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Joyce El-Khoury, Jodie Devos & Anne-Catherine Gillet Headline Opera De Limoges’ 2019-20 Season

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Opera de Limoges is set to present a 2019-20 season with a diverse repertoire and a number of recitals. Guignard’s “Jungle” opens the season with Vivien Simon, Sylvain Manet, Clara Pertuy, and Halidou Nombre. Stéphane Guignard directs the production. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-18. 2019 Anne Kessler directs Offenbach’s “Madame Favart” with Laurent Campellone conducting that includes Marion Lebègue, Anne-Catherine Gillet, and Christian Helmer. Performance Dates: Nov. 3-7, {…}

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Jonathan Tetelman & Jodie Devos Lead Opera Orchestre National De Montpellier’s 2019-20 Season

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Opéra de Montpellier has announced its 2019-20 season featuring contemporary and numerous classic works. The season opens with Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” starring Karah Son, Fleur Baron, Jonathan Tetelman, and Armando Noguera. Ted Huffmann directs the production with Matteo Beltrami conducting. Performance Dates: Oct. 2-6, 2019 Reinhardt Wagner’s “Poil de carotte” gets a production with Zabou Breitman directing and Victor Jacob conducting. Amélie Tatti, Sylvia Bergé, Bernard Alane, Yoann Le {…}

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Jessica Pratt, John Osborn, Nino Machaidze, Francesca Dotto, Markus Werba & Kristine Opolais Lead Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s 2025-26 Season

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The Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Giampaolo Bisanti conducts Gound’s “Faust” in Thaddeus Strassberger’s production. The cast includes John Osborn, Erwin Schrott, Nino Machaidze, Markus Werba, and Elmina Hasan. Performance Dates: Sept. 12-20, 2025 Sieva Borzak conducts Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” with a cast that includes Francesca Dotto, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Maxim Mironov, Vittorio Prato, {…}

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Adèle Charvet Joins Intermusica for General Management

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(Credit: Marco Borggreve) French mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet has joined the Intermusica roster for worldwide general management. Charvet is an acclaimed mezzo who this season makes her role debut as the title role “Ariodante” for the Opera national du Rhin, Strasbourg, and performs the role of “Carmen” in a new production at the Opéra royal de Versailles. She also makes her {…}

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Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera Presents Douglas Moore’s ‘Giants in the Earth Rediscovered’

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The Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera in collaboration with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the Scandinavian House of New York City present “Douglas Moore: Giants in the Earth Rediscovered.” Published 100 years ago, Ole Rolvaag’s novel “Giants in the Earth” was the quintessential American immigrant story. It depicts a story of tragedy and romance among Norwegian American settlers {…}

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Théâtre des Champs-Elysées 2023-24 Review: L’Olimpiade

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(Photo: Vincent Pontet) Paris is gearing up for the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games, and a variety of Olympic-themed events are taking place throughout the city. In this context, Antonio Vivaldi’s opera “L’Olimpiade” is a must-see, with the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées showcasing a new production by Emmanuel Daumas. Belgian soprano Jodie Devos, who recently passed away untimely, was originally scheduled to {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Cecilia Bartoli, Pretty Yende, Jonas Kaufmann, Roberto Alagna & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Opéra de Monte-Carlo’s 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra de Monte-Carlo has announced its 2024-25 season. Festival Centenaire Puccini Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Puccini’s “La Rondine“ in Concert. Pretty Yende, Charles Castronovo, Deanna Breiwick, Juan Francisco Gatell, and Roberto de Candia. Performance Date: Oct. 30, 2024 Anna Netrebko, Nino Machaidze, Mariam Battistelli, Yusif Eyvazov, and Florian Sempey lead Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Biagio Pizzuti, Giorgi Manoshvili, and Matteo Peirone {…}

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Pretty Yende, Anna Netrebko, Philippe Jaroussky, Natalie Dessay & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’ 2024-25 Season

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The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Opera in Production  Bach’s “Passion selon Saint” will be conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón and directed by Sasha Waltz. The cast will include Sophie Junker, Georg Nigl, Christian Immler, Benno Schachtner, Valerio Contaldo, and Mark Milhofer. Performance Dates: Nov. 4 & 5, 2024 Poulenc’s “Dialogues des {…}