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Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca & Jonas Kaufmann Headline Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2018-19 season. Here is a rundown. New Productions  The Metropolitan Opera opens with Saint-Saëns’ “Samson et Dalila” in a new production by Darko Tresnjak. Roberto Alagna and Elina Garanca reunite for the production which is also set to star Laurent Naouri, Elchin Azizov, and Dmitry Belosselskiy. Anita Rachevlishvili and Aleksandrs Antonenko will sing a {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Season: Here Is All the Information For This Season’s Live in HD Performances

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Every year, Metropolitan Opera audiences get pumped for a few things. But not many carry as much excitement as the Live in HD series. Every year the Met chooses a handful (or two) performances to showcase around the globe on the silver screen. Those are usually high profile presentations of new productions with opera’s greatest stars. And as you might {…}

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Opera Profile: Donizetti’s Patriotic ‘La Fille du Régiment’

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Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment” isn’t anywhere near his greatest opera. And yet it remains a modern favorite. Part of the major charm comes from the melodic invention that he employs. He threw caution to the winds for much of this French work and just had a ton of fun. Other reasons for its popularity could be more specific in {…}

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Barbara Hannigan, Cecilia Bartoli, Piotr Beczała & Joyce DiDonato Among International Opera Award Nominees

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The International Opera Award nominations have bee announced. The organization, which seeks to recognize the best of the industry recognizes 18 categories. This year the nominees for Female Singer are Malin Byström, Carmen Giannattasio, Barbara Hannigan, who recently won the Grammy, Hui He, Ermonela Jaho and Eva-Maria Westbroek. In the Male Singer category, Piotr Beczała is nominated alongside Günther Groissböck, Peter Mattei, Eric Owens, {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Netrebko & Renée Fleming Headline Star-Studded Carnegie Hall 2018-19 Season

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Carnegie Hall announced its 2018-19 season featuring some of the world’s greatest singers and musicians. To stick with opera, we will only be highlighting the singers who will be featured in the season. Orchestras  Mezzo-soprano Lucile Richardot will be featured with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique under the direction of Sir John Eliot Gardiner in an all-Berlioz program. The program will feature {…}

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Mezzo To Air Les Contes D’Hoffmann From Monte-Carlo

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Mezzo will broadcast “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” from Opera Monte-Carlo. The new production, which is set to premiere on Jan. 22, 2018, will star Juan Diego Flórez in the title role and Olga Peretyatko as the four heroines Stella, Antonia, Giuletta, Olympia. Both stars will be making role debuts. The roles of Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, and Capitaine and Dappertutto will {…}

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Artist of the Week: Venera Gimadieva Takes on ‘I Puritani’ At Vienna State Opera

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When the Vienna State Opera kicks off its production of Bellini’s “I Puritani” on Jan. 4, the work will feature a soprano that few people have heard of in recent years – Venera Gimadieva, alongside a cast that includes Adam Plachetka, Jongmin Park, and Dmitry Korchak. Gimadieva is no outsider to be sure. The 33-year-old Russian soprano trained at the {…}

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Teatro Alla Scala Announces 2018 Season Opener

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The Teatro alla Scala Scala will open its 2018-19 season with Verdi’s “Attila.” According to Platea Magazine, Alexander Perriera, the company’s General Manager, has set up the Verdi opera for a new production on Dec. 7, 2018. “Attila” follows a line of Italian operas including “Giovanna d´Arco” in 2015 with Anna Netrebko, “Madama Butterfly” in 2016 with María José Siri {…}