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Stéphane Degout & ‘Les Troyens’ Win Big At Victoires De La Musique Classique 2019

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Baritone Stéphane Degout has been named the Best Lyrical Artist of 2019 by Les Victoires de la Musique Classique, which took place on Feb. 13, 2019. Degout is coming off a tremendous 2018 that saw him star in the Opéra de Lyon’s production of “Don Carlo” in March. He then headed to the Royal Opera for “Lessons in Love and {…}

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Pretty Yende, Leah Crocetto, Patricia Racette Among Major Stars Of Dallas Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Dallas Opera has announced its 2019-20 season and it features some of the most diverse programming of any season announcement to date. The proceedings kick off with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The classic opera will feature Paolo Fanale, Andrea Carroll, Markus Werba, Olga Pudova, and Morris Robinson, among others. Emmanuel Villaume conducts the score in a production originally directed {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Ana María Martínez & Christine Goerke Headline Lyric Opera Of Chicago’s 2019-20

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The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2019-20 season featuring 10 productions, including four new productions and the Ring Cycle in its entirety. The season will also include one special concert event and one important recital, among other projects. Here is a look at what audiences should expect.  Main Stage The season opens with a revival of Rossini’s “Il {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Review: Pelléas et Mélisande

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Debussy’s masterwork “Pelléas et Mélisande” is one of the most glorious operas ever written. Its melodies are elusive, but when performed at its maximum expression, it can wrap you up and transport you to a different state in a way only few other operas can. It is truly a masterwork. The Metropolitan Opera produced the work for the first time {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2018-19 Preview: Adriana Lecouvreur

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  On Dec. 31, 2018, the Metropolitan Opera will celebrate the New Year’s with a new production of Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur,” with the opera making a return for the first time since 2009. This time, Sir David McVicar will bring his acclaimed production from the Royal Opera House with Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala. The duo will reunite at the Met for {…}

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New Wave Festival 2018-19 Review: Greek

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When British composer Mark­­-Anthony Turnage wrote his two act opera “Greek” he was 26-years-old. The opera that premiered in 1988 in Munich, care of a co-production of the Munich Biennale, Edinburgh International Festival and the BBC, launched Turnage’s career. He has not looked back since. Post “Greek,” most audiences recognize Turnage via his two most popular works  – the opera {…}

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Manhattan School of Music 2018-19 Review: `I Due Timidi´& `Suor Angelica´

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The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) showcased two one-act operas this past fall in its newly renovated Neidorff-Karpati Hall that set the bar high for an exciting season ahead. First Up, Rota The first opera, Nino Rota’s “I Due Timidi” was the perfect choice of scenery to have on display for the new stage. Scenic Designer Lee Savage showcased an {…}

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Ars Minerva 2018-19 Review: Ifigenia in Aulide

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On December 1, 2018, Ars Minerva presented Giovanni Porta’s opera “Ifigenia in Aulide” at the ODC Theater (formerly Oberlin Dance Collective) in the Mission District of San Francisco. Premiered in 1738, Porta’s opera demonstrates some of the musical progress that occurred in the first half of the 18thcentury. “Ifigenia,” which features a libretto by Italian poet Apostolo Zeno, is an {…}

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Analysis: Friday Nights with Yury Revich at the Theater an der Wien

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On any given evening in Vienna there are more musical performances going on than slices of sticky orangey chocolate cake being wolfed down at the Café Sacher. Opera aficionados and admirers of musicals can avail themselves of concurrent offerings at the splendiferous Staatsoper, the folksy Volksoper, the cosy Kammeroper, the recherché Ronacher and Raimund theaters or the historically pre-eminent Theater {…}