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Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano & Lucas Meachem Highlight Festival Napa Valley’s 2021 Season

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The Festival Napa Valley has announced its 2021 season featuring a number of diverse musical offerings. For the purposes of this article, the focus will be on operatic showcases. The festival opens with Opening Night starring Lisette Oropesa in recital. The concert will be dedicated to the late Ann Getty. Performance Date: July 16, 2021 Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” will be {…}

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Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Appoints Rafael Payare as New Music Director

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(Credit: Henry Fair) Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal has announced the appointment of Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare its new Music Director. Payare will start his five-year tenure during the 2022-23 season. The Venezuelan conductor will replace the famed conductor Kent Nagano, who has held the position since 2006. Payare graduated from the famous musical education program “El Sistema.” He won the {…}

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Opera Profile: ‘El Niño,’ John Adams’ Nativity Opera

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Though more famous for works such as “Doctor Atomic” and “Nixon in China,” John Adams also composed the memorable Christmas-themed opera, “El Niño” or “The Baby,” which tells the story of the birth of Jesus Christmas. The opera-oratorio premiered on December 15, 2000 in Paris and has been performed many times since as holiday entertainment. The first performance featured soloists {…}

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‘You Get What You Put Out Into the Universe:’ Baritone Lucas Meachem On His Highs and Lows, Diversity in Opera, & COVID’s Impact on Young Artists

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In late May, the COVID-19 pandemic relented for a spell, enticing parts of the United States to reopen after weeks of lockdown. Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer in the States, was in full swing. 2020 had a disastrous start, but big cities like New York had the virus somewhat contained. Worldwide, the insidious threat of sickness and {…}

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Staatsoper Hamburg Suspends Substantial Portion of Fall 2020 Season

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The Staatsoper Hamburg has suspended all performances between September through December with a few exceptions. The company has announced an opening concert entitled “Molto Agitato” which will take place on Sept. 5, 2020 and will feature music by Weill, Ligeti, and Brahms. The concert will feature five soloists and a chamber orchestra. Per the German company’s official website, the first {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Lucas Meachem & Juan Francisco Gatell Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week, four complete operas, as well as an oratorio recording, will be available to stream. Here is a look. Otello After long delays, Sony Classical will finally release the full studio recording of Verdi’s masterpiece opera with Jonas Kaufmann singing the title role and Antonio Pappano conducting the Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Soprano Federica Lombardi sings her {…}

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Metropolitan Opera & Donizetti Opera Festival’s Superstar Galas Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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Credit: Spinto/Javier del Real/Nicola Allegri/Julian Hargraves/ Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical While the continued quarantine is undoubtedly becoming increasingly challenging for many, there is some relief in knowing that there is opera to check out on a daily basis. What’s more the offerings are becoming increasingly diverse in their range of repertory and content, which allows opera audiences to curate unique {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros & Anna Netrebko Headline Bayerische Staatsoper’s 2020-21 Season

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The Bayerische Staatsoper announced its 2020-21 season which includes eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres The first new production of the year will be “Die Vögel” by Walter Braunfels, who also penned the libretto. Ingo Metzmacher conducts a production by Frank Castrof that will star Wolfgang Koch, Günter Papendell, Caroline Wettergreen, Emily Pogorelc, Eliza Bloom, and Yajie Zhang, among {…}