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Met Opera 2020-21 Season: Here Is All The Information For This Season’s Live in HD Performances

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(Photo: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera revealed its 2020-21 season on Wednesday afternoon. Among the major announcements were the company’s schedule for its ever-popular Live in HD slate. Here is a look at the list of performances that will be broadcast to audiences around the world. Aida (Oct. 10, 2020): Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer’s new production {…}

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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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Angel Blue, Corinne Winters to Headline Viennese Opera Ball in NYC

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(Credit & Sources: Angel Blue Official Website / Michael Spyres Official Website / Fay Fox) The Viennese Opera Ball is set to take place in New York City on Feb. 7, 2020. The annual white tie charity gala, which celebrates the cultural and economic relationships between Austria and America, connecting two continents, two cities and two centuries, is renowned for {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: La Bohème

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(Photo Credit: Marty Sohl / Metropolitan Opera) On Jan. 9, 2020, the Metropolitan Opera resumed this season’s run of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Zeffirelli’s classically gorgeous production was enlivened by a solid cast of artists under the baton of conductor Marco Armiliato. For this revival, Gregory Keller directed the production which saw it’s performers through a myriad of comedic, animated interactions {…}

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Updated: Anita Hartig Steps Out of Final Performances of ‘La Bohème’ in Vienna

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Update: Irina Lungu will appear in these performances. The original story follows. Soprano Anita Hartig has announced that she will cancel her three upcoming performances of “La Bohème” at the Wiener Staatsoper due to illness. “Dear friends,” the soprano wrote on her social media accounts. “Unfortunately, I have to cancel my 3 upcoming performances of La Bohème at the Wiener Staatsoper. {…}

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Watch Anita Hartig Star in ‘La Bohème’ Via Vienna State Opera Live Stream

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The Vienna State Opera will live stream Puccini’s “La Bohème” on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The famed opera will star Anita Hartig in a role that she has performed around the world. Saimir Pirgu will star as her beloved Rodolfo with Marco Caria as Marcello, and Mariam Battistelli as Musetta. The iconic Franco Zeffirelli production will be conducted by Marco {…}

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Vienna State Opera To Live Stream ‘Tosca’ With Muraveva, Calleja, & Iconic Scarpia Interpreter

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The Vienna State Opera will live stream Puccini’s “Tosca” on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. The opera will showcase soprano Evgenia Muraveva in the title role with Joseph Calleja as her lover Cavaradossi and Bryn Terfel in his signature role of Scarpia. The production, directed by Margarethe Wallmann, will be conducted by Marco Armiliato. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Cecilia Bartoli & Plácido Domingo To Headline Salzburg Festival’s 2020 Season

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The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2020 season celebrating its 100th anniversary with a number of operatic productions from many repertory staples and numerous rarely performed gems. Here is a look at the operatic works to be performed. Opera Franz Welser-Möst is set to conduct a new production of R. Strauss’ “Elektra” with Krzysztof Warlikowski. Aušrine Stundyte sings the title {…}

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Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov To Appear At Arena Di Verona’s 2020 Festival

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The Arena di Verona has announced a special event in which Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov will perform a concert entitled “The Stars of Opera.” The two stars will be joined by Daniela Barcellona and Ambrogio Maestri, as well as conductor Marco Armiliato. The concert is scheduled for July 23 and will be part of an all-star festival which already {…}