Roberto Alagna & Cecilia Bartoli Lead Les Chorégies d’Orange’s 2020 Festival

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Les Chorégies d’Orange has announced its 2020 festival featuring two operas and a number of concerts. Here are the vocal highlights of the season. The season opens with Saint-Saens’ “Samson et Dalila” conducted by Yves Abel. The production will be directed by Jean-Louis Grinda and will star Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Roberto Alagna in the title roles. Ludovic Tézier rounds out {…}

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Susan Graham, Angel Blue, Tamara Wilson Among Major Stars of Tanglewood 2020 Season

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Tanglewood has announced its 2020 slate, which is, as per usual, filled with some of the most recognized artists on the planet. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on opera related programming. Angel Blue will make her company debut in the Opening Night at Tanglewood concert alongside the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of Ken-David {…}

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NYU Chamber Opera To Stage ‘The Old Maid and the Thief’ In Double Bill

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The New York University’s Chamber Opera will showcase a unique double bill on Oct. 25-27 at the Provincetown Playhouse. The unique production will showcase a double bill of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Old Maid and the Thief” alongside Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s “Mahagonny-Songspiel.” The performance will feature members of NYU Steinhardt’s Classical Voice Program, including Justin Baptista, Carolyn Boulay, {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Joseph Calleja, Catalina Cuervo Headline Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend In North America

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It’s time for another weekend of opera, with a wide range of impressive offerings coming from around the continent. This week’s selections include a number of repertory staples as well as some unique modern operas by living composers. Frida – Atlanta Opera, Georgia The Atlanta Opera closes out its production of “Frida” with two performances on Friday and Sunday. The {…}

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Compañía de Ópera del DAMus To Showcase Ravel Opera in Buenos Aires

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The Compañía de Ópera del DAMus will present Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les Sortilèges” on Sept. 17 and 18, 2019 at the Teatro del Globo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The performance will feature the Coro “Carlos López Buchardo” and the Ensamble de Percusión de DAMus. Sergio Ganza will conduct the performance, which will be directed by Bea Odoriz. The title role {…}

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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces New Appointees For New Managing Director of Advancement & Director of Marketing and Public Relations

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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced that Nicole Ambos Freber will be its New Managing Director of Advancement and that Anh Le will be its permanent Director of Marketing and Press Relations after holding the interim tag for five months. Freber had worked with the company for over 20 years as the Director of Development, raising over $104 million {…}

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MasterVoices Announces Its 2019-20 Season

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New York-based ensemble MasterVoices has announced its 2019-20 season. Music Director Ted Sperling will lead a concert staging of George and Ira Gershwin’s musical “Let ‘Em Eat Cake.” Bryce Pinkham stars as President Wintergreen, alongside Christopher Fitzgerald, Solea Pfeiffer, Chuck Cooper, Fred Applegate, and Kevin Chamberlin. The performance, to be held at Carnegie Hall, will feature choreography by Andrew Palermo, {…}

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The Dallas Opera Announces Participants For 2019 Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors

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The Dallas Opera has announced the names of the 12 distinguished professionals (six conductors, three administrators, and four American observers) selected to participate in the fifth annual residency of the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera. The six conductors selected include Tiffany Chang (USA), Jiannan Cheng (China), Tamara Dworetz (USA), Marta Kluczyńska (Poland), Madeline {…}

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Francesco Meli, Nicola Alaimo & Olivier Assayas Highlight Opéra De Lyons’ 2019-20 Season

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The Opéra de Lyon has announced its 2019-20 season featuring some of the greatest stars in the world and a number of new productions of some of the great masterworks in the world. Nicola Alaimo takes on Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” with Daniele Rustioni conducting a production by Tobia Kratzer. The cast also includes Enkeledja Shkoza, Jennifer Courcier, John Osborn, Jean Teitgen, and Jane Archibald. Performance {…}

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Roberto Alagna & Cecilia Bartoli Lead Les Chorégies d’Orange’s 2020 Festival

Susan Graham, Angel Blue, Tamara Wilson Among Major Stars of Tanglewood 2020 Season

NYU Chamber Opera To Stage ‘The Old Maid and the Thief’ In Double Bill

Sondra Radvanovsky, Joseph Calleja, Catalina Cuervo Headline Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend In North America

Compañía de Ópera del DAMus To Showcase Ravel Opera in Buenos Aires

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Announces New Appointees For New Managing Director of Advancement & Director of Marketing and Public Relations

MasterVoices Announces Its 2019-20 Season

The Dallas Opera Announces Participants For 2019 Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors

Francesco Meli, Nicola Alaimo & Olivier Assayas Highlight Opéra De Lyons’ 2019-20 Season