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French Recordings Featured in Newest Installment of San Francisco Opera’s ‘Streaming the First Century’

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On October 10, 2022, San Francisco Opera launched the latest installment of “Streaming the First Century,” the company’s free online hub for historic recordings and interviews. The new installment, titled “Parle-vouz francais?” features performances of French repertory from SFO’s first 100 seasons. Among them are operas by Massenet, Charpentier, Berlioz, Messiaen, as well as the company’s oldest recording: a piano {…}
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San Francisco Opera Expands ‘Streaming the First Century’ Program with Rare French Recordings

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On October 10, 2022, San Francisco Opera launched the latest installment of “Streaming the First Century,” their free online hub for historic recordings and interviews. The new installment, titled “Parle-vouz francais?” features performances of French repertory from SFO’s first 100 seasons. Among them are operas by Massenet, Charpentier, Berlioz, and Messiaen, as well as the company’s oldest recording: a piano {…}
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San Francisco Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’

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San Francisco Opera has announced a cast change for its Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice.” The company said Meigui Zhang will make her role debut as Eurydice, replacing Christina Gansch who is expecting her second child and has withdrawn from the production. Zhang made her company debut this past summer as Dai Yu in Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang’s “Dream {…}
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San Francisco Opera Releases New Installment of Its ‘In Song’ Series Spotlighting Soprano Meigui Zhang

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(Photo:  Zane Gan) San Francisco Opera has released “In Song: Meigui Zhang,” the latest installment of its Webby Award-winning “In Song” series. The series presents portraits of artists through song and stories, with past episodes presenting a cross-section of genres—from opera to mariachi. Among the works spotlighted by the fast-rising Zhang, is the Kazakh folk song “A Lovely Rose.” Virtuoso musician {…}
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Ten Singers Headed to Final Round of the 2022 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 10 finalists selected from the April 24, 2022, semi-final round of the Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. The finalists will compete on the Met stage in the Grand Finals Concert hosted by Nadine Sierra and accompanied by the Met Orchestra under the baton of maestro Marco Armiliato. The concert is scheduled for Sunday, May {…}
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San Francisco Opera Announces Complete Programs for Three Schwabacher Recital Series Concerts

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The Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program, will continue on April 6 and Wednesday, April 27 at San Francisco’s Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater. The April 6 recital will feature American mezzo-soprano Ashley Dixon, a 2018–19 Adler Fellow and 2015/2017 Merola Opera Program participant alongside Kseniia Polstiankina Barrad. Dixon and Barrad will {…}
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Allen Perriello Appointed Director of Artistic Administration at Des Moines Metro Opera

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(Credit: Karli Cadel Photography) Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO) has announced that Allen Perriello has been named to the position of Director of Artistic Administration for the company beginning Feb. 16, 2022. Most recently, Perriello was the Head of Music at Minnesota Opera. Simultaneously, he was the Director of the Young Artists Program at The Glimmerglass Festival, overseeing the auditioning, {…}
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OperaStream to Stream Teatro Comunale’s ‘Maria de Buenos Aires’

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OperaStreaming has announced that it will present Piazzolla’s “Maria de Buenos Aires” from the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara on Dec. 18 and 19, 2021. The showcase, which will feature a new production directed by Carlos Branco and conducted by Jacopo Rivani, will star Martina Belli in the title role alongside Ruben Peloni as the Payador and Daniel Bonilla-Torres as El {…}
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San Francisco Opera Center Announces 2022 Adler Fellows

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(Credit: San Francisco Opera official website) The San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam announced the 11 recipients of the 2022 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship. The selected singers to be Adler Fellows in 2022 are sopranos Anne-Marie MacIntosh, Mikayla Sager, Elisa Sunshine, and Esther Tonea; mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Beteag; tenors Victor Cardamone and Edward {…}

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