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Freddie De Tommaso, Alice Coote, Lise Davidsen, Anthony Roth Costanzo & Angel Blue Lead BBC Prom’s 2022 Season

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The BBC Proms has announced its 2022 season. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the festival. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Verdi’s Requiem on the First Night of the 2022 BBC Proms. Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Jennifer Johnston, Freddie De Tommaso, and Kihwan Sim are the soloists. Performance Date: July 15, 2022 David Bates and La {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Malin Byström, Lise Davidsen, Ailyn Pérez, Juan Diego Flórez Headline Royal Opera House’s 2022-23 Season

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The Royal Opera House has announced its 2022-23 season which will feature 20 new productions, nine world premieres, and three UK premieres. Our focus will be solely on the operatic productions the company will be showcasing. The season opens with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in a production by Kasper Holten. Constantin Trinks conducts a cast starring Luca Micheletti, Christopher Maltman, Maria {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Royal Opera House 2021-22 Review: Peter Grimes

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(Credit: ROH 2022 (c) Yasuko Kageyam) Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes,” an opera of community disaster, has lately belonged in London to Edward Gardner in the pit and Stuart Skelton in the title role, both searingly brilliant. Deborah Warner’s new production, headed by tenor Allan Clayton, offers a vivid and contemporary alternative vision of the work that deserves to run and {…}

News, Streaming

Royal Opera House Delays ‘Peter Grimes’ Stream

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The Royal Opera House has announced a scheduling change for its upcoming stream of “Peter Grimes.” The opera was originally slated to stream on April 8, 2022, but will now be moved to a later date in the year. The Britten opera stars Allan Clayton, Bryn Terfel, John Tomlinson, Maria Bengtsson, and former Jette Parker Young Artist Jacques Imbrailo. Mark Elder conducts the {…}

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Antonio Pappano, Simon Rattle, Barbara Hannigan & Fabio Luisi Among Signatories Petitioning Against the Canceling of Russian Artists

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(Credit: Karen Almond / Metropolitan Opera) One hundred and nineteen artists and conductors are signing a petition to end the war and end the boycott against boycotting Russian artists. The petition, which is signed by such prominent artists as Antonio Pappano, Mark Elder, Simon Rattle, Franz Welser-Möst, Cornelius Meister, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Barrie Kosky, Matthew Rose, Fabio Luisi, Barbara Hannigan, and {…}

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Allan Clayton, Bryn Terfel, Sabina Puertolas, Angela Brower Headline Royal Opera House’s Spring 2022 Streaming Slate

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The Royal Opera House Covent Garden has announced its streaming slate for Spring 2022. It all kicks off with “Così fan tutte” starring Angela Brower as Dorabella, Alessio Arduini as Guglielmo, Corinne Winters as Fiordiligi, Daniel Behle as Ferrando, Sabina Puértolas as Despina, and Johannes Martin Kränzle as Don Alfonso.  The opera is directed by Jan Philipp Gloger and conducted {…}

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Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Roderick Williams, Shenyang, Sophie Bevan Headline London Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2021-22 Season

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra has unveiled its 2021-22 London season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal and operatic works. The season kicked off with Tippett’s “The Midsummer Marriage” starring Robert Murray, Sophie Bevan, Ashley Riches, Jennifer France, Toby Spence. Edward Gardner conducted. Performance Date: Sept. 25, 2021 Next up is “In Bluebeard’s Castle.” The {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Jamie Barton, Roderick Williams, Lucy Crowe Headline Saffron Hall’s Fall 2021-22 Season

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Saffron Hall in North Essex, U.K. has announced its 2021-22 season, which will feature some of opera’s greatest stars. “The past eighteen months have been challenging for everyone, but it’s a testament to Saffron Hall’s staff and supporters that we are able to announce such a such a line-up of great artists and ensembles. We have been open throughout the {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Russell Thomas, Jamie Barton, Brandon Jovanovich, Rachel Willis-Sørensen Headline San Francisco Opera’s August 2021 Streams

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San Francisco Opera has announced its streams for the month of August 2021. The company will stream two operas this month, including an Italian classic as well as an iconic German masterpiece.  All performances can be watched directly on the company’s official website. First up will be a stream of a 2015 staging of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” The {…}