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Decca Announces Aida Garifullina’s First Album

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Decca announced Aida Garifullina’s new album scheduled for release next year. The record company announced the new CD via social media and stated that the first single was available today via Youtube. Decca  compiled together clips from Garifullina’s performances of Gounod’s “Je Veux Vivre” from “Romeo et Juliette. The video includes clips from two operaball performances and one from this year’s Bastille {…}

Special Features

Best of 2016: 11 Singers Who Defied Possibilities and Created the Most Memorable Moments of 2016!

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Every year has a share of rising and breakout stars as well as opera singers who solidify or take their careers in new directions. Others make important debuts or create roles that audiences would have never expected and conquer. This is what makes a performer stick in an audience’s mind for the whole year. For this year OperaWire has put {…}

News

Social Media Beat-Week (12/5-9) : How did the Opera Stars Spend their First Week of December?

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This week the stars continued rehearsing for upcoming performances but also took some time off to have some fun around the world. Tenor Michael Fabiano spent some time with his friends judging a major circuit Debate tournament. The tenor last sang the national anthem at a Jets game and is taking some time off the opera stage. He returns to the {…}

News

Mozart 225: The Complete Edition Tops 1.25 Million in Sales Worldwide

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Mozart was a huge hit throughout his short career and his great success has continued in 2016 in the form of 1.25 million international CD sales of Deutsche Grammophon’s “Mozart 225: The Complete Edition” in a whopping five weeks since its release. The boxset, made up of 200-CD’s and encompassing every single work ever created by the composer, was released {…}

News, Streaming

STAGE+ Celebrates World Opera Day with New Android App

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In celebration of World Opera Day, Deutsche Grammophon has announced that its streaming service STAGE+ is now available for Android users. On World Opera Day (Oct. 25), subscribers are invited to engage with “STAGE+ celebrates World Opera Day.” On this day, streaming events offered free of charge include Pretty Yende and Nadine Sierra in Concert from the Philharmonie de Paris, {…}

Business

La Jolla Music Society Extends SummerFest Music Director for Five Years

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(Photo provided by La Jolla Music Society / The Conrad) La Jolla Music Society (LJMS) and Summerfest Music Director Inon Barnatan have agreed to a five-year contract that will keep him around until 2025. “Every SummerFest has felt like both a homecoming and a new beginning,” said Barnatan, a piano soloist who has appeared with BBC Symphony for the BBC {…}

News

Hera Hyesang Park,  Adèle Charvet, & Benjamin Hulett to  Perform at The Glasshouse With BBC Proms

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BBC Proms will return to The Glasshouse to present four days of live music, family shows, and free performances. Soprano Hera Hyesang Park, mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet, and tenor Benjamin Hulett will serve as soloists in Mendelssohn’s  “Second” Symphony. They are joined by the with the Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia, Voices of the River’s Edge, and Huddersfield Choral Society. Pianist David Fray  will accompany at the {…}

News, Season Announcement

Joyce El-Khoury, Davone Tines, Matthias Winckhler, & Núria Rial Star in L’Auditori’s 2025-26 Season

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(Photo credit: Gisela Schenker) L’Auditori presents its 2025-26 season, “Renaixements.” For the purpose of this article only vocal works are included. Beethoven’s “Symphony” No. 9 stars Joyce El-Khoury, Silvia Tro Santafé, Elgan Llyr Thomas, and Davone Tines. They are joined by the Orfeó Català and the Barcelona and National Symphony Orchestra of Catalonia (OBC) under the direction of Ludovic Morlot. {…}

News, Season Announcement

Maria Agresta, Martin Muehle, Pretty Yende, & Angelo Villari Among Performers at 2025 Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund

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(Photo credits: Elisa Rinaldi, Simon Pauly, & Gregor Hohenberg) Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund announces its 2025 lineup. Soprano Maria Agresta and tenor Martin Muehle perform opera classics from Verdi to Puccini in the Italian opera gala. Carlo Montanaro conducts the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen. Performance Date: June 1, 2025 Works by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and those who inspired his writing {…}