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Davinia Rodriguez, Sabine Devieilhe, Simon Keenlyside Headline La Monnaie’s 2020-21 Season

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La Monnaie / De Munt in Brussels, Belgium has unveiled its 2020-21 season which features a number of unique operas, concerts, and recitals. Opera The opera season kicks off with the world premiere of Kris Defoort and Peter van Kraaij’s “The Time of our Singing.” The opera stars Claron McFadden, Mark. S. Doss, Peter Coleman-Wright, Levy Sekgapane, Peter Brathwaite, Abigail {…}
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Wexford Festival Opera 2019 Review: Manuel Amati in Recital

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(Photo: Michele Monasta) One of the delights of the Wexford Festival is the lunchtime recital which takes place in the mid-18th century church of St. Iberius on Wexford’s North Main Street each day at 1 o’clock. Lasting around an hour, it leaves just enough time for a quick lunch before the afternoon Opera Short presentation at Whites Hotel begins at {…}
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Wexford Festival Opera 2019 Review: Cendrillon

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(Photo: Paula Malone) “Cinderella” is a popular subject for operas, and has attracted its fair share of composers over the years. However, one of the lesser known compositions must be by the French composer, Pauline Viardot, who today, is largely remembered as a famous mezzo-soprano for whom Gounod and Meyerbeer created important roles. However, her influence went much further, for {…}
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Festival Diary 2019: Wexford Festival Opera, Day 1

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Just arrived in Wexford for its annual festival, which will in fact be the final year for its Artistic Director, David Agler. Unfortunately, at first glance at least, it does not appear to be the most imaginative program, with both Vivaldi’s “Dorilla in Tempe,” and Rossini’s “Adina” having already received production premiere’s in the past 18 months in Venice and {…}
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Berkshire Opera Festival’s ‘Don Pasquale’ Among Top Operas To This Weekend in North America

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As the summer winds down, opera companies start to regroup in anticipation of the 2019-20 season. While the Seattle Opera’s first production is well underway, only a few other companies are offering unique experiences for the summer season. Here are our top picks for this weekend. Berkshire Opera Festival – Don Pasquale On Saturday, the Berkshire Opera Festival will showcase {…}
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Wexford Festival Opera Unveils Casts For Numerous 2019 Productions

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The Wexford Festival Opera has unveiled casting for most of its operas. The company revealed that the role of Admento in “Dorilla in Tempe” by Vivaldi will feature tenor Juan Sancho. The ShortWork operas also got full cast lists. In “Le Docteur Miracle,” audiences will see Lizzie Holmes as Laurette, Kasia Balejko as Veronique, Guy Elliott as Dr. Miracle, and {…}
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Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble Announces Summer Festival, ‘Voices From the Tower’

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Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble has announced its 17th annual summer festival: Voices from the Tower. The upcoming festival will exclusively feature works composed by women. Among the performances featured this season will be the commissioned world premiere of “Princess Maleine,” by Whitney George with a libretto, based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck, by Bea Goodwin. This will mark the first {…}
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Teatro Coccia Di Novara Announces 2019-20 Season

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The Fondazione Teatro Coccia has announced its 2019-20 season. Opera Verdi’s “Ernani” opens the season with Matteo Beltrami conducting a production Pier Francesco Maestrini. The cast is set to include Migran Agadzhanian, Courtney Mills, Enkhbat Amartuvshin, and Simon Orfila. Performance Dates: Oct. 18 & 20, 2019 A double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” is set to be conducted {…}

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