Anna Netrebko, Renée Fleming, Sonya Yoncheva, Anita Rachvelishvili & Lise Davidsen Headline Berlin Philharmonic’s 2021-22 Season

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(Credits: Dario Acosta / Andrew Eccles/Decca / Javier del Real / Dario Acosta / Ray Burmiston) The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2021-22 season, spotlighting some of the world’s greatest performers. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on vocal works. Here is the full slate: The Bundesjugendchor presents works by Brahms, Schumann, di Laso, Harvey, Rihm, and {…}

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Xabier Anduaga, Lise Davidsen, Leo Nucci & Saioa Hernández Lead 2021 Fall Performances at Teatro Colón de A Coruña

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(Credits: Operabase official profile / Operabase official profile / James Hole/Decca Records / GM Art & Music official website) Amigos de la Ópera have announced the program of fall vocal performances at the Teatro Colón de A Coruña, Spain. Here is a look at what to expect this fall. Opera Vincenzo Bellini‘s opera “I Puritani” will star Nadine Sierra, Xabier {…}

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Franco Fagioli, Chiara Skerath, Lawrence Zazzo & Delphine Galou Highlight Festival de Beaune 2021

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(Credits: © Julian Laidig / © Capucine de Chocqueuse / Justin Hyer / Giulia Papetti) The Festival international d’Opéra Baroque & Romantique Beaune has announced its 2021 program, consisting of seven operas and oratorios, and four recitals. The festival will take place from July 9 until July 31, 2021. Operas & Oratorios Mozart‘s rarely performed operatic masterwork “Lucio Silla” will {…}

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Lea Desandre & Jakub Józef Orliński Lead Baroque Night Livestream From Aix-en-Provence

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(Credits: © Julien Benhamou / Kamil Szkopik) The Festival de Pâques will present a night of baroque music to be live-streamed on March 31, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. The performance will star mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre and counter-tenor Jakub Józef Orliński. The two singers will perform works by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Giulio Caccini, Henry Purcell, Georg Friedrich Händel, Thomas Dunford, Reynaldo Hahn, {…}

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Nicole Chevalier, Aušrinė Stundytė & Bo Skovhus Lead Broadcasts From Theater An Der Wien

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(Credits: © Bernd Uhlig / © Werner Kmetitsch) The Theater an der Wien has announced a series of broadcasts after high uncertainty over a date of possible reopening due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in Austria. First up is a production of Prokofiev’s “The Fiery Angel.” The opera showcases Aušrinė Stundytė, Bo Skovhus, Natascha Petrinsky, Elena Zaremba, Nikolai Schukoff, Alexey {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau & Magdalena Kožená Lead 2021 Enescu Festival

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The Enescu Festival has confirmed its 2021 season. The festival held in Bucharest, Romania will run from August 28 to Sept. 26 and will include five operas among other programming. There will also be COVID-safety measures implemented to ensure the safety of all audience members. Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Ondřej Adámek’s Song cycle. Magdalena Kožená {…}

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Lawrence Brownlee, Ryan Speedo Green, Olga Borodina, Nicole Heaston, Johnathan McCullough Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

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It turns out that despite some progress, we are in for a sustained lockdown period to start 2021. But what we are also seeing from opera companies is greater flexibility and creativity on the streaming front. That is on full display in this week’s edition of our top 10 operas to stream with a bevy of new short opera films, {…}

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Opéra Comique To Stream ‘Titon et l’Aurore’

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(Credit: © Axelle Paysant-Le Roux) The Opéra Comique has announced that it will stream a production of Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville’s opera “Titon et l’Aurore.” The opera was scheduled for five presentations from Jan. 18 – Jan. 27, 2021, but had to be canceled due to the French government’s COVID-19 regulations. The opera will star Reinoud Van Mechelen, Gwendoline Blondeel, {…}

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Obituary: Baroque Specialist Sophie Boulin Dies at 69

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French soprano Sophie Boulin has died at the age of 69 on Dec. 1, 2020. The baroque specialist died in Liège, Belgium, after suffering for a year from a brain tumor. Born in Paris on August 1, 1951, Boulin studied at the Paris Conservatory and went to the Opera Studio for the Paris Opera. She would eventually join the baroque {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Renée Fleming, Sonya Yoncheva, Anita Rachvelishvili & Lise Davidsen Headline Berlin Philharmonic’s 2021-22 Season

Xabier Anduaga, Lise Davidsen, Leo Nucci & Saioa Hernández Lead 2021 Fall Performances at Teatro Colón de A Coruña

Franco Fagioli, Chiara Skerath, Lawrence Zazzo & Delphine Galou Highlight Festival de Beaune 2021

Lea Desandre & Jakub Józef Orliński Lead Baroque Night Livestream From Aix-en-Provence

Nicole Chevalier, Aušrinė Stundytė & Bo Skovhus Lead Broadcasts From Theater An Der Wien

Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau & Magdalena Kožená Lead 2021 Enescu Festival

Lawrence Brownlee, Ryan Speedo Green, Olga Borodina, Nicole Heaston, Johnathan McCullough Headline Top 10 Operas to Stream This Week

Opéra Comique To Stream ‘Titon et l’Aurore’

Obituary: Baroque Specialist Sophie Boulin Dies at 69