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News, Season Announcement

Opera Royal de Château de Versailles’ Announces 2025-26 Season

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The Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles has announced its 2025-26 season. Productions  Rossini’s “Cendrillon” will be sung in French and will star Gaëlle Arquez, Patrick Kabongo, Gwendoline Blondeel, Éléonore Pancrazi, Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Alexandre Baldo, and Nicolas Brooymans. Gaétan Jarry conducts the Julien Lubek and Cécile Roussat direct. Performance Dates: Oct. 11-18, 2025 Purcell’s “Didon et Énée” will star {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Kristine Opolais, Jonathan Tetelman, Eleonora Buratto, Kate Lindsey, Matthias Goerne & Rinat Shaham Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. It’s another week of many releases, including new complete opera recordings, solo albums, oratorios, and sacred works. John Weldon: The Judgment of Paris A long-lost masterpiece revived by Julian Perkins, Cambridge Handel Opera Company and Academy of Ancient Music Academy of Ancient Music {…}

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Farinelli Competition Announces First Winners

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The first annual Farinelli Competition for countertenors has announced its winners. Honduran Dennis Orellana took the first prize while the second prize went to Rémy Brès-Feuillet from France. The third prize went to Yongbeom Kwon from South Korea. The competition was held under the auspices of the 47th International Handel Festival Karlsruhe and was established by the festival’s Artistic Director Christoph {…}

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Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart Presents ‘Bach and Latin America: Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart’

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The Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart has announced the first “Bach and Latin America: Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart” to take place March 9-23. For the purposes of this article, only vocal works are included. “Bach and Latin America” ​​begins with Ariel Ramírez’s ‘Creole Mass.” Soloists are mezzo-soprano Cecilia Fontaine and baritone Matías Bocchio. Lydia Schimmer conducts. Performance Date: March 9, 2025 Sopranos Miriam {…}

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Artists Speak Out About Abusive Behavior at Bayreuth Baroque

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Former participants of the Bayreuth Baroque are accusing director Max Emanuel Cenčić of abusive behavior and lack of complaint mechanisms. According to a report by Axel Brüggemann in Backstage Classical, “Accusations include insults, physical altercations, and conflicts of interest with his agency.” The article notes that 10 people were willing to go on record and tell their accounts about their {…}

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International Handel Festival Karlsruhe Announces First Annual Farinelli-Competition for Countertenors

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The 47th International Handel Festival Karlsruhe has announced the world’s first singing competition exclusively for countertenors. The competition will be called The Farinelli-Competition and was established by the festival’s Artistic Director Christoph von Bernuth in honor of the most famous singer in this field. The competition will take place annually from now on and is aimed at countertenors of all {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024: Ifigenia in Aulide

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(Photo credit: Photos: Clemens Manser/Falk von Traubenber) As an opera composer Nicola Antonio Porpora gained advantage over his rivals by tailoring his works to the singers’ voices, and he gained popularity among singers because he was a well-known voice teacher. Even today, when experiencing Porpora’s opera “Ifigenia in Aulide” at Bayreuth’s Baroque Opera Festival, one cannot ignore the skill with {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Christophe Rousset on Porpora’s ‘Ifigenia in Aulide’ & Les Talens Lyriques Orchestra at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024    

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(Photo credit: Ignacio Barrios) Bayreuth Baroque Festival has been awarded “The Best Festival of 2024” by Germany’s Oper! Awards. The first season began in 2020 with a staged production of Nicola Antonio Porpora’s “Carlo il Calvo”, and an opera in concert version of “Gismondo, Re di Polonia” by Leonardo Vinci and libretto by Francesco Briani’s Il Vincitor Generoso. The orchestras {…}

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Les Talens Lyriques Unveils 2024-25 Season

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Les Talens Lyriques, led by Christophe Rousset, has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a rundown of the season. The ensemble heads to the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival to present “Ifigenia in Aulide” with Jasmin Delfs, Max Emanuel Cencic, Dennis Orellana, Olena Leser, Nicolò Balducci, and Daniel Giulianini. Giorgina Germanou directs. Performance Dates: Sept. 5-15, 2024 Then comes “Aroma di Roma,” {…}