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Simon Keenlyside, Hye-Youn Lee, David Stout, Hanif Khan Headline Grange Park Opera’s 2025 Season

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Grange Park Opera has announced its 2025 summer slate. First up is “Simon Boccanegra” starring Sir Simon Keenlyside, Elin Pritchard, Otar Jorjikia, and James Creswell. Gianluca Marciano and Mark Shanahan conduct a production by David Pountney; Robin Tebbutt is the revival director. Per the company’s official website, Keenlyside’s performances are sponsored by Ruth Markland and “Come in quest’ora bruna” is {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Jonas Kaufmann, Rosa Feola, Christian Immler, Anastasia Bartoli, Lucy Crowe & Sara Jakubiak Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. It’s a big week for releases with a leading tenor releasing a DVD, a major soprano making her debut album and several world premieres. There are also several rare pieces and a big verismo piece you have to hear. O Listen! To the {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2024 Review: Carmen

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(Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith/Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2024) The picnic hampers are packed, dinner jackets dry-cleaned, cufflinks wrangled, and drizzle forecast: the British country house opera season is back. It opens with a new production of Georges Bizet’s box-office stalwart “Carmen” from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, directed by Diane Paulus and conducted by Glyndebourne Music Director Robin Ticciati.  This latest version, {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Asmik Grigorian & Francesco Meli Lead Teatro San Carlo’s 2024-25 Season

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The Teatro San Carlo announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Dvořák’s “Rusalka” in a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov. Dan Ettinger conducts a cast that includes Asmik Grigorian, Adam Smith, Ekaterina Gubanova, Anita Rachvelishvili, and Gábor Bretz. Performance Dates: Nov. 20-Dec. 7, 2024 Verdi’s “Don Carlo” will be conducted by Henrik Nánási and will star Piero Pretti, Gabriele Viviani, Ildar {…}

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Glyndebourne Festival Announces Cast Change for ‘Carmen’

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The Glyndebourne Festival has announced a cast change for its production of “Carmen” on May 23, 2024. The company noted that John Findon will sing the role of Don Jose replacing Dmytro Popov. Findon is a tenor who has performed at the Bayerische Staatsoper, the English National Opera, the Royal Opera House, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Chamber Orchestra, {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury, Adam Smith, Karine Deshayes & Sally Matthews Lead Opéra de Rouen Normandies 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra de Rouen Normandie has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Joyce El-Khoury stars in Verdi’s “Aida” alongside Adam Smith, Alisa Kolosova, Adolfo Corrado, and Nikoloz Lagvilava. Pierre Bleuse conducts the production by Philipp Himmelmann. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 5, 2024 Sally Matthews, John Findon, Paula Murrihy, and Caroline Wettergreen headline Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with Ben Glassberg. The production {…}

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Operalia Competition Announces Semi-Finalists

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The Operalia competition has announced the semi-finalists for its 2023 edition. Following two days of Quarterfinals, the competition selected 22 singers who will compete for a place in the opera finals and 12 singers who will compete in the Zarzuela finals. Here is the list: Semi-finalists Opera Semyon Antakov, baritone, Russia Nicolò Balducci, countertenor, Italy Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano, USA John {…}

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English National Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Peter Grimes’

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The English National Opera has announced a cast change for its performance of “Peter Grimes” on Oct. 6, 2023. The company said, “Unfortunately, Gwyn Hughes Jones has not yet fully recovered and is unable to perform in ‘Peter Grimes’ tonight. Therefore the role of Peter Grimes will be performed by John Findon and the role of Bob Boles by Adam {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

English National Opera 2023-24 Review: Peter Grimes

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(Photo: ENO’s Peter Grimes 2023 © Tom Bowles) David Alden’s “Peter Grimes” begins with the curtain up. Upstage the people of the Borough mill about restlessly, occasionally breaking into shouts of anger and impatience. Alden’s 2009 production, on its second revival, breaks with any wistful or bucolic notions about the seaside community of the Borough, who drive the equally unrelenting {…}