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Kennedy Center Announces Spring & Summer Performances

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced a lineup of Spring/Summer Performances. The center will offer free in-person activities featuring Millennium Stage’s return to the REACH campus and will also showcase the return of Washington National Opera’s Pop-up Opera Truck with the premiere of Mo Willems’s first opera. The performances will be a lead-up to its highly {…}

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Nicole Cabell, Patricia Racette & Will Liverman Lead Revised Opera Theatre of Saint Louis 2021 Season

https://operawire.com/nicole-cabell-patricia-racette-will-liverman-lead-revised-opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-2021-season/

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced plans for a live, in-person 2021 Festival Season. The upcoming festival will include a ground-breaking free ticket initiative, comprehensive cast lists, and thorough health protocol to provide the safest experience for artists, patrons, and staff. The festival will run between May 22 and June 20 and will feature four all-new productions on an {…}

IndieOpera, Streaming

Orpheus Music Project to Stream ‘SONGBREAK: Songs for our Wellbeing’

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Minneapolis-based Orpheus Music Project will premiere “SONGBREAK: Songs for our Wellbeing,” a virtual vocal concert, on Vimeo on March 21, 2021. The 90-minute concert will be presented in collaboration with Minnesota Community Care, which provides humanitarian-based healthcare to members of the Minneapolis community. The showcase will feature soprano Riley Cardona and bass Brian Haase alongside pianist Bryon Wilson as they {…}

News, Streaming

Markus Marquardt, Daniel Kirch & Diana Haller Lead Staatsoper Stuttgart Streaming Slate

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(Credits: Opera Online / © Hermann und Clärchen Baus / Opera Online) The Staatsoper Stuttgart has announced that it will stream four operas on its website in February, March, and April 2021. Here is the full slate. First up is Ravel’s “Verzauberte Welt.” The showcase stars Schorsch Kamerun, Diana Haller, Maria Theresa Ullrich, Carina Schmieger, Claudia Muschio, Linsey Coppens, Jasper {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Handel, Elgar & Stephen Dodgson Headline New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences get a chance to listen to rarely performed works as well as some world premieres. Here are this week’s new releases you cannot miss. Semele The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM), Cambridge Handel Opera Company (CHOC), and Cambridge Early Music (CEM) have joined forces to release the first professional recording of John Eccles’ “Semele” on period instruments. {…}

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Matthew Polenzani, Tomasz Konieczny, Elizabeth Caballero Lead Staatsoper Stuttgart Revised 2020-21 Season

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(Credits: Rebecca Fay / Tomasz Konieczny official website / Suzanne Vinnik / Staatsoper unter der Linden official website) The Staatsoper Stuttgart has announced its redesigned 2020-21 season, running from Feb. 21, 2021, until July 21, 2021. Here is the full slate. Operas Maurice Ravel’s “Verzauberte Welt” will feature Schorsch Kamerun, Diana Haller, Alexandra Urquiola, Maria Theresa Ullrich, Carina Schmieger, Claudia {…}

Opera Meets Film

Opera Meets Film: A Deep Dive Into Anthony Roth Costanzo’s ‘Glass Handel’ (Part One)

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“Opera Meets Film” is a feature dedicated to exploring the way that opera has been employed in cinema. We will select a film section or a film in its entirety and highlight the impact that utilizing the operatic form or sections from an opera can alter our perception of a film that we are viewing. This week’s installment features “Glass {…}

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Renée Fleming, Russell Thomas, Javier Camarena, Latonia Moore Headline LA Opera’s 2021-22 Season

https://operawire.com/renee-fleming-russell-thomas-javier-camarena-latonia-moore-headline-la-operas-2021-22-season/

The Los Angeles Opera has announced changes to the remainder of its 2020-21 season and officially announced its 2021-22 season. Due to ongoing concerns over the spread of COVID-19, the company will refrain from any indoor performances until, at the earliest, the 2021-22 season. The new season will kick off with a production of “Il Trovatore” starring Guanqun Yu will {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

English National Opera 2020 Review: La Bohème

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(Credit: Lloyd Winters) The jumbotrons flash with bright colors and larger-than-life faces. The campervans are scattered across Alexandra Palace’s massive outdoor stage. I am transported to some bizzarro Coachella performed in suburban London. I pull my coat close around me as a pervasive English damp and an all-too familiar British wind cut through the desert festival scenes. The cars beginning {…}