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A Modern Reveal Teams Up with Hildegard Publishing to Release ’24 French Songs & Arias by Women Composers’

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Hildegard Publishing Company will release “24 French Songs & Arias by Women Composers.” The anthology, created in collaboration with A Modern Reveal, features the largest compilation of vocal music by French women by such composers as Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Leonora Orsini, Maddalena Casulana, Francesca Caccini, and Maria Malibran, among others. The volume was edited by Randi Marrazzo and Nicole Leone. “Editors {…}

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City Opera Vancouver to Present ‘Towards Home: An Evening of Songs’

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City Opera Vancouver will present a recital “Towards Home: An Evening of Songs,” featuring soprano Simone Osborne and bass-baritone Gordon Binter on Oct. 27, 2023. The duo will perform alongside Artistic Director Gordon Gerrard in a program featuring music by Schubert, Finzi, and Viardot, among others. Osborne is set to make her Calgary Opera debut in 2023-24 and will also {…}

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Patrizia Ciofi, Olga Peretyatko & Sandrine Piau Lead Opera Grand Avignon’s 2022-23 Season

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The Opera Grand Avignon has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for season. Concert  Bertrand Cuiller conducts Handel’s “Rinaldo” in a production by Claire Dancoisne. Paul Figuier, Blandine de Sansal, Maïlys de Villoutreys, Aurore Bucher, Timothée Varon, Rita Tchenko and Marion Zaboitzeff. Performance Dates: Nov. 20 & 22, 2022 “La Sérénade” will be conductedcby Débora {…}

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Reassessing ‘Orphée aux enfers’ – How the 1973 Théâtre de la Gaïté-Lyrique Production Spotlights Offenbach’s Opera in a Class of its Scandalous Own

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Perhaps no other work within the conventional canon of comic opera, of which Rossini, Donizetti, Mozart, Webern, and Lehar find their respective places, has achieved so much lasting success as Jacques Offenbach’s two (then four) act opéra bouffon “Orphée aux enfers.”  It was composed between 1855 and 1858 as a humorous reaction to the stuffy court opera aesthetic and hyper-focus {…}

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Opera on Tap Postpones Production Due to COVID-19

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Opera on Tap in New York has canceled “The Longest Night.” The company made the announcement via social media, stating, “friends, we regret to inform you that 1 of our essential production team members has been exposed to COVID. For everyone’s safety, we have decided to postpone the show. Given our winter solstice theme, we are working with HERE to {…}

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City Lyric Opera Cancels Final Two Performances of ‘Cendrillon’ Due to Omicron Threat

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(Credit: City Lyric Opera official website) The City Lyric Opera has canceled the final two performances of Viardot’s “Cendrillon.” “It is with immense sorrow that we have elected to cancel the final two performances of Viardot’s ‘Cendrillon.’ The safety of our cast, crew, orchestra, and audience members is our top priority and we want to ensure that everyone stays safe {…}

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Aleksandra Kurzak Leads Teatro alla Scala’s April Streams

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The Teatro alla Scala has announced three new streams for the month of April. The month will begin with a recital by Aleksandra Kurzak, Tomasz Wabnic and Marek Ruszczynsk. The concert will include music by Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Viardot, and Tchaikovsky. Streaming Date: April 11, 2021 La Scala Academy will present a concert conducted by Marco Angius. The concert will {…}