Top 5 Operas to See This Season at the Metropolitan Opera

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The Metropolitan Opera season is only one week away and with a new season comes anticipated new productions and revivals and will showcase some of the world’s best singers. So without further ado here are OperaWire’s most anticipated productions of the 2024-25 season. Ainadamar As listed in the 10 operas to see this fall, the Osvaldo Golijov is one of {…}

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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Salome’

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(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its September run of Strauss’ “Salome.” The company said that Vida Miknevičiūtė will sing the title role on Sept. 21 and Jennifer Holloway will sing it on Sept. 23 and 25, 2024 replacing Simone Schneider, who was originally scheduled. Miknevičiūtė has performed the opera at the Victorian Opera, Bolshoi {…}

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Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces Cast Change for ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’

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(Credit: Gran Teatre del Liceu Website) The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” The Barcelona company said, that tenor Ilya Selivanov will the role of Zinovi Ismailov replacing Daniel Kirsch, who has canceled his participation in the production for artistic reasons. Selivanov is a Mariinsky Opera Academy of Young Singers, Prize-winner at the {…}

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Asmik Grigorian to Receive Austrian Music Theater Prize

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(Credit: Asmik Grigorian Website) Asmik Grigorian has been named the 2024 Austrian Music Theater Prize winner. The soprano will receive the “Grand Jury Prize” on Sept. 1, 2024 for “emotional depth, technical brilliance and fascinating stage presence.” In a statement, Karl-Michael Ebner, initiator and president of the Austrian Music Theater Prize said, “Asmik Grigorian’s unparalleled career and her enormous contribution {…}

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Q & A: Angel Blue on Verona Incident, BBC Proms & Living in the Present

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) American soprano Angel Blue is widely considered to be one of the most influential sopranos before the public today. The two-time Grammy Award winner, 2020 Beverly Sills Award recipient, and the 2022 Richard Tucker Award winner is celebrated worldwide for her honeyed soprano and affecting deliveries of many of the most beloved roles in the operatic repertory, {…}

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Artist of the Week: Aya Wakizono

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This week the Rossini Opera Festival is set to open with a new production of one of the composer’s lesser-known works, “Bianca e Falliero.” The work has been presented at the festival before famously in 1986 and is considered very difficult to sing due to the intensity of its coloratura writing. The new production will include some very important Rossini {…}

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Ring Award 2025 Announces Open Call

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The applications are open for the 10th anniversary Ring Award competition. The international music theatre competition is designed for young artists in the field of direction as well as stage and costume design. Teams are tasked with creating a new production of Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo.” They will be assessed by a jury of experts consisting of Jossi Wieler (chair), Jan {…}

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Salzburg Festival Workshops Reveals New Concert Shell For the Haus für Mozart

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(Photo credit: SF/Neumayr/Leo) Salzburg Festival Workshops has revealed its newly constructed concert shell for the Haus für Mozart. The new shell has significantly improved the acoustic performance conditions at the venue. Designed and constructed in the Festival’s own workshops, the concert room is a tailored construction consisting of two side walls, a back wall and a ceiling. This also enables musicians to {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Konstantin Krimmel & Nicolai Ghiaurov Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get a chance to listen to world premiere recordings, a rarely performed work and a legendary recording of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Ochre Multiple-GRAMMY-winning ensemble The Crossing offers a new album born of cultural resonance, with new works by three {…}

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Top 5 Operas to See This Season at the Metropolitan Opera

Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Salome’

Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces Cast Change for ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’

Asmik Grigorian to Receive Austrian Music Theater Prize

Q & A: Angel Blue on Verona Incident, BBC Proms & Living in the Present

Artist of the Week: Aya Wakizono

Ring Award 2025 Announces Open Call

Salzburg Festival Workshops Reveals New Concert Shell For the Haus für Mozart

Konstantin Krimmel & Nicolai Ghiaurov Lead New CD/DVD Releases