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Francesco Meli, Michael Fabiano & Camilla Nylund Lead Top 5 to See Internationally (2/7-9)

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(Credit: Ruth Walz) This weekend is all about new productions, a rarely performed work and an acclaimed run of performances in Paris. Here is what we recommend. Viva La Diva – Salzburg Landsteater, Austria Adrian Kelly conducts Stephen Medcalf’s production of the rarely performed work by Donizetti and librettist Gilardoni. The opera stars Anne-Fleur Werner, Raimundas Juzuitis,Hazel McBain, George Humphreys, {…}

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Zubin Mehta To Replace Daniel Barenboim for Berlin Staatsoper’s ‘Falstaff’

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(Credit: Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilfried Hösl) Celebrated conductor Zubin Mehta will conduct the whole run of Verdi’s opera “Falstaff” at the Berlin Staatsoper unter der Linden, replacing the famed conductor Daniel Barenboim, according to the statement on the company’s website. Mehta will lead an all-star cast that includes Lucio Gallo, Alfredo Daza, Francesco Demuro, Barbara Frittoli, Nadine Sierra, Daniela Barcellona, Jürgen Sacher, {…}

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Angel Blue, Corinne Winters to Headline Viennese Opera Ball in NYC

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(Credit & Sources: Angel Blue Official Website / Michael Spyres Official Website / Fay Fox) The Viennese Opera Ball is set to take place in New York City on Feb. 7, 2020. The annual white tie charity gala, which celebrates the cultural and economic relationships between Austria and America, connecting two continents, two cities and two centuries, is renowned for {…}

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Ismael Jordi Replaces Vittorio Grigolo At Royal Opera House

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(Credit: Francisco Pinteno) The Royal Opera House has found its replacement for Vittorio Grigolo in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The company announced that Ismael Jordi will take over the role of Edgardo in the production by Katie Mitchell this summer. Jordi made his Royal Opera debut in 2014 singing Leicester in “Maria Stuarda” and returned for Alfredo in “La Traviata” {…}

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Met Opera’s ‘Manon’ To Be Broadcast on PBS Great Performances This January

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PBS will present the Live in HD broadcast of “Manon” from the Metropolitan Opera on Jan. 5, 2020 as it kicks off the 2019-20 Great Performances Series.  The broadcast will kick off at 12 p.m. EDT and features Lisette Oropesa in the title role with Michael Fabiano as her lover Chevalier des Grieux. Artur Rucinski, Brett Polegato, Kwangchul Youn, and {…}

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Best of 2019 – OperaWire’s Staff on the Best Performances of the Year

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(Credit: Marty Sohl/Karen Almond-Metropolitan Opera/Ken Howard-Santa Fe Opera/ Gianfranco Rota-Donizetti Opera) We hope that the end of your 2019 is a prosperous one and that the start of 2020 is even better. As we look forward to the next calendar year, we are taking some time to reflect on the opera performances that defined 2019 for many of us. As {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

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(Photo Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) On Nov. 16, 2019, the Metropolitan Opera premiered this season’s production of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Amidst the modern set of Richard Eyre’s production, the stellar cast of artists brought no shortage of laughter while delivering a musically splendid performance. Making his conducting debut with the company was Antonello Manacorda who was {…}

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Étienne Dupuis To ‘Replace’ Mariusz Kwiecień in Met Opera ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced that Canadian baritone Étienne Dupuis will replace polish singer Mariusz Kwiecień in this season’s performances of “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Dupuis made his Met debut in 2018 as Marcello in “La Bohème,” and is set to perform as Albert in “Werther” this February at the Met. The Montreal native will be performing  the role of {…}