations due to the coronavirus outbreak. Among the houses that have closed are Deutsche Oper Berlin (March 11-April 19), the Slovenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (Until April 3), the Theater an der Wien, Staatsoper Berlin, Komische Oper (until April 19), Berlin Philharmonic, Oper Frankfurt, Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon, Deustche {…}

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Gerard Schneider, Brenda Rae & Nicholas Brownlee Highlight Oper Frankfurt’s 2020-21 Season

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Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2020-21 season. The German house will present 11 new productions and a number of revivals and recitals. New Productions Monika Buczkowska, Judita Nagyová, Peter Marsh, Simon Neil, and Alfred Reiter star in Ligeti’s “La Grand Macabre.” Sebastian Weigle conducts a production by Vasily Barkhatov. Performance Dates: Sept. 13-Oct. 17, 2020 Katharina Thoma will direct Offenbach’s {…}

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Atlanta Opera Connects With Community Through Singing Telegram Program

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The Atlanta Opera has launched a new program centered on connecting with the community via personal telegrams. Members of the Atlanta Opera Studio will use a recording device or cell phone to perform a small musical piece (including a favorite song for the recipient) that will then be shown to those in senior living communities, hospitals, or other individuals who {…}

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Ópera de Oviedo 2019-20 Review: Lucia Di Lammermoor

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The Ópera de Oviedo closed its 2019-20 season with Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” “Lucia di Lammermoor” is one of the most popular in the repertoire but also known for it challenging roles. Thankfully for this new production, Oviedo counted on some of the greatest interpreters of the work. With a surprising production, this was an evening to remember. The Diva {…}

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Best Of 2019: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers Of The Year

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(Credit: Catherine Ashmore/Royal Opera – Antoni Bofill/Gran Teatre del Liceu – Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) As we end the year its time to look back at the past 365-ish days and the big moments that defined 2019. It was a great year for numerous singers who broke-out and for established performers who took their careers in new directions or made important {…}

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Rossini Opera Festival Has Announced Cast Changes

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The Rossini Opera Festival has announced a number of cast changes. The company announced that Mirco Palazzi will not sing the Cantata “La riconoscenza” due to family issues on August 14. As a result, the role of Elpino will be sung by Riccardo Fassi. On August 16, Manuel Amati will sing in the Soirées musicales concert replacing recent Operalia winner Xabier {…}

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Long Beach Opera 2018-19 Review: The Central Park Five

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(photo: Keith Ian Polakoff) From the outset, let me say that Anthony Davis and Richard Wesley’s “The Central Park Five” is a powerful experience. I’ve said elsewhere that impressive new operas are created out of U.S. current affairs because U.S. current affairs play out on an operatic scale. Such is the case with this account of the trial and later {…}

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New York City Opera 2018-19 Review: Stonewall

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(Photo credit: Sarah Shatz) Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and the 75th year of New York City Opera (NYCO), general director Michael Capasso debuted the world premiere of the LGBTQI+ focused new opera by Iain Bell and Mark Campbell, “Stonewall” on June 21, 2019. Currently the only opera company that houses a series supporting Pride Month, NYCO {…}

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Carmela Remigio, Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi & Xabier Anduaga Lead Festival Valle d’Itria’s Revised 2020 Edition

Updates on Opera House Closings in Europe Due to Coronavirus

Gerard Schneider, Brenda Rae & Nicholas Brownlee Highlight Oper Frankfurt’s 2020-21 Season

Atlanta Opera Connects With Community Through Singing Telegram Program

Ópera de Oviedo 2019-20 Review: Lucia Di Lammermoor

Best Of 2019: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers Of The Year

Rossini Opera Festival Has Announced Cast Changes

Long Beach Opera 2018-19 Review: The Central Park Five

New York City Opera 2018-19 Review: Stonewall