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Sondra Radvanovsky, Juan Diego Flórez, Joseph Calleja Among Many Opera Stars At Festival Castell Peralada

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The Festival Castel Peralada has announced its 2019 slate. The festival will feature a number of performances from many different musical genres, but the emphasis here will be on vocal performances or operas. Things kick off with the world prmeiere of “Dialègs de Tirant e Carmesina,” a new chamber opera with music by Joan Magrané and a libretto by March {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna & Juan Diego Flórez Highlight Gran Teatre Del Liceu’s 2019-20 Season

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2019-20 season with numerous new productions, revivals, rarely performed works and concerts by some of the biggest stars in the world. Franc Aleu makes his operatic debut directing a new production of Puccini’s “Turandot” with Irene Theorin in the title role alongside Jorge de Leon and Ermonela Jaho as Liù. Lise Linstrom {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez To Perform At Festival Castell Peralada

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Juan Diego Flórez and Gustavo Dudamel are set to appear at the Festival Castell Peralada. The festival announced that Flórez will perform a concert alongside Armenian soprano Ruzan Mantashyan in duets from French and Italian operas. Guillermo García Calvo will conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica del Vallès in a concert that is set for August 9, 2019. The night after, Dudamel will conduct the {…}

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Olga Peretyatko & Juan Diego Florez’s ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ From Vienna To Be Broadcast

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The Wiener Staatsoper is set to broadcast Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” on Orf 2. The production by Laurent Pelly,  which premiered last week, is set to star Olga Peretyatko and Juan Diego Flórez in the leading roles. George Petean and Jongmin Park also star as Enrico and Raimondo. Evelino Pidò conducts the production, which features a critical edition and a new cadenza {…}

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Stephen Costello Replaces Juan Diego Flórez In ‘La Traviata’

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Juan Diego Flórez has canceled the Dec. 26, 2019 performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The Metropolitan Opera announced that due to illness, the Peruvian tenor will not be able to perform the Verdi opera. As a result, Stephen Costello will replace him. Costello is already set to perform the April performances of “La Traviata” at the Met alongside Anita Hartig {…}

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Jessica Pratt, Salome Jicia & Juan Diego Flórez Headline Rossini Opera Festival 2019

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Th Rossini Opera Festival has announced the complete lineup of the upcoming 2019 editions, The festival will include three opera productions and a number of operatic concerts featuring some of the greatest Rossini singers. Main Stage  The festival opens with a new production of “Semiramide” by Graham Vick. Michele Mariotti conducts the production, which stars Salome Jicia in the title {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Live in HD Preview: Diana Damrau & Juan Diego Flórez To Shine in ‘La Traviata’

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The Met Opera will continue its Live in HD series this Saturday, Dec 15, 2018, with a performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” The broadcast, which kicks off 12:55 p.m. Eastern time, is set Diana Damrau as the lead heroine with Quinn Kelsey as Germont, and Juan Diego Flórez as her lover Alfredo. This is Damrau’s fifth HD broadcast with her {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Preview: Diana Damrau & Juan Diego Flórez Return To Met For ‘La Traviata’

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The Metropolitan Opera will open a new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” on Monday, Dec. 4, 2018. The new production is hotly anticipated for a number of reasons. First off, it represents the first opera under new Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The maestro will be doing his second run of “La Traviata” with the company. He previously conducted seven performances {…}