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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Changes for ‘Andrea Chenier’ & ‘Die Zauberflöte’

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced cast changes for productions of “Andrea Chenier” and “Die Zauberflöte.” The company noted that Jonas Kaufmann has canceled a performance on Dec. 3 and will be replaced by Stefano La Colla. Additionally, Olga Bezsmertna will sing the role of Pamina replacing Erin Morley. La Colla is set to join a cast that includes George Petean {…}
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Carlos Álvarez Cancels Performances in Madrid & Vienna

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Carlos Álvarez has announced the cancelation of numerous performances at the Teatro Real, Teatro de la Zarzuela, and Wiener Staatsoper due to illness. At the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, the Spanish baritone will be replaced by Juan Jesús Rodríguez, who will perform the Christmas Concert on Dec. 30 alongside soprano Rocío Ignacio and conductor Guillermo García Calvo. The {…}
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Jonas Kaufmann, Lisette Oropesa & Anita Rachvelishvili Lead Festival d’Aix-en-Provence’s 2023 Season

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Today, Pierre Audi announced the program for the seventieth-fifth Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. The festival will take place between the 4 th and 24th of July, 2023, staging six works, three operas in concert, and many recitals. The full program is below: The season opens with “The Threepenny Opera” by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, and Elisabeth Hauptmann. Maxime Pascal conducts the production {…}
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Q & A: Francesco Meli on ‘Uniti Per Verdi’ & the Importance of Italy’s Composer

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(Credit: Victor Santiago) On Nov. 21, Francesco Meli will perform at the Uniti per Verdi concert, which he organized with Riccardo Frizza with the help of the Società del Quartetto. As one of the great Verdi tenors of his generation, Meli has been an advocate to save the Villa Sant’agata and hopes that with this upcoming concert, the government and {…}
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Teatro Real 2022-23 Review: Aida

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(This review is for the Oct. 30, 2022 performance with Anna Netrebko, Jorge de Leon, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Gevorg Hakobyan and Simón Orfila.) The Teatro Real opened its 2022-23 season at the Madrid Coliseum with Verdi’s masterpiece “Aida” (the season had officially opened with five performances of Philip Glass Orphée at Teatro del Canal theatre). Anna Netrebko was originally set to {…}
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Teatro Real Announces More Cast Changes for ‘Aida’

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The Teatro Real has announced the final replacements for Maria Agresta in Verdi’s “Aida.” The company announced that for the performance on Oct. 29, Robert Mantegna will perform the title role while on Nov. 11, Vittoria Yeo will join the roster in the title role. Finally, on Nov. 14, Krassimira Stoyanova will perform. Stoyanova and Mantegna will add one performance {…}
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Eleonora Buratto, Aleksandra Kurzak, Luca Salsi & Anna Caterina Antonacci Lead Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s 2022-23 Season

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The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced its 2022-23 Season. Emma Dante conducts Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmelites” with Michele Mariotti conducting. Corinne Winters stars alongside Anna Caterina Antonacci, Ewa Vesin, Ekaterina Gubanova, and Jean-François Lapointe. The opera will be transmitted live on Rai Cultura and Rai5. Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 6, 2022 Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” will be conducted by Francesco {…}

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