Gerda Lissner Foundation Unveils 2023 Lieder / Song Competition Winners

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The Gerda Lissner Foundation has announced the winners of its 2023 Lieder / Song Vocal Competition. The first prize went to mezzo-soprano Maire Therese Carmack, who takes home $7,000. In second place was soprano Gemma Nha; she will receive a $5,000 cash prize. Mezzo-soprano Anna Kelly rounded out the top three and will get a $3,000 cash prize. Other grant {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Maria Callas, Nicky Spence, Jonathan Tetelman, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Regula Mühlemann Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s edition of the CD and DVD releases on offer in the opera world. This week is particularly crowded with releases of Maria Callas by Warner Classics to celebrate her centennial. There are also a number of debut albums as well as the second album to one of the biggest rising tenors of his generation. Audiences {…}

News

Argentina’s MUY Teatro to Present Salieri’s ‘Primero la música, después las palabras’

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MUY Teatro in Buenos Aires, Argentina is set to present Salieri’s “Primo la musica e poi le parole” on Sept. 24, 2023. Translated into Spanish as “Primero la música, después las palabras,” the showcase will be featured through Oct. 8, 2023, at Humahuaca 4310. The opera will star Guido Cavallo, Mauricio Meren, Julieta Nicoletti, and Denise Pertusi with Mauro Reynoso {…}

News

Calgary Opera Opens Season with ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Calgary Opera is set to open with Mozart’s”Le Nozze di Figaro.” The opera will be conducted by Jonathan Brandani and directed by Aria Umezawa. The cast will include Marcell Bakonyi as Figaro Lucia Cesaroni as Suanna, Talise Trevigne as the Countess, and Phillip Addis as the Count. The cast will be rounded out by Carolyn Sproule as Cherubino and Matthew {…}

News

Opera Parallèle Announces 2023-24 Season

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(photo by Philip Groshong) San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle has unveiled its 2023-24 season. The season opens with the world premiere of Kenji Oh and Kelley Rourke’s “The Emissary.” Per the official press announcement, the ”audience will journey through a fractured future, a dystopian satire that addresses the alarming environmental angst of today, and the ever-increasing psychological stress on the younger {…}

News

Election Results for International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians’ Governing Board Announced

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The International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM) has announced the results of its Governing Board election. At its annual conference, held Aug. 23–26, in Milwaukee, ICSOM elected a new chairperson and four members-at-large. Keith Carrick, principal percussionist with the Utah Symphony, now serves as the organization’s chairperson. “I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the incredible members of ICSOM {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Gregg Kallor on ‘Frankenstein’ and Making a Positive Difference in His First Opera

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Gregg Kallor’s “Frankenstein” is commissioned by Arizona Opera and will make its world premiere in October 2023 with performances in Phoenix and Tucson. This opera in two acts; adapted from Mary Shelley’s novel, brings to the surface humanity’s dire need for greater empathy. Composer and librettist Gregg Kallor in collaboration with director Sarah Meyers, dramaturg Cori Ellison and conductor Nicole {…}

Special Features

The ‘Strange New World’ of Virtual Reality Opera

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Photo Credit: Dahlia Katz One of the biggest, and longest-lasting, impacts that the pandemic has had on our society has been in the area of technological adaptation and innovation. One could see this in the widespread usage of live-streamed, Zoom-based productions, as well as other digitally-manipulated processes, in opera from 2019 to 2021. The boom in streaming’s popularity was thanks {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2023 Review: Così Fan Tutte

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Photo: © Monika Rittershaus “Così Fan Tutte” has become the most uncomfortable of the three Mozart-Da Ponte operas. “Le Nozze di Figaro” has secured itself as a revolutionary and anti-establishment opera. “Don Giovanni” is unavoidable and unforgettable. “Così,” on the other hand, struggled to find its public for most of the nineteenth century. Its plot is often seen as both {…}

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Gerda Lissner Foundation Unveils 2023 Lieder / Song Competition Winners

Maria Callas, Nicky Spence, Jonathan Tetelman, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Regula Mühlemann Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Argentina’s MUY Teatro to Present Salieri’s ‘Primero la música, después las palabras’

Calgary Opera Opens Season with ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

Opera Parallèle Announces 2023-24 Season

Election Results for International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians’ Governing Board Announced

Q & A: Gregg Kallor on ‘Frankenstein’ and Making a Positive Difference in His First Opera

The ‘Strange New World’ of Virtual Reality Opera

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2023 Review: Così Fan Tutte