Elina Garanča, Ailyn Pérez & Lawrence Brownlee Headline Teatro San Carlo di Napoli’s 2020-21 Season

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(Credit: Chris Singer/ Paul Schirnhofer/DG/ Shervin Lainez) The Teatro San Carlo di Napoli has announced its 2020-21 season which will be the first under superintendent Stéphane Lissner. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” in a new production by Emma Dante. Selene Zanetti stars as Mimì with Damiana Mizzi as Musetta, Stephen Costello in his house debut as Rodolfo, {…}

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Angel Blue Announces Final Episodes of ‘Faithful Fridays’

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Angel Blue has announced upcoming guests for her \ series “Faithful Friday with Angel Blue.” On May 15, Ailyn Perez will join Blue to discuss her new recording, “Mi Corazón,” which honors her Mexican-American heritage. Then on May 22, Blue will present “Broadway on Faithful Friday,” which will explore the fruitful relationship that exists between opera and Broadway. The soprano {…}

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Thomas Hampson, Golda Schultz Among Upcoming Guests of ‘Faithful Friday with Angel Blue’

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Soprano Angel Blue has unveiled the next set of guests who will join her on her popular “Faithful Friday with Angel Blue.” On May 1, 2020, Blue will be joined by baritone Thomas Hampson starting at 12 p.m. EDT. And on May 8, Golda Schultz, who previously performed with Blue in the Metropolitan Opera’s “Porgy and Bess,” will be the {…}

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Laverne Cox to be Featured on Angel Blue’s Faithful Fridays

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Angel Blue is set to continue her Faithful Fridays on April 10 with guest superstar Laverne Cox. Cox will appear at 12:00 p.m. ET alongside Blue who noted, “Laverne Cox is truly one of my great inspirations and I know that she will have amazing insights for all of us. ‘Faithful Friday’ is about connecting as a community as we try {…}

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How Opera’s Major Stars are Using their Platforms to Keep the Music Going

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(Credit: Lena Kern/Sonya Garza/Yan Bleney) With the opera world as we know it going silent, opera houses have begun streaming performances from their archives. Companies have released dress rehearsals, archival audio, and in many cases launched streaming services that show off today’s greatest performers. It’s been, in many ways, a group effort to keep opera fans continuously entertained in this {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau & Elīna Garanča Highlight Opéra de Paris’s 2020-21 Season

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The Opéra National de Paris has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of new productions revivals. Here is a look. Domingo Hindoyan and Keri-Lynn Wilson lead performances of Bizet’s “Carmen” with Clémentine Margaine, Elīna Garanča, and Varduhi Abrahamyan sharing the title role and Vittorio Grigolo and Charles Castronovo as Don José. Adam Plachetka and Lucas Meachem alternate as Escamillo, {…}

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Lawrence Brownlee, Pretty Yende Headline ‘Songs for Dallas’ Concert

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The Dallas Opera will present “Songs for Dallas” on May 6, 2020 at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House. The concert will be headlined by tenor Lawrence Brownlee, who will be joined by the Dallas Opera Orchestra, the Dallas Street Choir, and other major opera stars including soprano Pretty Yende, tenor Xabier Anduaga, baritone Lucas Meachem, bass-baritone Mark S. {…}

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Nicole Car, Catalina Cuervo, Sondra Radvanovsky Headline Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America

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It’s Valentine’s Day weekend and there is arguably no art form that captures the essence of love moreso than opera. With that in mind, we looked around and picked operas that probably won’t cater to ideal feelings of love, but are powerful in their own rights and would probably make for unbelievable nights at the opera. Frida – Anchorage Opera, {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Joyce DiDonato & Piotr Beczala Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2020-21 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled its 2020-21 season, which features five new productions and 17 revivals. New Productions Anna Netrebko opens the Metropolitan Opera in a new production of Verdi’s “Aida” directed by Michael Mayer. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the production which also stars Anita Rachvelishvili, Piotr Beczała, Dmitry Belosselskiy and Ludovic Tezier. The production will also showcase Latonia Moore and {…}

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Elina Garanča, Ailyn Pérez & Lawrence Brownlee Headline Teatro San Carlo di Napoli’s 2020-21 Season

Angel Blue Announces Final Episodes of ‘Faithful Fridays’

Thomas Hampson, Golda Schultz Among Upcoming Guests of ‘Faithful Friday with Angel Blue’

Laverne Cox to be Featured on Angel Blue’s Faithful Fridays

How Opera’s Major Stars are Using their Platforms to Keep the Music Going

Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau & Elīna Garanča Highlight Opéra de Paris’s 2020-21 Season

Lawrence Brownlee, Pretty Yende Headline ‘Songs for Dallas’ Concert

Nicole Car, Catalina Cuervo, Sondra Radvanovsky Headline Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – North America

Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Joyce DiDonato & Piotr Beczala Headline Metropolitan Opera’s 2020-21 Season