Famed Diana Damrau Interpretation Headed To DVD

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Diana Damrau’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” will be released on DVD. The 2016 Royal Opera House production by Katie Mitchell, which was met with mixed reception, is scheduled for release in October according to Amazon. The opera also stars Charles Castronovo as Edgardo, Ludovic Tezier as Enrico and Kwangchul Youn as Raimondo. Daniel Oren conducts this production. When the production first opened critics noted, {…}

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Social Media Beat (8/4-1) – A Look At The Scene From Salzburg And Pesaro

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It’s festival season and many artists are performing in high profile concerts and productions while other are simply enjoying vacation time. This week on social media we’ll focus on Salzburg and Pesaro. Salzburg While Michele Mariotti is working hard on “I Due Foscari,” his wife Olga Peretyatko is enjoying vacation time after a fabulous season. She visited rehearsals of “Foscari” {…}

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Weekend Preview – International (8/11-13): Jonas Kaufmann, Plácido Domingo & Anna Netrebko Headline Festivals

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It’s a star-studded weekend with Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Plácido Domingo, and Nino Machaidze headlining major concerts and productions around the world. Find out where you can catch them this weekend right here. Australia Jonas Kaufmann returns to Australia for a run of Wagner’s “Parsifal” at the Sydney Opera House with Michelle DeYoung. Verdi’s Requiem will also get {…}

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C Major Announces New Plácido Domingo DVD Release

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C Major has announced the release of Verdi’s “I Due Foscari” with Plácido Domingo from the Teatro alla Scala. The new release stars Francesco Meli and Anna Pirozzi and is conducted by Michele Mariotti. Staged by Alvis Hermanis, the production received rave reviews when it premiered in 2016. The Financial Times wrote, “Plácido Domingo is the definitive Francesco of recent times” {…}

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Anna Netrebko & Peter Mattei Star In PBS Broadcast Of ‘Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’

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Anna Netrebko graces the small screen on August 13, 2017, as PBS showcases Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” on Great Performances. The soprano received rave reviews when the production was revived in the spring. OperaWire noted, “Netrebko’s interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterwork was an in-your-face reminder that she is singular among modern opera’s elite superstars.” The diva is joined by Peter Mattei in {…}

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Operalia Competition: Joyce DiDonato, Nina Stemme & the Great Winners of the 1990s

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The Operalia Competition is just days away and in anticipation of the famed event, we will take a look back down memory lane at the opera singers who became stars after big performances at the competition. For this week’s installment, we will look at the early years of the competition and the 90s. Here are the winners of that decade {…}

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Breaking: Maria Agresta Pulls Out of Salzburg ‘I Due Foscari,’ Which Stars Plácido Domingo

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Maria Agresta has pulled out of two concert performances of Verdi’s “I Due Foscari” as she undergoes an operation. In her stead, audiences will hear Chinese soprano Guanqun Yu. Yu placed second in the 2012 Operalia Competition and has showcased her talents around the world. In 2017-18 she is slated to take on the role of Liù in “Turandot” at {…}

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Social Media (6/9-11): A Debut, A Birthday & The Countryside

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From a birthday to a debut to tech rehearsals to just some vacationing, opera’s biggest stars were keen to share their experiences via Instagram. Here is a look at the current lives of five different opera stars. Nadine Sierra sent out a ton of love to the city of Paris, praising its culture, architecture, food and people, as she continues her {…}

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Mahler To Dominate Metropolitan Opera Orchestra’s Carnegie Hall Concerts

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The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra launches its Carnegie Hall series on May 31, 2017 and will showcase three diverse programs showcasing some of Mahler’s greatest vocal writing. The series kicks off on May 31 with Susan Graham and Matthew Polenzani in selections from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” and Symphony No. 1. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the program. On June 3, Salonen conducts mezzo-soprano Karen {…}

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Famed Diana Damrau Interpretation Headed To DVD

Social Media Beat (8/4-1) – A Look At The Scene From Salzburg And Pesaro

Weekend Preview – International (8/11-13): Jonas Kaufmann, Plácido Domingo & Anna Netrebko Headline Festivals

C Major Announces New Plácido Domingo DVD Release

Anna Netrebko & Peter Mattei Star In PBS Broadcast Of ‘Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’

Operalia Competition: Joyce DiDonato, Nina Stemme & the Great Winners of the 1990s

Breaking: Maria Agresta Pulls Out of Salzburg ‘I Due Foscari,’ Which Stars Plácido Domingo

Social Media (6/9-11): A Debut, A Birthday & The Countryside

Mahler To Dominate Metropolitan Opera Orchestra’s Carnegie Hall Concerts