Cape Town Opera Unveils 2023 Season

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Cape Town Opera has unveiled its 2023 season. First up is “Masterclass,” featuring Sandra Prinsloo as Maria Callas in a production by Cape Town Opera Artistic Director Magdalene Minnaar. Musical direction will be provided by José Dias, who will also act and play the piano. The showcase will feature music by Verdi, Puccini, and Bellini, with artists such as Brittany Smith and CTO’s Judith {…}

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Meigui Zhang, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Erin Wagner Headline the 2023 Schwabacher Recital Series

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San Francisco Opera and the Merola Opera Program have announced the 2023 Schwabacher Recital Series. The series opens with a concert featuring soprano Meigui Zhang and pianist John Churchill as they present music in German, French, and Chinese. Performance Date: March 1, 2023 That will be followed up by a concert featuring the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows and Merola {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Rebeka, Lisette Oropesa, Ludovic Tézier Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week’s audiences will get to hear new releases from four of the greatest artists in the world as well as rarely performed work and world premieres. Insieme Sony Classical releases Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier’s new album “Insieme.” The two are joined by Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Antonio Pappano and present duets they’ve sung together on {…}

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Marina Viotti, Marie-Eve Munger, Bruno de Sá & Alexandra Nowakowski Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week new albums by rising stars are being released. With these new releases audiences will also get a chance to hear rare works as well as some new works. Maestrino Mozart For her second collaboration on the ATMA Classique label, soprano Marie-Eve Munger releases an album devoted to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s rarely-heard arias composed between the ages of 10-16. {…}

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Dame Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, Roderick Williams, Dorothea Röschmann, Elizabeth Llewellyn Headline Oxford Lieder Festival 2022

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The Oxford Lieder Festival has announced its 21st season. The season opens with “Culture, Counterculture, and Conviviality,” a two-part event that features a look at the salon culture, followed by a more specific look at that music world through Pauline Viardot’s own involvement. The event features speaker Natasha Loges and such artists as Charlotte Bowden, Alexandria Moon, Zahid Siddiqui, Johnathan {…}

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Q & A: Soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson On Making An Opera Career In Ireland

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(Photo: Patrick Browne) Opera in Ireland has recently been going through a boom time. Whereas only a few years ago, Irish singers were being forced to look abroad to establish a career, owing to the lack of opportunities at home, now, with the emergence of Opera Collective Ireland, the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, and, most significantly, Irish National Opera, along {…}

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Académie de l’Opéra National de Paris Unveils 2022-23 Season

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© photo : Eléna Bauer/OnP The Académie de l’Opéra National de Paris has announced its 2022-23 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Artists of the Académie and the Chorus of the Opéra de Dijon will present Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” under conductor Anass Ismat. Performance Date: Sept. 13, 2022 The {…}

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Nelly Miricioiu Celebrates 70th Birthday and Farewell Concert at Wigmore Hall

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On June 28, legendary soprano Nelly Miricioiu will celebrate her 70th birthday at Wigmore Hall. The concert will also mark her farewell from the concert stage. In a statement, the soprano said, “So far, my seventieth year has brought more than I could ever have imagined. I celebrated my birthday itself in Romania, with a spectacular gala event on the stage {…}

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Eleonora Buratto, Magdalena Kožená, Ismael Jordi, Cecilia Bartoli & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Palau de Les Arts’s 2022-23 Season

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The Palau de les Arts in Valencia has announced its 2022-23 season featuring opera, zarzuela concerts and inetrnational stars. Opera Jamie Man’s “Zelle” will be showcased with countertenor Steve Katona, Ryoko Aoki, Jackie Janssens, Asko|Schönberg, Wiek Hijmans, Joey Marijs, and Tatiana Rosa. Man conducts his work. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2022 Alex Esposito, Eleonora Buratto, Silvia Tro Santafé, and Ismael {…}

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Cape Town Opera Unveils 2023 Season

Meigui Zhang, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Erin Wagner Headline the 2023 Schwabacher Recital Series

Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Rebeka, Lisette Oropesa, Ludovic Tézier Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Marina Viotti, Marie-Eve Munger, Bruno de Sá & Alexandra Nowakowski Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Dame Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, Roderick Williams, Dorothea Röschmann, Elizabeth Llewellyn Headline Oxford Lieder Festival 2022

Q & A: Soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson On Making An Opera Career In Ireland

Académie de l’Opéra National de Paris Unveils 2022-23 Season

Nelly Miricioiu Celebrates 70th Birthday and Farewell Concert at Wigmore Hall

Eleonora Buratto, Magdalena Kožená, Ismael Jordi, Cecilia Bartoli & Juan Diego Flórez Lead Palau de Les Arts’s 2022-23 Season