Vienna State Opera Finds Replacements For Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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The Vienna State Opera has announced a replacement for Dmitri Hvorostovsky in “Rigoletto” and “Otello.” Baritone Dalibor Jenis will sing Iago in “Otello” next March while Paolo Rumetz will sing “Rigoletto” next May. The news comes as no surprise as Hvorostovsky is still undergoing treatment for a brain tumor and announced last season that he would be retiring from staged {…}

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Artist of the Week: Ellie Dehn Makes Role Debut as ‘Manon’

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It will be a fun week for Ellie Dehn. A few months ago, soprano Nadine Sierra was slated to be the artist to lead the San Francisco Opera’s new production of “Manon.” But Sierra pulled out of the role and Dehn was called upon to take the torch of one of the hardest roles in the lyric soprano repertoire. It {…}

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Hispanic Heritage Month 2017 – Part 2: 7 Divas Who Are Dominating The Opera World

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This week we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! The Latin American community has, particularly in recent years, been a major boon to the opera world, providing it with great singers and composers, and a number of great operas. As the first part of this weekly series, we look at some of the most popular Hispanic divas. We are NOT {…}

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Release Date for Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s ‘Rigoletto’ Recording Announced

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The full cast for Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s first full recording of “Rigoletto” has been announced. Delos made the announcement via Twitter, noting that the new album is slated for release on Nov. 10, 2017 and will also showcase Nadine Sierra as Gilda, Francesco Demuro as the Duke of Mantua, Andrea Mastroni as Sparafucille, and Oksana Volkova as Maddalena. Constantine Orbelain conducts {…}

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Richard Tucker Music Foundation Announces Lineup for Annual Gala

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Single tickets have gone on sale for the Richard Tucker Music Foundation’s annual gala concert on Dec. 10. This is its second season back home at Carnegie Hall after spending more than 25 years at Lincoln Center. Nadine Sierra, winner of the 2017 Richard Tucker Award, will be joined onstage by past winners as they perform works from Handel, Verdi, Donizetti, {…}

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Raquel Gonzalez To Replace Joyce El-Khoury At Lyric Opera Of Kansas City

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Raquel Gonzalez will replace Joyce El-Khoury at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. The Lyric Opera of Kansas City announced that Gonzalez will make her house debut in the role of Tatiana filling in for El-Khoury who was originally scheduled. The switch was due to the fact that El-Khoury will replace Nadine Sierra in some of the performances at the {…}

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Danielle De Niese, Michael Fabiano, Jessica Pratt, Leo Nucci & Ferruccio Furlanetto Headline Opera Australia’s 2018 Season

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Opera Australia has announced its 2018 season featuring a number of important debuts and some of the most prestigious singers in the world. Sydney Summer 2018 The summer season kicks off with Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” featuring Danielle De Niese in her Opera Australia debut. The opera will be Conducted by Vanessa Scammell and directed by Graeme Murphy. Presented at {…}

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10 Must See Opera Productions Of The Fall 2017-18 Season [International]

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After showcasing a wide range of repertoire that will be showcased this fall in the United States, it’s time to look at the European theaters. With hundreds of houses around the world opening at the same time, it was challenging to put together this list. But after looking through several theaters, OperaWire has curated the must-see operas for this fall {…}

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Operalia Competition: Ailyn Pérez, Olga Peretyatko & the Superstars of the Early 2000s

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The Operalia Competition is just days away and in anticipation of the famed event, we will take a look back down memory lane at the opera singers who became stars after big performances at the competition. For today’s installment, we will look at the major stars to come out of the early 2000s. Here are the winners of that decade {…}

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Vienna State Opera Finds Replacements For Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Artist of the Week: Ellie Dehn Makes Role Debut as ‘Manon’

Hispanic Heritage Month 2017 – Part 2: 7 Divas Who Are Dominating The Opera World

Release Date for Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s ‘Rigoletto’ Recording Announced

Richard Tucker Music Foundation Announces Lineup for Annual Gala

Raquel Gonzalez To Replace Joyce El-Khoury At Lyric Opera Of Kansas City

Danielle De Niese, Michael Fabiano, Jessica Pratt, Leo Nucci & Ferruccio Furlanetto Headline Opera Australia’s 2018 Season

10 Must See Opera Productions Of The Fall 2017-18 Season [International]

Operalia Competition: Ailyn Pérez, Olga Peretyatko & the Superstars of the Early 2000s