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Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Eva-Maria Sens on Leading Innsbruck Festival of Early Music & How Local Community Inspires at an International Level

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(Photo credit: Alexander Kofler) OperaWire had the incredible opportunity to attend the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music this summer and learn firsthand about what makes this local community, nestled in the Austrian Alps, inspiring at an international level both artistically and sustainably. Innsbruck, Austria is a place where everything and everyone participates in celebrating Early Music as an art for {…}

News

National Opera Studio Announces New Resident Director

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(Image by ©Sarah Hickson) The National Opera Studio has appointed Lucy Bradley to the position of Resident Director. Bradley’s appointment will increase the training opportunities offered to Young Artists before the start of rehearsals. In her new position, she will work with the National Opera Studios artistic team and lead a recitative project this fall. “I am delighted to be {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Berkshire Opera Festival 2024 Review: Faust

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Let’s briefly address the elephant or rather demon in this particular review, as it were. Namely, what is it with the fascination of so many 19th century composers with this classic Romantic literature – often considered the greatest work of German literature – Goethe’s “Faust”? There is Hector Berlioz’s masterpiece, “La damnation de Faust”, which I recently reviewed in a {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2024 Review: Händel & Greber

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(Photo: ©pissarek) Innsbruck Festival of Early Music’s “Händel & Greber” program featured works that compliment and celebrate works by both composers in tandem with musical ideas that resonate across space and time. The evening included soprano Silvia Frigato and mezzo-soprano Mathilde Ortscheidt. Ortscheidt is the recipient of the first prize at last year’s “Pietro Antonio Cesti” Baroque Opera Competition in {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Lucerne Festival 2024 Review: Die Walküre

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(Photo: Lucerne Festival, Patrick Hürlimann) Jan Vogler was appointed as artistic director of The Dresdner Musikfestspiele in 2009, since when, according to the company’s website, it “has expanded its global reach and has broken new ground offering a wide range of programmatic concepts.” Its current project endeavors to open a “new chapter in Wagner interpretation history with its ‘The Wagner {…}

News

David Stern Named Music Director at Palm Beach Opera

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(Photo credit: Tom Watson) Palm Beach Opera has announced the extension of David Stern’s contract and appointment as Music Director. Maestro Stern made his Palm Beach Opera debut in the 2014 production of “Macbeth.” He became Chief Conductor in 2015, following his leadership in the company’s world premiere of “Enemies, A Love Story” by Ben Moore and Nahma Sandrow. His {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Bard Music Festival 2024 Review: La damnation de Faust

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(Photo by Matt Dine) There was a time that I would have unashamedly described myself an avid Berliozian. Which means, to me, that I not only loved Berlioz’s music but also the classic ‘romantic’ ideal his life represented. Besides his epitomizing the dramatic life of the Romantic period artist, Berlioz clearly blazed a path with innovative forms of music that {…}

Business, News

Metropolitan Opera Names New Deputy General Manager

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(Credit: Met Opera Website) Michael Heaston has been promoted to the position of Deputy General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera. Heaston made the announcement on social media on August 26, 2024 noting that “As I continue my work overseeing the incredible artistic department, season planning, and casting, I will now also be collaborating across all departments of the company to {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Rossini Opera Festival 2024 Review: Bianca e Falliero

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(Photo: Amati Bacciardi) After the initial success of its premiere in 1819 at Teatro La Scala, Rossini’s “Bianca e Falliero” managed to hold its place on Italian stages and beyond for over 10 years before disappearing completely. It was not until 1986 that its first revival in modern times took place, thanks to the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. The {…}