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Grant Park Music Festival Names New Artistic Director and Principal Conductor

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(Photo by Charles Osgood) Giancarlo Guerrero has been named Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival. Guerrero is a six-time Grammy Award winner and led the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus for three concerts throughout 2024. He is the current music director of the Nashville Symphony and Music Director Designate of the Sarasota Orchestra. In 2025, {…}

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Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024: Ifigenia in Aulide

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(Photo credit: Photos: Clemens Manser/Falk von Traubenber) As an opera composer Nicola Antonio Porpora gained advantage over his rivals by tailoring his works to the singers’ voices, and he gained popularity among singers because he was a well-known voice teacher. Even today, when experiencing Porpora’s opera “Ifigenia in Aulide” at Bayreuth’s Baroque Opera Festival, one cannot ignore the skill with {…}

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Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2024 Review: Dido, Königin von Carthago

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(Photo: Birgit Gufler) Christoph Graupner was a prolific German composer and harpsichordist from the late 17th and 18th centuries. Born near to the German city of Zwickau in 1683, he decided to study law in Leipzig before changing to follow a career in music. By 1705, he found himself working at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg as a harpsichordist {…}

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Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2024 Review: The 15th Pietro Antonio Cesti Competition

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  (Photo credit: © Wibmer) The Pietro Antonio Cesti Competition is a major annual highlight in the world of baroque opera that takes place at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, featuring young baroque singers from all over the world. This year’s competition was full of exciting and inspiring moments that OperaWire had the honor of experiencing live. The audience {…}

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Göteborg Opera 2024-25 Review: Carmen

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(Photo credit: Lennart Sjöberg) Göteborg Opera is celebrating its 30th season with an exciting lineup of favorites, beginning with Sir David McVicar’s production of Bizet’s “Carmen,” with libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella by Proper Mérimée. This production was originally presented at Glyndebourne in 2002, and like most McVicar productions, it gets to the point {…}

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3 Controversial Moments From Opera History

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(Credit: Marty Sohl) Throughout the entire history of opera, from its beginning in the Francophile 18th century to the American 21st, there have been numerous moments which stand out as having been controversial of their time and controversial even today due to the contentious nature of the events. If one looks to contemporary issues like Anna Netrebko’s alleged blackface while {…}

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Rossini Opera Festival 2024 Review: Ermione

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(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) “Ermione” managed only seven performances when premiered at Naples’ San Carlo in 1816 before being shelved. It had to wait until 1987 to be revived, when it received its first modern staging at the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival. Since then, it has had numerous performances, with each adding to its reputation as one of the composer’s most {…}

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Constantine Orbelian Named Executive Director & Music Director of New York City Opera

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The board of New York City Opera has announced the appointment of Constantine Orbelian as the organization’s new Executive Director & Music Director, who will succeed General Director Michael Capasso. In a statement, Roy G. Niederhoffer, Chairman Emeritus of the Board said, “We look forward to this new chapter in New York City Opera’s story. We are grateful to Michael for {…}

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Sharon Carty Appointed Artistic Director of Sligo Baroque Music Festival

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(Credit: Joe Duffy) The Sligo Baroque Music Festival has announced the appointment of mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty as its new Artistic Director starting in 2025. Carty will succeed Nicola Cleary who has been director since 2019. In a statement about her appointment, Carty said, “I’m honored and excited to take on this new role with Sligo Baroque and spend more time {…}