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Reviews, Stage Reviews

National Marionette Theater Review: Title Character Flashes His Wood in Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’

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Making your way to an evening at the opera, you pass through Prague’s medieval, cobblestone streets. In the distance, sets the orange, Bohemian sun behind the black silhouette of Prague Castle. Now descending into a cellar, you’ll find yourself in the theater lobby, packing your hands with Czech beer and awaiting the opening notes of the longest running production of {…}

News, Season Announcement

Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León Announces 2025-26 Season

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The Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the two vocal performances of the season. Therry Fischer and Magdalena Kožená lead opening night in a program of music by Albeniz, Berlioz, and Beethoven. Performance Dates: Oct. 3 & 4, 2025 Thierry Fischer conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Louise Foor, Carmen {…}

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Auditorio de la Diputación de Alicante Announces 2025-26 Season

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The Auditorio de la Diputación de Alicante has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. Robert Mameli joins Ruben Jais and Adda-Simfonica Alicante for a program of Haydn and Mozart. Performance Date: Dec. 23, 2025 The Slovak Philharmonic will be joined by Coro Amici Musicae with Marko Mimica and Alexandra Conunova for music by Dvořák, Mussorgsky, Khachaturian, and {…}

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Alfred Walker, Gabriella Reyes, Anna Netrebko & Adam Plachetka Headline Palm Beach Opera’s 2025 Season

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(Photo credit: Suzanne Vinnik) Palm Beach Opera has announced its 2025 season. The season opens with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette,” under the baton of Palm Beach Opera’s Ari Rifkin Music Director, David Stern. The title roles will be shared across performances. Friday/Sunday Long Long performs Romé alongside Amina Edris as Juliette. Eric Taylor and Lydia Grindatto will each make their {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Ailyn Pérez, Nicholas Phan, Will Liverman, Karen Slack & Yannick Nézet-Séguin Lead Classical Grammy 2025 Nominees

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The Grammy nominations have been announced. For this article, we will focus on the vocal and operatic nominations. The Best Opera Recording nominees are “Adams: Girls Of The Golden West” featuring John Adams, Paul Appleby, Julia Bullock, Hye Jung Lee, Daniela Mack, Elliot Madore, Ryan McKinny, and Davóne Tines, Dmitriy Lipay, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Los Angeles Master Chorale, “Catán: Florencia {…}

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San Francisco Symphony Cancels Verdi Requiem Due to Chorus Strike

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(source: San Francisco Symphony Official Website) UPDATE: “For background, on the evening of September 16, AGMA leadership and the AGMA members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The Choristers voted 100% in favor of the authorization. 98.1% of eligible members participated in the vote, and 81.1% of the unpaid singers from the Verdi Requiem Chorus have {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces 2024 Summer HD Festival

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024 Summer HD Festival. the company will present HD recordings on the Lincoln Center Plaza from August 23, through September 2. The free festival will feature ten screenings from the Met’s celebrated Live in HD series and will also include a special screening of the 1998 film “The Red Violin,” directed by François Girard {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces 2024 Summer Recital Series

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024 Summer Recital Series. The series will celebrate its 15th anniversary and will open on June 18. This year there will be five free outdoor recitals throughout New York City presented in collaboration with Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage. The first concert will take place at SummerStage in Central Park in Manhattan and {…}

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Miami Lyric Opera to Shut Down after 22 Years

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The Miami Lyric Opera is shuttering its doors. Founder and long-time General and Artistic Director of MLO Raffaele Cardone has announced that he is closing the company after 22 years. In a statement, Cardone said, “The principal reason is financing—not enough being available to make a decent production. Venue, labor, musicians and artist costs and others, have all increased.” He {…}